Read About It
- Clean-up and Recovery
Whether you live on a farm or in town, there are certain actions you should take to protect yourself and others when you return after a flood. - DisasterAssistance.gov consolidates disaster assistance information on one Web site.
Hear About It
- First Steps to Flood Recovery (the publication is available from Purdue University)
- Self 0:55 minute
- Family 1:36 minute
- Elderly and disabled 1:14 minute
- Insurance 2:08 minutes
- Pets 0:52 minute
- Livestock and horses 1:03 minute
- Wells 2:04 minutes
- Evaluating your home 1:52 minute
- Salvaging food 0:55 minute
- Salvaging keepsakes 1:32 minute
- Salvaging belongings 1:51 minute
- Large electrical appliances 1:55 minute
- Salvaging carpets and floors 1:24 minute
Watch a Demonstration
- If your home was flooded is a series of four videos produced by Purdue Extension and based on the "First Steps to Flood Recovery" publication.
- Moisture meters measure the moisture content of wood. Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Engineer, demonstrates how to use a moisture meter. 7:58 minutes
- Restoring flooded buildings is a 24:49-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation by Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Engineer.
