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Disasters Change Everything


Just ask the people of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Harvey; displaced residents and ruined businesses of Paradise CA; or those suffering the harshest winter in a generation. 

The uninformed and unprepared are vulnerable to suffer the harshest consequences. 
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Whether it is inconvenient disruptions or up -ending disasters; whether man-caused or natural upheaval, we need up-to-date information and know-how to improve our chances to respond appropriately.  Decide now to be part of the solution; sensible preparation and planning will get you there.

While we live in uncertain, even precarious times, if we keep our wits about us and gather the mental, physical and yes, spiritual tools necessary to navigate dangerous events, in the main, most of us will end up okay.

We don’t need to know about every emergency that could befall us – but we do need to grasp a few practical response strategies that prepare us not only for the expected, but also for the ‘What Ifs,’ and the ‘Not-If-But-Whens’.

This blog will be a voice for:
  • Practical, simple emergency prepare, planning and response know-how;
  • After-event reports and lessons learned;
  • The S.A.F.E. Neighborhoods catastrophic disaster response strategy for Salt Lake County; 
  • The Utah Commission on Aging prepare program for seniors; 
  • Business continuity and resiliency planning, and
  • Families First 

Start Now to: 1) Organize emergency supplies for home sheltering, short and long-term; 2) Create 96-hour kits*, in pre-packed carts for quick on-foot evacuation; and 3) Gather essential emergency supplies for work place and family autos.  

If you only make one kit, place it in your trunk along with a collapsible cart.  

* Professional responders teach it takes 4 days/nights, or longer, for organized help to reach impacted communities in a major disaster. How well you manage in those first days will depend upon how effectively you have prepared.

© 2015 Linda Milne, revised, January, 2019