Re: My Hurricane Katrina Predictions

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:41:48 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Everyone should learn from Katrina and from this and from, well, all
>of these events. Have a disaster plan. That is not simply for a
>business (oh, wait, this is not the security group), it is personal as
>well. Have the bag of important stuff that you will grab as you leave.
>Put your passport and birth certificate and insurance information and
>data backup and whatever is in your house/apartment that you need to
>survive and has to be preserved. Have the list of the things you will
>grab if you have the 5 minute warning or the 24 warning. Have a bag
>with food and water and your meds and a toothbrush and flashlight and
>a knife and socks and underwear at home and at work. Have walking
>shoes at work.

And have at least clothes, water, and flashlight in your car.

>Check the bag with each season change to ensure you
>have the right stuff and that the food and water are still good. Have
>a contact plan with your significant others and your family. Know who
>gets called to know you are all right and where you will try to head
>if evacuated.
>
>This is not a joke, this is not a to-do for the far future. Do this
>today while Katrina is still on your mind. If you figure out now what
>you would do with 5 minutes/1 hour/24 hours warning you can do it
>better when the time comes.

Absolutely. I live in one of the most disaster-threatened areas in
the country (San Francisco earthquake area), and I have made some of
these plans, but I could do better. I have about five days of water
stashed in my garage, but all in one basket. I need to move some of
it to a closet, and I need to stock up on foil-wrapped granola bars.

Foil-wrapped granola bars are one of the best emergency foods of all
time. They are compact and weather- and pest-resistant. I know from
experience that they keep at least three years. Best of all, they are
palatable enough that I don't mind eating my old supply when I refresh
it with more.

--
Mark Isaak eciton (at) earthlink (dot) net
"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
exposing the country to danger." -- Hermann Goering

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