StormBag Flood Protection Blog

Gulf coastal home with burlap StormBag flood bags along the garage door, wind-bent palms and an approaching tropical storm with lightning over the Gulf of Mexico

Jun 01, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Gulf Low Pressure Window Opens Tuesday: 72-Hour Flood Deployment Guide

A weak Gulf low pressure system is forecast to organize Tuesday through Thursday, June 2-4, with Florida, the eastern Gulf, and the Texas/Louisiana coast in...

Florida stucco home with palm trees and dark approaching squall line, low row of burlap StormBag flood bags lined along the garage door

May 30, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Atmospheric Firehose Aimed at the Eastern Gulf: Flood Playbook for the First Week of Hurricane Season

A 4-to-8-inch tropical moisture surge is aimed at Florida and the eastern Gulf Coast as the 2026 hurricane season opens June 1. Specific zones, rainfall...

Maurice and Miles Huffman pitching StormBag on Shark Tank — the Chico, California family business that invented the sandless sandbag

May 29, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Made in Chico: How a California Small Business Invented the Sandless Sandbag

The story of how a father-and-son team in a Chico, California warehouse invented the sandless sandbag in 1999 — and why buying the original American-made...

Burlap StormBag flood bags lined along a garage door with downspout splash block visible — layered home flood protection

May 28, 2026 StormBag Team12 min read

The Flood Protection Hierarchy: How to Actually Protect Your Home From Flooding

A flood expert's honest, ranked framework for protecting a home from flooding — from FEMA maps and grading through sandless sandbags. Includes primary-source citations and...

Properly-scaled StormBag burlap sandbags lined along a Florida home garage door under approaching hurricane storm clouds, with drought-stressed yard

May 28, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

The Drought-Hurricane Paradox: Why a Parched Florida Faces Worse Flooding This Season

64 percent of Florida and 56 percent of Georgia are in extreme or exceptional drought heading into the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. The counterintuitive truth:...

Hydrated StormBag burlap sandbag barrier protecting a Mid-Atlantic home garage during a flash flood event with a creek out of its banks in the background

May 27, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic Flash Flood Threat May 27, 2026: What Homeowners Should Do Today

Active NWS Flood Watches cover Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic areas including Columbus, Cincinnati, Charleston WV, and western Maryland. Cells dropping 1-2 inches per hour over...

Hydrated StormBag burlap sandbag barrier holding back atmospheric river floodwater at a California garage door

May 26, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Atmospheric Rivers and the 2026-27 West Coast Winter: A Homeowner Prep Guide

Atmospheric rivers deliver 25 to 50 percent of West Coast annual precipitation in just a handful of days each winter. With NOAA now placing 96...

Hydrated burlap sandless sandbag linear barrier as perimeter sediment control on a construction site SWPPP setup

May 22, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Sandless Sandbags in a SWPPP: Where They Fit in Construction Site BMPs

Every U.S. construction site disturbing one acre or more has to operate under a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. Here is where sandless sandbags fit in...

Drainage inlet protection on a fire-affected California road shoulder

May 22, 2026 StormBag Team8 min read

Drainage Inlet and Culvert Protection on Burn Scars: A Field Guide for Post-Fire Road Crews

Burn scars turn ordinary storms into flash floods and debris flows for up to five years after a fire. Here is what state DOTs and...