So anyone from the Columbus area (I do know a couple of you who do read the blog, are from my area) likely lived through The Great Flood of 2008. I don’t know if any of you lost anything… my home was thankfully spared, but my work was not. My work was devastated. I still get teary eyed when I think about flood recovery, and I just lost my work. I can’t begin to understand the pain of people who lost their homes.
For anyone who doesn’t know, we had a pretty hellatious storm system stall over our area and to the north of us. The result was, after the rain stopped and the sun came out, the rain from up north made its way down to our already swollen rivers and completely saturated land… It was the worst flooding in the recorded history of our city. It was… unbelievable. But it happened. And just like the rest of the ninnies who never stopped and thought, “Hey, what happens if I lose water and power for any significant period of time?” I ran to Walmart. And let me tell you, Walmart was wiped out. It was an island. Most of the city was completely closed off, about ten blocks in every direction from where I was living at the time. The only place I could get to was Walmart. I waited in the check-out line for over an hour. Lines were easily 10 people deep, and just about every single lane was open. That kind of mad-house is precisely what happens in a disaster when people don’t think about and prepare for it ahead of time.
My husband and I, when we were dating, always joked that Burt Gummer was our idol. I suppose we never took that as seriously as we do now. Those of you who have been through the flood in this area, I’m sure you’re more serious about it now, too. I’m going to present some really excellent resources for survival and preparedness. From skills to supplies. Any supplies I mention are strictly my own taste, I have absolutely no commercial affiliation with anyone but the company I work for, and they’re not really in the survival business.
Thanks so much for your time!
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