What do you do after a floods?

Answer 1

It's a challenge to survive a flood, but certainly not unlikely. It can be very probable that you will survive the average flood. But what are you to do after? Well prepare to do a lot of work.

1. Try to rescue any type of money, identification, credit cards, passports, etc.

2. Find adequate drinking water.

If the flood is large like the one that followed after Hurricane Katrina (United States) you may not be leaving for some time, but should it be a small one ditch the car (It's unlikely the car will get through the flood water anyways.) and try to find a store. There's EXTREME danger to leaving and walking in an area where you can't see what the ground looks like. (Fallen Power lines, Sharp objects, etc.)

In most cases common flood areas will be inhabited by people with equipment to survive the flood like several bottles of water per person, per day and freeze dried food or canned goods.

3. If you don't have these items scavenge what you can and STAY PUT. Most floods will have the government coming to aid civilians within 72 hours, 90% of the time. (I know what your thinking, what happens if im that 10%? Well then aim for looting supplies or having survival gear in advance in that scenario.)

4. Most flood scenarios you'll know what to do, I'd recommend getting survival gear such as Purification Tablets, extra water, canned food, matches and/or a lighter. (But there's tons more you may need.) Look for books or ask people if your worried about a future mass flood.