Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 — Three months after devastating floods swept parts of the state, emergency officials urged Indiana residents on Friday, September 6 to take a lesson from that disaster and prepare now for the next natural or manmade calamity. June flooding that damaged about 7,500 mainly south-central Indiana homes found many flood victims without a disaster plan for their families and lacking the 3-day supply of food, water and other basic necessities emergency officials recommend.