Disaster recovery can be a lengthy process so calm down, prioritize, and move forward as you can. Do not stress over the small stuff or try to get it all done in a few days. Consider the following:
1. Accept help. You cannot do this alone. Sit down with volunteers and let them know of your expectations. ie. Assign a team leader to give direction, designate a place of ALL recovered items to be placed (even the broken...
Posted by
Carolyn on May 12th, 2011 in
After a Disaster,
HAM Radio |
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Have you taken the test yet and gotten your HAM radio license? If not, why not? Recently I heard an interview with the mayor of Huntsville Alabama. An EF5 tornado had just torn the town apart. He lamented that the cell phone tower was gone, landline phones were gone and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for the town had been destroyed and with it all communication capabilities. During a crisis...
Gas price update: Today is the 37th day in a row fas prices have risen. You will now be spending $1890.00 per vehicle per year for gasoline. Is there any doubt as to why we seem to have less money in our wallets. We do have less.
Food prices are also about to take another jump. General Foods just raised prices for the second time this year and now we have seen flooding and tornadoes. Much of the farmland in...
Posted by
Carolyn on Mar 22nd, 2011 in
After a Disaster,
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After every earthquake there is an email that circulates extolling the benefits of protecting yourself by using the triangle of life. I see it referred to on blogs and emergency preparedness sites as though it were a new and great idea that will save thousands of lives. Please, when you get those refer them to this post.
"We at the American Red Cross have studied the research on the topic of earthquake...
Posted by
Carolyn on Mar 11th, 2011 in
After a Disaster,
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Flooding is expected in many areas of the US today. With the awful earthquake in Japan and the tsunami following all over Asia, Hawaii and the west coast of the United States flooding is possible and will happen in many places today. I was asked this question a few months ago and answered it on Ready or Not and also in the January Newsletter but here is the answer once again.
Flood waters covered our food stored...
