

In the Event of a Catastrophy
#1
Posted 05 September 2005 - 02:43 AM
Evacuating myself has not been part of my emergency contingency plan. However, getting my daughter, son-in-law, and the animals out has been. Both cars have camping equipment and some emergency supplies in the trunks at all times. Other items for emergency use are easily available in the house. The kids are aware of what they should do to get the heck out of town. I'll be in a place with police, firemen, and medical personnel so they aren't to worry about me if I'm not able to evacuate with them. If leaving the area isn't an option, we know what local buildings to head for. Fortunately, we don't live in a high risk area although we've had a couple of floods during which we thought we might have to evacuate, a number of severe storms - ripped part of my roof off and crashed a neighbor's tree down into her kitchen, and then the infrequent tornadoes.
I feel I'm as prepared as I can be given the nature of emergencies.
What are your emergency plans?
#2
Posted 05 September 2005 - 03:07 AM

#3
Posted 05 September 2005 - 03:45 AM
Before a quake even happens, we're expected to keep a stocked supply of canned or dry foods, and some spare water. I've got all that in the garage, plus some flashlights and candles around the house (the latter two came in handy during our series of rolling blackouts).
As for leaving town... well, there's a creek that runs along a few sides of town, so my evacuation would be greatly limited if the bridges collapsed.
We're expecting The Big One to hit sometime before 2010, so we shall see what happens to the bulk of California within the next few years.
#4
Posted 05 September 2005 - 10:06 AM
D'Monix, on Sep 5 2005, 03:07 AM, said:

And now we have Survivor and Lost.
My emergency planning is usually if you have fair warning get out of harms way.
If not then try to keep a cool head and the rifle nearby.

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#5
Posted 05 September 2005 - 10:36 AM
Then, add in the fact that we have more people crowding into these prime coastal communities, and you have a higher human and property toll when a catastrophy occurs.
Found this today, and it's a very interesting perspective on what is going wrong:
http://apnews.excite.../D8CDQ99O0.html
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#6
Posted 05 September 2005 - 12:12 PM
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#7
Posted 05 September 2005 - 12:21 PM
If a see a tornado, or hurricane going in one direction, I go in the other direction.
Seriously, now.
My main plan is to start saving money so that if I had to leave I'd have the means to do so. It's only about 12-13 hours from my apartment in NC to family in NY. And there are a number of routes I can take to get there, so traffice jams on highways won't be too much of a problem.
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#8
Posted 05 September 2005 - 12:55 PM
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Die.
#9
Posted 05 September 2005 - 04:20 PM
a lot of lives would have been saved if the New Orleans police (along with some help) would have MADE people leave the low-dying areas instead of "suggesting" they leave and letting the ones who had no brains to think stick around and drown.

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#10
Posted 05 September 2005 - 06:09 PM
But a people should never be 'punished' because they survived and didn't do what they were told.
Edited by Hibblette, 05 September 2005 - 06:10 PM.
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#11
Posted 05 September 2005 - 06:41 PM
The area we are moving to is subject to Tsunami's, and the evac area for the schools and such is "our hill", so we figure once settled in, we will rebuild our emergency supplies and include powdered milk and other things so that we can handle a few extra folks (especially kids) if need be.
Strangly, as we cleaned out the garage the other day, we found that the one side of our garage had pulled away from the floor ... and that the walls are not actually bolted to the floor at all. The bug inspector guy explained that they used to pour the cement foundation and then "float" the floor into place. So the bolts that we see are FAKES!


#12
Posted 05 September 2005 - 07:30 PM
Cheile, on Sep 5 2005, 02:20 PM, said:
a lot of lives would have been saved if the New Orleans police (along with some help) would have MADE people leave the low-dying areas instead of "suggesting" they leave and letting the ones who had no brains to think stick around and drown.

Basically, she informed us that it was likely that some people who wanted to leave the city just plain couldn't. When you have a population that large hitting the same highway at the same time, traffic is going to get backed up on levels most people couldn't imagine. We're talking about 4 hours in heavy traffic, traveling a total distance of 0.25 miles (an example from a previous, smaller hurricane evac). For some people, it came down to either being caught in the hurricane in their cars, or in their homes.
#13
Posted 05 September 2005 - 10:50 PM
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#14
Posted 06 September 2005 - 12:03 AM
Cheile said:
No brains to think? Think about this, Cheile. From what I've heard, a lot of those "who had no brains to think" and stuck around were too poor to get transportation out of there. It may be kind of difficult to evacuate when one has no car, hmm?
HookandCrook said:
Ooh.

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#15
Posted 06 September 2005 - 01:21 AM
This is Indiana we have a number of people good about getting things done without FEMA or a handful of FEDS stepping in till they are actually needed. In fact a couple of years ago when the Tornados hit my neighborhood we were without power for three hours. Somehow we did not need to have the feds roll in and turn them on for us.
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#16
Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:39 AM
Most of the natural disasters where I am come with warning(hurricane), or are very localized (tornado). Floods could happen, but my house wouldn't be affected.
I figure my house is safe for a cat 1 hurricane. If they think cat 2 or higher winds will be this far inland, I'll look for a friend's place to stay, or head to my parent's house. My question is, what to pack if I think my house will be destroyed? I have a little fire-safe that I keep inportant documents in, so I figure I could leave that, as it is likely to still be around, somewhere in the rubble. But beyond that, if everything was destroyed, I think the best thing to have around is my teddy bear. Jewelry, pictures, knick-knacks, my large antique trunk, none of that will comfort me if everything was gone.
So I would grab my teddy bear, and my dog, and lots of clothes. If I have a chance to go to the barn, I would pack my saddle (that would be a pain to replace). Then again, if it were that dangerous, I would pack the horse as well.
So other than my animals, I have no idea what I would take if I had to pack up my life in a rush.
But for Tornadoes, I figure all the warning I will have is the sound of a train approaching (and I lay awake in thunderstorms saying to myself "Is that the sound of a train? Is that the sound of a train?") and perhaps a chance to lock myself in a worthless closet. I have no faith that my house is safe in that instant, so I'll just try to keep my dog close by and hope for the best.
Edited by Rhiannonjk, 06 September 2005 - 05:40 AM.
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#17
Posted 06 September 2005 - 07:26 AM
To hope and pray that my death will not be too painfull.
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#18
Posted 06 September 2005 - 09:26 AM
Now, in case of catastrophe, I would, in the following order:
1. Grab cats (and their vaccination records in case we're going to Mexico.)
2. Grab CD's with mss. and photos, and negs.
3. Grab cameras and laptop.
4. Go.

#19
Posted 06 September 2005 - 10:37 AM
we also don't have much in the way of natural disasters in Phoenix to worry about, at least sudden disasters. Long term shortage of water, with rationing and electrical interruptions--rolling blackouts--would cause a lot of problems.
Of course, I don't know if the rise in transportation costs is going to cause real problems with the prices of food that has to be shipped in. we could also have a real gasoline problem as all our gas from out of state, California or Texas.
Ideally, you'd have important papers separated out ready to take with you but I've got too many of those of my own and I'd have to have them for my Mom, too. I'd have to worry about my cats and my Mom in a real evacuating emergency.
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 11:55 AM


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