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171 resources
This guide for the gulf coast region provides details for creating a home that is energy efficient, hazard resistant, healthy, safe and convenient for a lifetime. How to Use the manual, and List of F…
Explains the importance of safe rooms in protecting lives. 1:39 minutes. Shows safe room construction.
Explains how to check and disinfect a well that has been flooded. Describes process for disinfecting wells and cisterns inundated with floodwaters.
This video discusses staging a large sandbagging operation and the use of sandbags in a flooding event. Covers containing sand boils on the “dry side” 15:20 minutes. Developed as a training tool for …
Describes how to reduce rodent problems by repelling or trapping rats, mice and squirrels. Content was updated October 2022.
Describes how to avoid snakes both indoors and outdoors. Content updated in 2022.
Information on the time line of events, mad cow disease, BSE, food handling, food safety
Comprehensive video on understanding and preventing damage from wildfires in a particular part of Nevada.
For homeowners who have flooded or whose home is below the required base flood elevations. Provides rationale, alternatives and incentives for elevating. Elevation is the most effective on-site metho…
For homeowners and home builders in hurricane zones who plan to remodel or add-on to a home. Whether you are just replacing siding or you have damage that’s requiring you to completely remove all the…
Discusses assessing well safety following a flood. Answers common questions about when wells should be tested, contamination risks caused by wet weather and where water samples can be tested.
This publication provides over 101 tips and advice on planning your purchases, choosing bargains, keeping food safe, and preparing food at home, as well as tricks to watch out for, such as promotions…
Offers safety tips for using generators and instructions for calculating power requirements for appliances.
Responding to and recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita provided valuable insights into the services that state Extension Services have the capability to provide. Published in Journal of Extens…
This 20-page tabloid publication shows just a few of the hundreds of examples of the LSU AgCenter’s response to the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Fully illustrated.
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25 minute on how to reduce risk of wildfire threat to your home and what to do during and after a fire.
Given the number of wildfires through the west, this publication deals with what the homeowner needs to know about fire, and protecting their home from wildfires. This award winning program was also …
This fact sheet details how to properly and safely handle food after a tornado has struck.
Information on preventing Formosan subterranean termites from spreading, disposing of termite-infested wood and debris, transporting mulch and other wood debris, inspecting and re-treating, signs of …
Topics include safety and health advice, dealing with financial loss, risk management, restoring storm-damaged buildings, salvaging belongings, and lawn and garden care. Consolidates content that was…
Explains where basement moisture sources and what can be done to correct it. Presents seven approaches to solving this problem, from simple to complex.
Advice for restoring turf damaged by floods and ice storms.
video describes elevation of buildings on slab, based on an Amite River Basin project in Louisiana. The 2005 archived version is available in PDF format. 20-minute video documentation with homeowner …
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