Extreme Weather Prepping

[Devonian]

With regards to extreme weather I think it is will become more and more normal in the future and the sort of thing experienced this winter will happen again, maybe not every year, but it will happen more frequently.

With regards to protecting yourself from flooding, if you are in a flood zone what you can do to protect yourself is always going to be pretty limited which is why it is so important to consider your location before moving to a new house. You can normally protect again short term flooding, which is in effect just passing through, but if you have standing water up against your property for more than say 12-24 hours, then you are going to loose the battle and the water will get in if you are below the flood level. In that situation it is a case of damage limitation.

Similarly with extreme winds, other than making sure you keep your house well maintained and repair loose tiles; damaged gutters; strengthen fences etc, there is again not a lot you can do.

However from a prepping perspective, the type of weather than concerns me most is that of 'prolonged' extreme cold and severe snow, both of which I believe we may well get hit hard by sometime in the next few years. These have the potential to cripple the entire country; cutting of food and water supplies; preventing fuel deliveries to petrol stations; and putting extreme pressure on gas and electric supplies - but we can prepare for these!!