Is it one of the "quake lakes?"
I think I'd be thinking pretty hard on moving to high ground myself. Unless maybe you live in a reinforced masonry structure on stable NFS soils, then an upper floor might work. Remember, the recent quake and after shocks will have the soils loosened if liquifaction hasn't effected them already, they'll be much more susceptible to erosion, especially in flood conditions. Flash floods like dam bursts are more damaging that simple flooding as they carry a front of debris and usually consist of pretty thick liquid mud.
A person almost never drowns in that kind of flood.
Keep safe Philip, we're thinking about you and all the other souls affected.
Frosty
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