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From a preparedness point of view what I learned from the hurricane
1. Dont trust the government to help. I know this already. I heard from people who were checking out their local shelter and found the staff fighting among each other, did not know the details about their shelter (pet friendly or not) and only had a few cots set up even though the shelter could have had hundreds of people come to it. This was on the day the hurricane was going to hit. I planned on staying at home even if advised to evac because there was a chance I'd fair worse at a shelter.
2. If you live in an area with trees, assume trees will fall and block the roads. I had a chainsaw and retractable tow rope in the truck. I used them.
https://www.amazon.com/SmartStraps-14-Foot-Strap-Break-Strength/dp/B000OEVLN2
3. Consider what you would do for your neighbors if they needed help (if you want to provide help). Several of my neighbors are my patients and elderly with health problems. I suspect none of them did anything to prepare. One of them needs power for respiratory equipment.
it at least makes me consider what to have on hand if I want to provide help in the community and cant expect help for a long time.
4. Consider a trial run. This was a good trial emergency run for me. Consider taking a weekend day, turn off the power and dont use the water and run a day using just emergency supplies and see what happens.
1. Dont trust the government to help. I know this already. I heard from people who were checking out their local shelter and found the staff fighting among each other, did not know the details about their shelter (pet friendly or not) and only had a few cots set up even though the shelter could have had hundreds of people come to it. This was on the day the hurricane was going to hit. I planned on staying at home even if advised to evac because there was a chance I'd fair worse at a shelter.
2. If you live in an area with trees, assume trees will fall and block the roads. I had a chainsaw and retractable tow rope in the truck. I used them.
https://www.amazon.com/SmartStraps-14-Foot-Strap-Break-Strength/dp/B000OEVLN2
3. Consider what you would do for your neighbors if they needed help (if you want to provide help). Several of my neighbors are my patients and elderly with health problems. I suspect none of them did anything to prepare. One of them needs power for respiratory equipment.
it at least makes me consider what to have on hand if I want to provide help in the community and cant expect help for a long time.
4. Consider a trial run. This was a good trial emergency run for me. Consider taking a weekend day, turn off the power and dont use the water and run a day using just emergency supplies and see what happens.