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Having a good forecast for when and where the next flooding will occur can make a huge difference in your flood preparation .  If you have enough warning, you can save lives and limit the damage from flood waters by utilizing a quickly deployed temporary flood barrier system .  The Big Bags USA system is affordable, simple to setup and tear down, and can be stored easily.  If the forecast if for flooding to occur, you can protect your home or business. Flood Forecast Resources Weather Warning Map for 2/22/14 1) www.Weather.Gov - This is a great site with a lot of forecast information.  You can quickly see where sever weather is occurring, Active Alerts, flood advisories and warning, wind advisories and warnings, and you can customize the site to center around your zip code.  This is the first site we recommend you start with! 2) www.NoaaWatch.gov/Floods.php - Another useful resource with a lot of information centered on flooding.  This ...

Be Ready for the Next Flood The Big Bags USA flood barrier team hopes your home or business is prepared for the next flood event.  We want to share some ideas for building a Flood Safety checklist for your home or business.  Being prepared is the key to minimizing the loss of life or property!  Checklist ideas are shared from the American Red Cross website - www.redcross.org A great way to prepare for the next flood is to make sure you have a temporary flood barrier system available to keep the water from your home or business.  Our solution is affordable, easy to store, simply to deploy and the most effective flood protection out there.  Let us know if we can help you! Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters. Conditions that cause floods include heavy or steady rain for several hours or days that saturates the ground. Flashfloods occur suddenly due to rapidly rising water along a stream or low-lying area. What should I do...

Preparation is crucial to preventing agriculture loss from flooding An often overlooked issue with flooding is the huge loss of agricultural staples such as wheat, corn, other grains and crops.  Most flood water contains contaminates and any crops that come into the flood water for a period of time will have to be destroyed.  In particular, flood damaged grain always needs to be destroyed due to the contaminates that can enter through water. Flooded crops = higher prices and waste Unfortunately, for most farms and communities, preparation for inevitable flooding occurs too late to save crops.  Billions of dollars of crops in the ground can be destroyed in a major flood event, and millions of dollars of grain and other harvested crops most likely are destroyed by water contamination.  This can equal economic ruin for the famers affected and drive the cost of food up substantially for the USA and the rest of the world who depends on US agriculture. P...