Draft:FloodSax alternative sandbags

The FloodSax is an alternative sandbag invented in the UK in 2007 and widely used worldwide by local councils, businesses and homeowners.

It evolved from a military alternative sandbag called a BlastSax used by the Ministry of Defence in the UK to mitigate the effect of explosions by improvised explosive devices (IEDS).

FloodSax protected homes in New Jersey by holding back a major storm surge in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the USA in 2012 which led to them being named as an important item for people to have when severe bad weather is forecast

They regularly feature in news coverage when people protect their homes from chronic flooding problems or for entire communities which face a continual risk of flooding and on international reports about sandbags and their alternatives

In 2015 FloodSax were used to surround an unexploded bomb that had been dug up by a man gardening at his home in Stoke Newington, London. The bomb was taken to nearby Clissold Park and destroyed by the army bomb disposal team with a controlled explosion.

Several local and parish councils now rely on FloodSax

Similar alternative sandbags in the UK include the HydroSack or HydroSnake