Deadly China Flooding Strands 1 Million


Floods leave one million homeless in India's northeast

Deadly China Flooding Strands 1 Million

"Flooding ... has killed 13 people and left more than 1 million stranded, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

In emergencies, authorities destroy dikes upstream from major cities to let swollen rivers drain into farmland and rural townships.

Rising waters have cut off access to the homes of 1.15 million people.

Flooding has forced the evacuation of 378,900 people in Anhui.

Authorities said on Monday that 200,000 people had been moved out of rural areas that were intentionally flooded by the demolition of seven dikes. The government said there were 15 other flood diversion areas that might be flooded if necessary."

I sure hope some of these hundreds of thousands of poor folks have their bug in/out kits. Those numbers are shocking.

So those rural farmers who had little to begin with were "taken care of" by the government during their time of need? If you think that you will be happy with the "good of the people" that will be enforced by the government during times of national emergency then you should look into what their contingency plans are and try your best to ensure that you are among the people for whom the "good of the people" applies. These folks probably didn't know that their government had a contingency plan that included flooding out their farms and livelyhoods and even entire towns in order to save the city folks. Think about it. What is the fema plan in your state when the nuke plant a hundred miles away melts down? Are you going to have thousands of refugees living at your high-school all of a sudden? Disasters that happen quite far away can have a direct impact on your preparations and plans or they can surprise you with the impact because you didn't lookup the plans and prepare for them. Either way, distant events will directly impact your life and survival.

If you live in a flood plain, even one that is protected by human artifact, move. If you feel you have a reason that requires you to live in a flood plain change it. The only preparation for flood is to be absent when the water rises.