HOW TO KEEP ANIMALS SAFE DURING FLOOD..

When it comes to weather disasters, it often seems that animals have better instincts than humans. Domesticated pets and farm animals, however, seem to have lost many of the instinctual urges they were born with. As an animal owner it is up to you to protect pets during flash flooding.

Instructions
Things You'll Need:
    * Emergency evacuation plan
    * Cages and carriers
    * High ground

     Fence a pasture area on high ground for outdoor farm animals. Cows and horses are just a few of the farm animals that can be caught off guard by flash floods. Building a safe pasture for them before water rises will give you peace of mind for their survival.
  Buy a crate or cage for every small animal or cat and dog in the home. Keep them all in an easy to access area of the home for any quick evacuation needs.

      Prepare an emergency food supply for all animals. Pack at least three days worth of dry food for all of the animals in your care. For pasture animals, place hay bundles and feed holders on higher ground near the safe pasture.
Find an evacuation center that allows pets, or a flood safe boarding facility to keep the pets for several days if necessary.
      Putting a Flash Flood Plan to Use
     At the first issue of a flash flood warning or signs of quickly rising water, herd all farm animals to the chosen safe pasture and lock all gates.
  
  Cage or crate all small animals and indoor pets, and make arrangements to board for possibly several days.   Take the small animals to a safe boarding facility on high ground, or to a friend or relatives if no other shelter is available. Deliver the pets as soon as the flash flood warning is issued, waiting may cut off roads and limit the escape route.
  
  Leave all animals on high ground or boarding until water has completely receded and threat of flooding has passed. Wait a few days longer if possible to eliminate the possibility of infections due to exposure to dirty water. This will also allow the ground to dry out more to sustain the weight of cattle or horses.

Read more: How to Keep Animals Safe During Flash Flooding http://www.ehow.com

How Did Fish Survive the Flood?

Have you ever for a second thought of how fish survived during the flood in Noah's day? i do like to share this thought hope you find it interesting!!!!!!!!!

If the whole earth were covered by water in the flood, then there would have been a mixing of fresh and salt waters. Many of today's fish species are specialized and do not survive in water of radically different saltiness to their usual habitat. So how did they survive the flood?
Note that the Bible tells us that only land-dwelling, air-breathing animals and birds were taken on the ark (Genesis 7:14-15, 21-23).
We do not know how salty the sea was before the flood. The flood was initiated by the breaking up of the “fountains of the great deep” (Genesis 7:11). Whatever the “fountains of the great deep” were (see Noah's Flood—What did all the water come from?), the flood must have been associated with massive earth movements, because of the weight of the water alone, which would have resulted in great volcanic activity.
Volcanoes emit huge amounts of steam, and underwater lava creates hot water/steam, which dissolves minerals, adding salt to the water. Furthermore, erosion accompanying the movement of water off the continents after the flood would have added salt to the oceans. In other words, we would expect the pre-flood ocean waters to be less salty than they were after the flood.
The problem for fish coping with saltiness is this: fish in fresh water tend to absorb water, because the saltiness of their body fluids draws in water (by osmosis). Fish in saltwater tend to lose water from their bodies because the surrounding water is saltier than their body fluids.