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Flooding - Flood Tips

Flood Tips
Article by Leroy Andre - 7/30/03

     With a number of floods hitting the area, and warnings of future flooding due to the heavy rains that have plagued most of the nation, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), has issued tips designed to protect the health and safety of residents.
     Kelly Burch, Northwest Regional Director for DEP, has advised residents 
whose homes have been affected by recent flooding, or are in flood prone areas, precautions to take to ensure safe cleanups.
     "Heavy storms and flooding presents many potential dangers for injury and disease, and it is important that people working on homes after flooding use caution when working in the flooded areas," Burch warned. Recommended actions include:

• Use care when entering a flood damaged building
• Knock down loose, wet ceiling plaster before moving through or working in a house
• Watch for holes in the floor, loose board and board with nails sticking up
• Wear rubber soled shoes or boot and rubber gloves and turn off the main switch, using a piece of rubber, plastic or dry wood, while standing on a dry board to prevent electrocution
• Do not pump water from the basement until the water has receded, pumping a water-filled basement could result in the walls collapsing.
• Never use a gas powered pump or generator in an enclosed area, to prevent being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes
• Protect scratches or wounds from being contacted by contaminated water. Wounds should be cleaned immediately with soap and water and a tetanus shot may be needed, since raw sewage and other bacteria in flood waters can cause infections
• Disinfect everything that the flood water has touched with a two percent chlorine bleach solution, Two or three capfuls of chlorine bleach to a bucket of water is recommended, and gloves and boots should be worn during the disinfecting process
• Discard food that comes in contact with flood water, check refrigerated or frozen foods carefully if power outages occurs. Any frozen food that has partially or completely defrosted should be use immediately or discarded. Perishable foods kept in a refrigerator that has been off more than four hours or that has warmed to more than 45 degrees should be discarded.
• Drinking water that you suspect of being contaminated, should be brought to a rolling boil for at least a minute, and water that is cloudy or has an unusual odor, should be boiled.
• Keep all the cleaning and disinfecting materials out of the reach of children.
• Air dry family treasures, such as books, photographs or paintings within 48  hours, if you can't air dry them immediately, freeze them if possible, and if not keep them as cool as possible.
• Test plumbing and basement drains by pouring a bucket of water down them. If the water does not run out, remove the clean-out plug from the trap and remove the mud with a wire.
• Don't rush to move in, the house must be thoroughly dried and throughly cleaned.
• Open doors and windows to ventilate and dry inside, and wait until all floors, ceilings, walls and furnishings are dry and free of mold and mildew before trying to repair or salvage.
• Floors should not be repaired until fully dry. To prevent shrinkage and deformation, windows and doors should be opened, and buckled floors can be drawn back into place with nails, humps can be removed by planing and sanding.
• Drawers should be removed and all mud and dirt cleaned from wooden furniture.
• Furniture should be dried slowly indoors so as to prevent warping from the sun.
• Washers, dryers and furnaces can usually be cleaned and tested by qualified electricians and replacing expensive appliances should not be necessary.
• Mattresses, carpets and rugs should be discarded, since in most cases, they become so saturated with contaminated materials that cleaning attempts are futile.

For more information on flood recovery, visit DEP through the PA PopwerPort, at www.state.pa.us, PA - Keywords: "flood recovery."

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