Disaster preparation.

[RICHARD]

What plans do you have in case of a disaster?

What kits do you have handy?

Do you have medicine, money, water put away?

Do you have a car that you can depend on?

Where are your papers? Birth certificates. licenses?

Do you have a place to meet the people in your household should you cannot go home?

What have you done to prepare for a natural diasater?

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Oh gosh, I have NOTHING ready . I have a car I can rely on, and there is a candle plus matches under the sink. But that is it!!

[JenBKR]

I am not prepared either I do have a red cross first aid kit, but that's about it.

[PJ's Mom]

I don't really have a plan.

I had a sticker on the front door telling the fire dept/police dept that we had pets inside, but hubby said it looked ugly and took it down.

Guess I should make some sort of emergency plan.

[furrykidsmother]

We live in NH so we aren't in an area with a high risk, but after 9/11 we did do some preperation. We bought a generator, lots more flashlights and candles, have gallons and gallons of water put aside, have stocked up on things that don't go bad (toilet paper, paper towels, batteries etc.), have more food around that doesn't require any prep such as snack bars, nuts etc., keep more in the car gas tanks then we used to, but still it isn't enough. We have talked more in the past few days though of what we would do and should do to be prepared.

[elizabethann]

We live in NH so we aren't in an area with a high risk,

Hello fellow NH pet person. I used to think they same thing but then I remembered the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. But then again, if that blows....we ALL go (no matter where we live).

Don't mean to scare you, but you just never know.

Now with that said, am I prepared? No (and I live 35 minutes away from the thing).

I put a thread on Dog General and Cat General about pet preparedness and got some good ideas as to how I should prepare if anything bad happens. Let's hope I'll never have to use any of those ideas.

[Lady's Human]

Seabrook CAN'T "blow", but that's another thread entirely.

As far as emergency prep, we haven't done much, but we're off in the boonies. We have fireplaces in the house which would be fine for cooking and heating, we have wood stockpiled, and we normally shop for a month at a time, so food isn't a problem.

[elizabethann]

Seabrook CAN'T "blow", but that's another thread entirely

I didn't mean that literally

[furrykidsmother]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by elizabethann

[B]Hello fellow NH pet person. I used to think they same thing but then I remembered the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. But then again, if that blows....we ALL go (no matter where we live).[quote]


Hi back! You are right, I don't know how I overlooked that risk. I have no idea how to prepare for a situation like that. We are also only about 1/2 an hour away.

[jackie]

The only things I have in the house for an emergency is bottled water and candles.

[popcornbird]

Honestly? NOTHING! Yes we do have three reliable cars, and we do know where our papers and everything are in case we need them, but anything else? Nope. Funny too, because we live in California, land of the earthquakes, and from the very beginning of life, they've ALWAYS taught us at school to keep emergency stuff in an accessible place. But do we? Nope. We should...definitely.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

One thing's for sure, we are learning from the hurricane Katrina disaster, we are going to have no help from the government if we need it.

I do have water on hand. I also have extra batteries and a radio that cranks up and doesn't need batteries and one flashlight like that too. I try to keep extra food on hand also.

I need two more kitty carriers but could make do if needed with what I have.

My papers are all in a portable fire proof safe that I can load in the car fast.

[elizabethann]

radio that cranks up and doesn't need batteries

Those hand-cranked radio's are pretty cool and great to have around when you lose electricity and don't have batteries. I'd like to get one of those.

[Lady's Human]

One serious issue that has come to light in this and many other disasters is the fact that the Federal Government is by law hamstrung when it comes to disaster relief. They can't do anything until after the fact. They can plan and prepare for disasters, but when it comes to the actual disaster they can't DO anything until the disaster has happened. For instance, one of the best assets we have for evacuation WOULD be the military, however, the federal military cannot act within the US as a police force. The National Guard can, however most Governors wait until after the fact to call them out. A governor must request assistance from the US before the US can help.

One serious question:

New Orleans is on average 5'-10' below sea level in an area that is prone to hurricanes. Why rebuild it?

[smokey the elder]

That's a very good question. I think the jury is very much out on whether it ought to be rebuilt, at least in that site. Perhaps they can site a "New" New Orleans in a less vulnerable place. Either that or they need to build the Rotterdam Gates, giant movable gates that are a second layer of protection. Unfortunately, it took like a generation to build these.