Posted on 09/19/2013 5:21:29 AM PDT by Kartographer
Tens of thousands of people have been trapped in the aftermath of two tropical storms that hammered vast swathes of Mexico. More than 1 million people have been affected. Acapulco's airport terminal was under water, stranding tourists. Shops were plundered in the city's upscale neighborhood of Diamante, home to luxury hotels and plush apartments, where dozens of cars were ruined by muddy brown floodwaters. Marines were posted outside stores to prevent further theft. "Unfortunately, it wasn't looting from need of food. It was stealing for stealing's sake," said Mariberta Medina, head of a local hoteliers' association. "They even stole Halloween and Christmas decorations and an outboard motor."
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In Florida realtors are required to tell prospective buyers if the home is in a flood zone. The previous owners are also required to fill out a disclosure which asks if there has been any flooding.
It helps but isn’t perfect.
I had a private smile in my head when her house flooded.
Anyone have a good source for a hand-pump for well water? I recently had my well serviced and the tech said our water table is quite high, though we do have a bit of an iron problem.
I knew we never had well water problems in terms of running dry (the original well driller said we could supply water for the entire town, about 7K people at the time). We do have a lot of iron in the water, which long-term would not be good, but I can look into long-term solutions to that.
Thanks, still a newbie prepper mostly focusing on the 30 day benchmark and learning more survival skills for longer term.
Feel sure the guys can help you with this one. They know hand pumps.
Iron shouldn’t be a problem for drinking. It will be a problem for staining, fouling the well screen and pump and other plumbing. As a simple backup source your set.
Kartographer, Thanks for the heads up.
And that reminds me -
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In an emergency you can use a divice called a well bucket.
Well drillers use them to sample the water in a well before a pump is installed.
They are simple devices and you can buy one or make one yourself.
Just Google "Well Bucket" or "DIY well Bucket".
If you are interested, here are a couple links to get you started:
How To Get Water From A Drilled Well When The Power Is Off
(this one also includes instructions for a type of home-made emergency well pump)
Lehman's has a selection of hand pumps for wells, both shallow and deep.
See them here:
Lehman's Hand-Powered Water Pumps
http://non-electric.lehmans.com/search#w=water%20pump
Bumpage.
Find later.
After hurricanes here in Florida you didn’t see a cop except at major areas. In the residential areas you only saw one if they lived there and managed to get some time off to go home.
However, the looters were out before the wind stopped.
Period.
Best be prepared yourself.
When seconds count....the sheriff will be there in minutes if you are lucky.
I don't count on anyone...from my government to help me.
>>I had a private smile in my head when her house flooded.<<
Did she ever say anything to you about the matter again like, I was wrong not to care?
We are growing a black walnut tree in back and this year was the first year it had walnuts on it. While researching something else I came across this idea.
No, her attitude was my house is flooded, this is terrible, etc., etc. It consumed her, no talk of anyone else. She was wrapped up in herself.
Here's another example: A tropical depression sat on top a certain area for a long time and houses in my subdivision flooded and some up to the roof of the house. My house was on higher ground and I did not flood. A friend of mine lived in there and she got out of bed in the middle of the night and stepped into water. Everything they owned was soaked with water.
We got all the family clothes and I washed tub after tub of their clothes - my washer and dryer ran for days. I mentioned this to this realtor-owner, and she said, “Oh, that is so good for business.” Again, I was stunned because she knew this lady, too. Not a word about how was she doing, etc. I was not thinking of business when my friend had lost so much of her life in pictures, family things. The least I could do is wash their clothes.
LOL! Gotta get those reindeer stashed away quick!
It’s a shame how having ethics can be such a disadvantage in so many lines of work. Good on you.
Dude, you are a wealth of knowledge tonight!!
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