Sometimes the water levels are too high and there is no way to let water out of the tubes. In this instance, there was a major lack of communication and as soon the proper people were notified, the tubes were opened and the water levels went back down. It took about 30 hours from the time the water had taken over my house before it had gone back down again. I can say that I am very thankful that I was able to get myself, a few clothes, and my vehicle out before the flood hit. We had very little warning that floods were going to happen. The community watched as well as I did and made the extra precautions to keep myself safe. A risk that is not seen by a great amount of places is agriculture infestation. “Farming in Marshall County remains
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This plan was well over 400 pages too. Then I got an email from William and he said he was finally able to get me the mitigation plan that is in place. It took him a few days to get this too me because the file was so large. As I had said in the beginning, this is the Northeast Kansas (Region K) Multi-Hazard, Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. For typing purposes, I shall call it the mitigation plan. “This is a multi-hazard, multi-jurisdictional mitigation plan combination and update covering Kansas Homeland Security Region K. Region K is comprised of nine participating counties and one participating tribe and is located in the northeast region of the state.” (Blue Umbrella) This plan lists each county/reservation and gives a back story on all of them. It tells the size, established dates, highways, bodies of water and even how much of the area is water related to each area. “The main water course is the Big Blue River, which bisects the county flowing north to south. Other rivers, creek sand streams include the Little Blue River, Red Vermillion Creek, Deer Creek, and Horse Shoe Creek. In total, 43 names streams may be found in Marshall County. There are no major identified lakes or reservoirs in the county.” (Blue Umbrella) It also lists the towns and tells the last census population of that town. I had never thought of it until now, but all of this information is very important if something were to happen. Knowing how many people live in a certain county, can give a better idea of how many supplies will be needed and to get a count if there was something to
This plan was well over 400 pages too. Then I got an email from William and he said he was finally able to get me the mitigation plan that is in place. It took him a few days to get this too me because the file was so large. As I had said in the beginning, this is the Northeast Kansas (Region K) Multi-Hazard, Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. For typing purposes, I shall call it the mitigation plan. “This is a multi-hazard, multi-jurisdictional mitigation plan combination and update covering Kansas Homeland Security Region K. Region K is comprised of nine participating counties and one participating tribe and is located in the northeast region of the state.” (Blue Umbrella) This plan lists each county/reservation and gives a back story on all of them. It tells the size, established dates, highways, bodies of water and even how much of the area is water related to each area. “The main water course is the Big Blue River, which bisects the county flowing north to south. Other rivers, creek sand streams include the Little Blue River, Red Vermillion Creek, Deer Creek, and Horse Shoe Creek. In total, 43 names streams may be found in Marshall County. There are no major identified lakes or reservoirs in the county.” (Blue Umbrella) It also lists the towns and tells the last census population of that town. I had never thought of it until now, but all of this information is very important if something were to happen. Knowing how many people live in a certain county, can give a better idea of how many supplies will be needed and to get a count if there was something to