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#137577 10/16/04 09:28 AM
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The terrible hurricanes in Florida have drawn new attention to the importance of emergency preparedness. It's not just a Y2K joke or a last days thing or whatever it was, but an intelligent way to prepare for any emergency a family might face, including unemployment, hurricanes or serious illness. If you were cut off from stores (due to financial or emergency conditions, electricity, water and other important resources, could you survive? Share what you do to be ready for emergencies and to help your kids in these situations.

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#137578 10/17/05 10:04 AM
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I was caught in the recent storm that devasted Mississippi and Lousiana coast lines. I am here so I suppose I survived.

One thing that came to mind after is that no amount of standard preparation would have prepared us for what happened after. I stress standard here. Most in my area follow storm preparation guidelines for stocking up and readying for the storm. It wasn't enough this time.

Houses today are not designed for self sustained living unless they are custom built for that. I realised this on day five of not having water and electricity. We had the ability to withstand three days of being cut off from supplies and utilities, beyond that became difficult.

We drew water from a muddy creek for hand washing clothes, we rationed food and drinking water, we used the outdoor grill to cook meats as they thawed, my husband was preparing a cook pit with firewood when food assistance came through.

I plan to have more gasoline, more appropriate foods, cooking fuel or means and more water in the future.

If dreams could come true,I would also build a house that is better designed for self-sustained living. A cistern would have been much loved right around the time we were running out of water.


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#137579 10/17/05 10:50 PM
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I am glad you are okay. I have friends inland Mississippi, we were shocked at their damage. I learned 20 years ago to wash all my dirty clothes before the hurricane. When Ivan was coming, family members evacuated to our inland house. He is in the Natl. Guard, and they brought everything and more, stuff I would never have thought of. So I made a list! And when Dennis made landfall one mile down the shore from my house, I was nowhere around, but evacuated inland, with my long list of stuff. We actually prepared the inland house ahead of time, stocked it up. I think people truly have to go through it to understand the basic hurricane preparation guidelines ARE just basic; if it is a bad storm that is a different story. Hope you are able to get back on your feet soon.

#137580 10/18/05 06:54 AM
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I think most of us forget about the cooking aspect of storage, at least beyond our 72 hour kits. I plan to extend our 72 hour kits to cover more time, just to be safe. We're in a rather hard to get to area, surrounded by businessess and only a few houses, so it's unlikely anyone would be looking for us in any hurry.


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#137581 12/05/06 11:43 PM
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Our emergency wasn't weather related, but financial. Living in North Texas that is what I was told to prepare for and I am so happy that we did. I have learned to keep a freezer stocked with at least two to three months worth of meat and canned goods and other non or slowly perishable items. My husband was a special forces soldier and has shown me some field survival tricks and I learned others from a special that is currently airing on discovery about urban disasters. I particularly liked the nugget about keeping lemon juice on hand to chemically "cook" fish (it only works on fish). You put the fish in a pot and cover it with lemon juice and after a couple of hours the fish is safe to eat, helping to prolong your food supply. The show also demonstrates how to make a lantern from a headlight and car battery, how to escape from a sinking car, even how to break through your roof in the event that the water has risen to your attic like in Katrina. I was able to purchase an alternate power source that I leave in my van with auxiliary ports and a search light. I have found that if there is anything that I will always take with me from my time in the LDS church, it will be the importance of preparedness.


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#137582 12/06/06 09:23 AM
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Preparing for an emergency is fine and I practice it. However, there was no preparing for Katrina. Evacuating and staying away was all we could do. Returning was only possible when a place to live became available. For many that has not yet happened 15 months later. We returned, finished the demolition of our house that Katrina started, bought another one and are preparing to leave Louisiana. So in this most unusual case, the preparation for Katrina was having a few bucks in the bank so evacation and alternate living arrangements could be made.


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