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Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/fdsk.pdf

FEMA
Prepare for Hazards
Dam Failure
Earthquake
Fire or Wildfire
Flood
Hazardous Material
Heat
Hurricane
Landslide
Nuclear Explosion
Terrorism
Thunderstorm
Tornado
Tsunami
Volcano
Wildfire
Winter Storm

http://www.fema.gov/plan/index.shtm

http://www.avdistrict.org/erc/erc dis kit.htm

District Seven Health Department
http://www2.state.id.us/phd7/HPPS/Preparedness/Evacuation supplies Disaster Prep.htm

Minnesota Homeland Security
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/homsec/HSec_Disaster_Kit2.asp

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) (yer pets)
http://www.avma.org/disaster/saving_family.asp

Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/documents/news_special_needs_planning.pdf

Seattle Red Cross Mudslide
http://www.seattleredcross.org/disaster/safety/MUDSLIDE.HTM

Being prepared for natural or manmade disaster is mainstream now. If nothing else good came from the recent situation in New Orleans, the nation has decided that being prepared isn't just an old Boy Scout motto, or the rantings of paranoid conspiricy theorists (My favorite Mel Gibson movie, by the way!)
http://www.orwelltoday.com/movieconspiracy.shtml
Codger
 
Has anyone else here ever felt like Katrina was a dress rehearsal? Mac
 
pict said:
Has anyone else here ever felt like Katrina was a dress rehearsal? Mac
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It was the finale for many. There are many things to be said about Katrina and how the fore and aft were handled, but I hope that everyone takes stock. Be prepared, discuss the different views and methods and hopefully we all make it through whatever comes our way.
 
The best lesson learned from Katrina is the same lesson we see over and over again.

Prepare for it yourself, government will not be there to hold your hand.
 
Glad you liked it. Not only does it all contain some great pointers, hints, lists, and things that you might be mindful of in the way of what the experts think you should be prepared for, but a constant theme runs through them all. You...I...WE...ultimately have personal responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of ourselves and our families, in whatever the odd circumstance. The agencies are going to come in and pick up the pieces later. How much later? Within three days after the disaster is over? Maybe. Or a week. Or two. In the meantime, we are responsible for providing shelter, food, water, medical attention, security, etc. That may be at home, or it may be in a shelter, or it may be in the boonies, or in a State park, or with relatives a long distance away.

Codger
 
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Has anyone else here ever felt like Katrina was a dress rehearsal? Mac
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Dress rehearsal for what? I'd like to know how many folks saw their otherwise sound emergency plans rendered useless under the circumstances. Or when tornado/earthquake/fire/flood etc. strikes.

And keep in mind, govt response hadn't always been so overwhelmingly lame in response to disasters, something that's the fault of us all. Few, even among survivalists, are unwilling to completely sever the government helping hand. How many of you would refuse to call the fire department when your house is burning down, or the police department if your child went missing?

Point is, you cannot prepare for everything. Just when you think you do, Mother Nature will show you who's boss. Reasonable preparations for the most likely predicaments are wise. Undoubtedly, some of us are smug in our sense of readiness. Luckily, most of us will never be put through the fire.
 
Great links 64, thanks.
BTW took me awhile to figure what the heck the title meant.
 
Yes, forgot my manners. Great links and Thank You! They're all in my bookmarks now.:thumbup:
 
Codger is right on, WE have a personal responsiblility.

The failure in Katrina was two-fold:

The state and local gov'ts didn't have their acts together AND even when people were warned, some decided just to stay, even though they live below sea level.

To think that FEMA and the National Guard are going to drop in hours after the storm passes is the dreamland a lot of people are living in. They look to BIG Government to take care of them , when their own City and State governemnts failed them miserably.

The moral of the story of Katrina, is to listen up beforehand, be prepared, and don't have an idea that a National Guard helo is going to drop you supplies.

While the Local, State and Federal beaurocrats are fiddling around, everyone would be better off with a good sotck of drinking water, extra batteries and enough food to last the first week.

The folks in the Florida Keys evacuate on word of an approaching storm, and they are a couple of feet ABOVE Sea level.

Take personal responsibility and demand that others do the same.

A lot of the Surival info and Preparedness programs started ramping up just after 9-11.
 
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