And, that much chlorine comes with its own set of issues.

"DSK" wrote in message
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Jeff Rigby wrote:
Maybe before the water goes down too much homeowners should be tossing a
bag of "Pool Shock" into the home and closing the doors and windows. The
chlorine in the pool shock should kill all the bacteria and mold as well
as deodorize the interior.

This would help if the house was flooded with clean water to at least as
high a level as it had been with contaminated flood water, and left full
for at least as long as it was flooded. Otherwise there will not be
sufficient time for the chlorine to penetrate every place that has been
contaminated.

The health risk from flooded houses is considerable, a very large number
of flood damaged houses in NC had to be bulldozed completely because of
persistant mold. I know of at least a dozen cases in coastal NC where the
house was sealed up in a giant PVC envelope and gassed, and the mold
spores persisted.

Regards
Doug King