Scientists predict a dramatic increase in flood rates in the next ten years. According to the latest Global Climate Chane Analysis report, mankind should start perfecting sandbagging skills and explore alternative flood protection methods.
Scientists discuss several factors that have most probably lead to the ongoing devastating floods all over Europe. Climate change amounts to them.
The global temperature has suddenly increased by about 1C. The air today manages to absorb and withhold about 7% more water than it did just several years ago.
This has inevitably lead to an increase in “storm activities”. In other words, the higher the temperature gets in your area, the bigger are the chances that at some point t, the skies will explode with a massive rainfall that you have never seen before.
The good news, scientists have already paid attention to this phenomenon and develop studies that will help people forecast even flash floods in a new, more advanced manner saving millions of lives.
Bad news, even if we learn about the upcoming flash flood caused by heavy rainfall in advance, hardly will the good old sandbagging save us. The character of the ongoing floods is extremely aggressive. The water flow simply wipes off heavy cars, garbage containers and even moderate properties. Needless to point out that a bunch of sandbags hardly has anything against such an event.
Why do those changes happen?
We all have heard about global warming and the greenhouse effect that has eventually lead to climate change. But how come, despite all that knowledge and analysis, those massive European floods have caught people by surprise in 2021?
However, today the same experts who seemed to keep calm for far too long come up with devastating forecasts that basically point out that you should start sandbagging the area around your property even if floods hardly ever happen in your area.
The reason for those predictions is literally out of this world.
Hawaiian University has recently published a report on behalf of a group of experts from NASA. The report talks about Moon’s influence on a natural disaster that happens on Earth, and particularly - the floods.
According to the experts` data, Moon’s orbit changes every 18,6 years. During the first half of this cycle, floods seem to become much morale, while the second half brings particularly active and aggressive floods.
Does it mean that you should roughly put out sandbagging dikes once in 9 years, and you are golden; the flood won’t catch you by surprise? Not particularly.
ThClimatehange makes a massive impact and makes some tangible adjustments to those cycles. Overall, experts claim that due to global warming and the advanced “storm acts” we mentioned before, floods happen at least 3-4 times more often and appear more intense than they would have in a normal course of events.
In other words, although the Moon cycles are pretty predictable and can help humanity avoid devastating destructive consequences of floods, global warming, caused mostly by human activities, has made this pretty reliable prediction method almost irrelevant.
That is why the ongoing floods have caught Europe by chance and caused such chaos and devastation.
But wait, there is more to it.
According to the latest data, the Moon is entering the second phase of its cycle now. It means that however active and destructive floods were supposed to be in the next nine years, you should multiply it by 4 to see how efficient your sandbagging dike will be.
What is so peculiar about floods today?
The floods that we witness today are most peculiar with how unprepared people and local authorities appeared for them.
The German flooding was basically a classic scenario for the modern disaster. Several days of particular heat in Europe were logically followed by a massive rainfall. We might have already witnessed the same situation in Moscow, where a storm that followed a week-long heatwave has caused flooding of metro stations, streets and even the international airport.
However, unlike western Germany, Moscow does not have any significant water bodies for European floods; the massive rainfall has soon enough caused an overflow of Rhein as well as some other significant rivers, lakes and creeks located in the region.
People who live in these areas are no strangers to floods. They are normally aware of the flood dangers, know and effectively use sandbagging as well as other efficient anti-flooding solutions.
However, the disaster that came to Europe in 2021 appeared entirely unpredictable and therefore caused massive destructions and lead to devastating losses.
The floods have continued this march and by now have also affected Belgium, Switzerland and Netherlands.
Flash floods - expect the unexpected.
Although flash floods, especially their modern variants, are almost impossible to predict and withstand efficiently, there are several factors that can help you protect your property and even save your life:
- Follow the weather. Extreme hot, which is not common for your area, will definitely be followed by heavy rainfall;
- Know your terrain. Try to learn as much as possible about the local terrain, water bodies, heights and lows around you. It will help you determine your risks in case of a flash flood and come up with an efficient escape plan;
- Prepare in advance. While building a sandbagging dike in front of your house or business is absolutely irrelevant, you can prepare for a flash flood thoroughly if you get yourself a flood barrier or a flood gate that can effectively seal each passage in your building;
- Hold the drills. Once you bought yourself the flood gate, hold several drills and learn to install it as fast as possible. Those flood protection devices are incredibly simple and easy to install; however, every second matter once you are facing a flash flood.
Contact Dam Easy today and learn about our Flood Gates and numerous other innovative solutions that will help you secure and protect your property even in case of an unpredictable flash flood.
Unlike sandbagging dikes, innovative solutions like flood gates will guarantee your protection and give you peace of mind. December, even if floods have never happened in your region before, you have a 20% bigger chance to be affected by the disaster in the next nine years.
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