FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN THESE ANTI-FLOOD INVENTIONS

1. Flood Guard

2. Reitthaler

3. Dam Easy

4. Topmix Permeable

5. NOAQ Boxwall (Preview)

6. StormMeister

7. Aggeres SCFB

8. HESCO Floodline

9. Quick Dam

10. Water-Gate dam

11. FloodBlock

00:00 - Flood Guard
01:07 - Reitthaler
02:05 - Dam Easy
03:02 - Topmix Permeable
04:01 - NOAQ Boxwall (preview)
04:57 - StormMeister
05:48 - Aggeres SCFB
06:42 - HESCO Floodline
07:24 - Quick Dam
08:09 - Water-Gate dam
08:57 - FloodBlock

[hackerhacker]

Countries who barely have floods : create a super advance technologies to avoid flood from getting to their house.

Countries who have flood all year round : piles of sand bags from WW1

[austinthompson]

You know you are procrastinating studying math too much when you start watching anti-flood inventions tier list.

[kd]

The best way to test these inventions is in an actual real life environment (hurricane or tropical storm) not a controlled environment.

[louther]

The permeable concrete would work in warmer climates, but if its installed in any areas with freezing weather it would break extremely quickly due to ice formation within the concrete itself

[ShizuCatt]

As someone living in area that always flood I would say only few of these are practical other are just fancy rich people stuff. Also This is one of the most peaceful flood I've ever seen, In my place the water is like a mini tsunami.

[ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

0:54 as a structural engineering student, I can't really say it's a great idea to start attaching a potential side load of a few kips directy pulling to the side on columns that weren't designed for that. Mostly an issue with smaller columns in structures with smaller importance factor values, but yeah, not the best, I don't think.

Then again, by the time that load is applied (due to water trying to rip it away), that structure probably already has *other* issues to worry about.

[alannahje]

Hot take: Wetlands. Natural flood protection with benefits all year round, from Increased biodiversity to lower Surrounding temps in hotter months. Like, the best way to both prevent and lessen the Damage of flooding is to restore and protect wetlands.

[nickmail]

Some good ideas here, they can keep the water from coming through the doors but what happens when it starts coming out of your toilet? Flood water always comes through the sewers and once it reaches the height of any down stairs toilets it pours over the bowl.

[dannyfubar]

The 'Boxwall' was definitely the smartest looking of the designs. Affordable effective solution, easy to install and store. I imagine the design size could be expanded upon for a variety of applications. Thank you for sharing.

[coreytaylor]

remember, even if you have the highest tech flood protection for all your doors and windows, that's not going to matter if your walls aren't water proof

[cherylo]

I see a problem with a lot of these, it’s great that the door way is protected, but what about the walls? The basement windows? The crawl space? If water can get into any of those places the protected doorway is of no value

[mrbear]

I love all of these things that are manufactured to block water from coming in doorways; however, that doesn't stop the water from coming in through the walls.

[Rod-bpow]

Creativity is as overflowing as the waters of the sea. Keep going

[firefox]

The topmix permeable sounds like a good thing for any place that never reaches freezing temperature.

[maralonent]

The best thing to do is just start building proper and permanent flood prevention structures by waterways and in all areas that exist within flood planes.

[mattiasotto]

The quick dam is pretty great. I’m using on to keep my driveway safe from notable amounts of water flooding my garage. I have no idea if it will dry out or if I’ll have to throw it away but it’s doing a great job.

[rogstar]

the concrete seems amazing to me. it drinks an incredible amount of water, but i'm curious there's no mention of where does this water go ? 🤔

[mr.norris]

The real solution would be to plan cities smarter (like the dutch) and make buildings flood proof. All barriers are just measurements because people failed to implement the real solution

[bbxhrhj]

Hesco is also used for military purposes. Easy, especially in the desert, to use them to make bulletproof structures

[lost]

Flood guard seems like the most impractical thing on this planet, unless you live in an area that's prone to floods but for $580 and the inconvenience...