Failure to Anticipate

Reading about it never makes it real does it. After two year of drought, Atlanta was hit with 20 inches of heavy rainfall in 30 hours, causing creek and rivers to overflow and flood surrounding areas. No one expected it, and many were not prepared. This happened in one day, people's lives were changed forever. I ask myself, what would I do in this situation? Las Vegas has a very real flood problem, water does not soak into the hardened earth as well as other places, and city streets become raging rapids of muddy, trash-filled water in minutes. We live on higher ground, but under the right conditions, my home (and yours) could be flooded within hours. If we were lucky enough to avoid the major rise in waters, there are other significant dangers. Power outages, lack of clean water, and breakdown in society. When the tsunami's hit the coasts of many Indian ocean countries, water lines and sewage lines were broken creating the perfect environment to spread disease. Temporary camps reported everything from cholera to acute diarrhea, mostly in children. After hurricane Katrina the super dome was filled with people. Some took there bedding and went to the walkways surrounding the dome because the smell the filth was too much, they just needed fresh air. Please, anticipate. Don't be caught in the pool of victims.