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Just-in-case Flood Precautions compiled 2014 / 2015

'Just-in-case'

Flood Precautions

Hopefully there won't e any floods for a !ery lon" time# ut$$in case there's a floodwarnin" and you or family/friends seem to e in the ris% area&

hese ideas for protectin" property ( people were "athered from !arious people'se)periences durin" the Jan/Fe 2014 *amsey floods# and other information from wesites

+see end,$ '!e proaly missed out somethin" important thou"h# so use your own.ud"ement$

Contents

- Useful kit- Useful IOM/ Irish Sea sources of info- Practical short-term steps- Practical longer term steps

More info

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Useful kit to hae ahead of time!

Flood oards to co!er doorways up to aout feet hi"h +or ao!e e)pected flood hei"ht,$- Plywood +5 ply, wide enou"h to co!er door frames ( aout feet hi"h$

- ordless drill ( screws +to drill plywood flood oard to wooden doorframes,- aw to cut plywood$ 3easurin" tape ( a pencil to mar% wood$- ue of silicone el ( mastic "un +to seal around ed"e of plywood,- rease - e" !aseline or en"ine "rease$

67 orch with char"ed atteries$ hose 'miners lamp' headli"ht torches are !ery "ood$8 attery radio with char"ed atteries# ( spare atteries$affa ape ( tron" scissors$hic% plastic a"s/ piece of plastic sheet +( affa tape, to co!er airric%s$anda"s ( and$$$ enou"h to co!er all doorways ao!e pro.ected flood le!el$$$$+plus to co!er airric%s# drains ( loos, or perhaps %eep a couple of ins of sand and some

empty a"s$7ustpan# 9uc%ets ( mop# cleanin" materials# deter"ent# ruer "lo!es$old towelshermos flas%s ( ca%e$ 9ottled water$ +he electricity mi"ht "et turned off y authorities,$:ellies ( ruer "lo!es$ hec% eforehand that they don't ha!e lea%s;:et weather "ear$ :arm clothin" ( hat$8n o!erni"ht a" +for any essential medicine# 7# contact numers# ( a chan"e of clothin"etc, in case you ha!e to lea!e for a while$3aye a water pump$First aid %it e" sterilisin" stuff$9ric%s to prop your furniture up if needed$ 3ind your ac% if you are shiftin" furniture$?om"*@H1ly


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P Aur friend who wor%s for the water oard says to Goom in and clic% on 'satellite'$

ide times ( hei"hts$$$for irish sea includin" A3& http&//www$ntslf$or"/tides/predictionshttp&//www$ntslf$or"/tides/tidepred=port>Port 6rin

http&//www$ntslf$or"/tides/hilo=port>Port 6rin +hi"hest ( lowest tides to 202E,+?9 actual seawater le!els are a product of tides# weather systems ( state of sea/ sur"e,

7epartment of nfrastructure non-emer"ency +ie not DDD call, help numers durin" therecent floods were B50000 and E2000$

*ist useful contacts- write down important numers such as your home insurancepro!ider and policy numer# and the numers ao!e$ @eep this information to hand$

Practical steps

- +ake responsi%ilit#1, First# don't assume 'the man' will turn up ( rescue you or supply sanda"s in time +;,He may e too usy# or ha!e een laid off$ +8lthou"h wor%ers ( !olunteers do usually do a"reat .o,$ here may e a shorta"e of sanda"s$2, ell friends/ nei"hours / faceoo% friends etc if you hear aout a flood warnin"$ heymay not ha!e heard$, f you're not at ris% maye you %now someone who needs a hand$

- Flood %oards for doora#s / lanes,%est to cut %oards ell ahead of time))) and install the %oards %efore flood

1, ut 'flood oards' from sturdy ply +e" 5-ply, to co!er doorways# nearly as wide as theoutside of the frame# and hi"her than the pro.ected flood hei"ht$ hese can e %ept in casethey are needed in future$2, :hen needed# apply silicone sealant to sides ( ottom ed"es of ply$ hen ru thin layerof "rease onto the uildin" where silicone is "oin" to sIuish onto$ his means you canta%e the ply off afterwards easily# and replace if needed$, se the drill to drill ( screw oard into frame +if you don't o.ect to the screw holes,$ F you ha!e the lu)ury of time# do not fully ti"hten screws until silicone is half-dryanda" the outside of the oard$ome chaps used railway sleepers +then sanda"s, to loc% off their lane a few yards from

their property$ +hey still had to ail water comin" throu"h$,f you can loc% off a lane or "ate# and %eep the water away from the door that's "ood$9est to do the door as well$ hen you can ail etween the arrier ( the door$

- Sand%agset enou"h sanda"s to sanda" doorways +to potential flood hei"ht# not .ust a to%en line,# lanes/entrances# drains and airric%s$ *ememer ac% doors;;; hey need to e laid li%eric%s and sIuished down/ to"ether to seal any "aps$ Ah# and you may need sanda"s forthe loo and inside waste pipes$f you don't trust your nei"hours write your house numer on oth sides of them$f you're fillin" sanda"s# they need to e a it floppy so they can sIuish$$

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Other details if floods e.pected

- rains 0 air%ricksut plastic sheet or plastic a"s to co!er airric%s$ tic% on snu"ly with "affa tape$

anda" too$


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4#gieneFlood water is usually really muc%y# e" oil# chemicals# sewa"e so try to %eep people out ofit# and wear ruer "lo!es ( wellies if you ha!e to "o in$ :ash hands efore eatin"$

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