Re: Disaster Preparation

Well, I'm on the New Madrid fault and more and more earthquakes have been
occurring this year. I guess since I'm also not living in a place as safe as
MI then I need to lug things out to the shelter we found. Thirty year old
house and we found a shelter out in the backyard....cool, although I think
it's too close to the house to be very effective if things start falling.

Dani

"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I guess all us Californians better just up and leave right now, huh?
> I live about 50 yards from the Hayward fault, which is "rumored" to be
> the location of the next "big one" in Northern California. I did
> spend about $8K to have my foundation bolted and the house
> shear-walled, but beyond that there's little I can do. Katrina has
> given me reason to consider once again my EQ preparedness (or lack
> thereof). So far I've gotten two gallons of water stored in the
> garage. Period. Today I put a gallon ziploc of dry cat food and a
> couple of small bottles of water in Sunny's carrier, and attached her
> collar to the carrier (which she only wears when I am out of town).
> So if I really have no time, I can just grab the carrier and her and
> be out of here (theoretically, at least). I really do need to gather
> some supplies (shoes, blanket, flashlight, radio, batteries, canned
> food, can opener, etc.) and put them somewhere readily accessible. I
> can easily imagine the greater Bay Area turning into a disaster area
> similar to what's going on in New Orleans right now -- no hospitals,
> no roads, no electricity or water, no emergency personnel available.
> It's very scary and all too real this week. We all have our version
> of a natural disaster to contemplate (or at least those of us not
> living in Michigan or Hawaii -- vbg) -- let's use the opportunity to
> be as prepared as we can be.
>
> Margie


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