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Atom wrote: The LDS Home Storage Centers are great places. Ask an LDS friend to take you along sometime. Some of them are open to the public and you don't have to be a memeber of the church to use it. --Atom
fostermom3 wrote:Clary that was a very moving tribute to "Rednecks." Thanks for posting it.
fostermom3 wrote: I have a question for you. I have a lot of stuff collected but not too sure of the best way to organize it. (If I keep a bunch of stuff in my trunk it will hurt my gas mileage and also be subjected to heat of over 100 degrees during these summer days in TX.)
(A tornado could wipe out all stored stuff anywhere it's kept. I know someone who lost everything in the Jopin tornado.) I have a backpack full but am sure that I'd be unable to carry it on my back due to pretty severe back problems already. I've purchased stuff for an emergency (that I have no use for in my daily life) but know that there are huge gaps in my preparedness still.
There are so many possible scenarios.
How does one prioritize and organize??
AnnaS wrote:Hi, Clary--
I just wanted to say that I don't think anyone can possibly grasp this kind of devastation until they've seen it themselves. I have some sense of how long it will take to get things back to 'normal'--a long, long time. Years. We had a small town of 300 homes completely demolished by an F4-F5 tornado a few years ago--this is only ten miles from my home.
The first responders on the ground that night? Mennonites. They arrived DURING THE STORM with supplies, personnel, a bus to take people to shelter, and cash to help people get through the next few days (motel bills, etc.) It still brings tears to my eyes to think of this.
It took volunteer efforts and donations from the nearby city and around the state, plus FEMA's help, to put this town back on the map. What if that city had been hit, too?? With widespread devastation such as we're seeing this year the task is beyond imagining.
Clary wrote:My heart is heavy with compassion.
Clary wrote:~Chile, one of our long time members here on the McDougall Board has a blog with useful information and personal experiences on Emergency Preparedness:
http://chilechews.blogspot.com
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