Like they say after rain comes sunshine, you know that after a hurricane major flooding is expected. We must be prepared for the issues that come along floods. How do we get through floods? What can floods contaminate? These are some flood related issues.
First of all, we must avoid driving in moving water; this is suggested even if you have a huge truck or what not. If you do decide to try and move across moving water the driver may unknowingly steer into a canal or pond. Another possible damage that can occur while driving through moving water is that you can be struck by a deadly shock, this shock comes from the electricity from streetlights and power poles may be active though standing water.
When an individual comes in contact with flood waters you must wash off with boiled/disinfected water that is cooled. It is important that we do not drink or eat anything that has been contaminated. Always wash your hands after everything you do, just to prevent getting sick or contaminated.
So what can floods contaminate?
Anything that flood waters came in contact with is contaminated; do not assume it is not or that the water is safe to drink. Undamaged, commercially canned foods can be saved if you remove the labels
thoroughly, wash the cans, and then disinfect them with a solution consisting of 1/4 cup of unscented household bleach per gallon of water for clean surfaces. Re-label your cans, including the expiration date, with a marker. Food containers with screw-caps, snap lids and home canned foods should be discarded if they have come in contact with floodwaters because they cannot be disinfected. Other items around the household that can become contaminated include: pacifiers, baby bottle nipples, wooden cutting boards, plastic utensils, and brushes. You must wash all items with boiled water or immersing them for 15 minutes in a solution of 1/4 cup of household bleach per gallon of water.
To make sure your water is drinkable you can get it tested by your local health department.
Don’t just think that once the water goes down you are safe. Floods contribute too many infectious diseases. Make sure to check everything you consume, from the water you drink and the food you intake. Unfortunately hurricanes or large rainfalls cause floods. It is important we know what to do when this occurs. Make sure to be stocked up with water bottles and canned goods and also contact your local health department for any concerns.
If we continue polluting the Earth we are going to be living on our trash because there is going to be so many junk yards around that eventually the whole landscape of Earth is going to be cover with the trash and we are not going to have a chose to build homes over it. If we don’t start watching how much we use of things, recycle, and burn gas we are end up to die because we are going to be killing everything as we are starting this process. As the water moves along the river, ocean, lake, and creek died sea animals start to rise and float because of the chemical in the water. With the slowing start of that we start to kill our food, then since the water is effected with chemical we have to work double hard in making sure the drinking water is safe to use. Also with the watch of trying to stop pollution we can save all plants and endanger species that could be used for varies things, like save human lives. A lot of medicine comes from plants and sometime very unique plants can save one’s life. And if the pollution kills those plants because they are not getting the photosynthesis, carbon dioxide, and clean water they won’t grow at all.


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