Using the FLOOD Acronym to Safeguard People, Property, and Other Assets

Among the weather headlines in 2022 was the disastrous flooding in Eastern Kentucky. The "perfect storm" of adverse conditions led to tremendous damage and loss of life. Continuous rain led to flash flooding, leaving the grounds saturated, and creeks and rivers at record highs. Floods are slow-moving disasters and wreak havoc, destroy communities, and decimate all infrastructure, including water, cellular, internet, electricity, roads, and bridges. While sometimes they are predictable, a flood event can often have disastrous consequences without much warning. Floods demonstrate how relentless Mother Nature can really be in destroying entire communities, homes, and businesses in just a…