Great Article
Posted by beprepared on June 12th, 2008
I read this editorial the other day, written by a former US Army Lt. General, Russel Honore.
Honore makes some great points, not only about individuals’ responsibility to prepare for disasters, but, about the reasons that preparedness is best done at the personal level. He describes our task as creating a “culture of preparedness.”
For the most part, he addresses a change in attitudes: don’t wait on government to fix it for you. The way that our society is structured, government is far too slow-moving. Individuals and businesses have a far greater capacity to adapt.
He also makes a few easy to implement practical suggestions:
- Be aware of people in your community who, due to health or financial reasons, may not be able to prepare on their own.
- Help others prepare with useful gifts. Instead of another glass figurine, get grandma a weather radio, for instance.
- Keep a pack of foods, medicine, clothes and water ready to go in case of evacuation.
It’s a powerful, well-written read, and I recommend it.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:46 pm e
Great advice for everyone. It is important to remember the elderly in any situation.
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June 14th, 2008 at 9:48 pm e
On a local morning show I heard of a Florida gentleman who developed a website that will contact loved ones when the Rapture occurs. I found it to be very interesting. So, along the same lines of emergency preparedness this is definitely the same concept— all beit, to the next level I would say.
June 21st, 2008 at 1:09 pm e
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Now that’s one I haven’t been planning on. So, I guess he does not expect to be taken up to the promise land in the first wave?