Life jackets will save or can kill in sinking boats or planes. You cannot overcome them if you are trapped inside, floating before exiting.
I would rather have a diving BCD in most cases where floatation is needed. That enables adjusting floatation regardless of weight. They can be manually inflated in a pinch.
However, in a flood, the water is not as problematic as the debris carried in the water. You need to get out of the way and stay out of the water at all costs. If you are unable to escape the water front, you are unlikely to have a flotation device handy either.
If Texas is so incompetent of a government to be unreliable for flood warning. I would be looking at making my own solar powered remote sensor with a node radio network. There are cheap Arduino components to build such a thing for a hundred bucks these days. If government is so inept, making anything that appears official in nature somewhere remote will go unquestioned. You can do anything you want in life if you just wear a plain used white hardhat, a reflective vest, well worn boots, and carry a clipboard.
Life jackets will save or can kill in sinking boats or planes. You cannot overcome them if you are trapped inside, floating before exiting.
I would rather have a diving BCD in most cases where floatation is needed. That enables adjusting floatation regardless of weight. They can be manually inflated in a pinch.
However, in a flood, the water is not as problematic as the debris carried in the water. You need to get out of the way and stay out of the water at all costs. If you are unable to escape the water front, you are unlikely to have a flotation device handy either.
If Texas is so incompetent of a government to be unreliable for flood warning. I would be looking at making my own solar powered remote sensor with a node radio network. There are cheap Arduino components to build such a thing for a hundred bucks these days. If government is so inept, making anything that appears official in nature somewhere remote will go unquestioned. You can do anything you want in life if you just wear a plain used white hardhat, a reflective vest, well worn boots, and carry a clipboard.