{"id":2872,"date":"2015-03-26T10:17:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2015-03-26T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T14:17:42","slug":"floods-emergency-preparedness-tip-32615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2872","title":{"rendered":"Floods (Emergency Preparedness Tip), 3\/26\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Floods: Before, During and After<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Equipment Reuse<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters. Conditions that cause floods include heavy or steady rain that saturates the ground. Flash floods occur suddenly due to rapidly rising water along a stream or low-lying area.<\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross offers the following safety tips and guidelines &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAbout Flood\u201d offers information on what a flood\/flash flood watch is and what a flood\/flash flood warning is.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow to Prepare for a Flood\u201d offers tips help you plan for a possible evacuation.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cResponding Appropriately During a Flood\u201d offers guidelines on how to safely evacuate during a flood.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFlood Recovery Tips\u201d offers instructions on how to safely clean up after a flood.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/prepare\/disaster\/flood\">Follow this link to these articles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you know that homeowners\u2019 insurance does not cover flood damage? For information on flood insurance visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floodsmart.gov\/\">www.floodsmart.gov<\/a> or call 1-888-379-9531.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know how you\u2019ll inform your loved ones that you\u2019re safe if your community experiences a flood? The American Red Cross offers the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/find-help\/contact-family\/register-safe-listing\">Safe and Well<\/a> website. This central website allows you to register your current status. Your loved ones can then visit the website and access that information. You can also call 866-GET-INFO (866-438-4636) to register yourself and your family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2872\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floods: Before, During and After Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Equipment Reuse Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters. Conditions that cause floods include heavy or steady rain that saturates the ground. Flash floods occur suddenly due to rapidly rising water along a stream or low-lying area. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}