If you have not organized your community yet now is the time
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Say you live in a flood prone area. Obviously a go bag is a good idea. Is there anything in the coming months that can be done beyond that?
You could talk to your neighbours, prepare an emergency plan for potential disasters
Prepare 3-4 emergency plans. If you have only one, and shit goes sideways, you want a backup plan. And a backup plan for your backup plan.
The best preparation for disaster is building community. Form tenant unions and labor unions. Join or form community gardens. Join your local library. Talk to your neighbors. Anything that creates cohesion with the people around you. Then, when a disaster hits, the community doesn't need to come together because it's already together
https://www.cdc.gov/floods/safety/index.html
Have you all your important documents, photos in the cloud?
No. Is there a good option for cloud storage that isn't a privacy nightmare?
Selfhosting isn't really an option in this case, but Nextcloud is a thing.
For this situation, I guess just storing them in external SSD's and stashing those (multiple for redundancy) in watertight containers within your home.
We encrypt a drive and trade it with a friend at their house. I also have some stuff at my moms house as backup, but now that I think about it, I haven’t updated it this year.
Anything will work as long as you encrypt first.
Some wire shelves to keep important stuff off of floor level. A shop vac for smaller flooded areas, or an extra sump pump if you have an underground basement.
I think some companies make these inflatable tubes that go around your house and you can fill them with water and they provide a barrier about 2-3 feet high.
It's probably expensive and uses a lot of water, and requires a clear space around your house, but it's worth considering if it's an option for you.
For a more permanent investment, you could dig a trench and mound the dirt up beside it, but this depends on what's buried nearby. You could also try routing it to an artificial pond of some sort.
Make sure the drainage ditches and culverts near your house are clear. If they're overgrown or clogged, either clear them yourself or tell your county to clear them.
Beyond that, sandbags can help with the gaps under doors if you're just dealing with a few inches.
Put important things in flood-safe boxes, at least. Or just move them to a place that isn't at risk of flood.
Idk what level of flooding we're talking, but maybe you could put in some mitigation measures around your house? Stuff like making sure the ground is angled to send water away from the house and into the street, just digging out retention ponds, removing impermeable surfaces..
If we're talking BIG floods then yeah ultimately the house will have fish moving in, but it could still buy you time before the water starts claiming the house.