TexasKamaAina:" FEMA administrator encourages individual responsibility for disaster preparedness."
A short, 2 minute video, whereby the FEMA director talks about building a "Culture of Preparednes".
Most uninformed citizens feel that it is the government's responsibility to provide food, housing, and shelter following a natural disaster,
and to provide it out of government largess funds, despite a chronic, failing infrastructure as happened recently in Puerto Rico.
Most of us have experienced tornadoes and/or hurricanes during our lifetime, but many of our neighbors are not prepared.
Hurricanes present an unusual series and combination of natural catastrophes of wind, rain, and flooding
which can last for weeks, as we have recently seen in the Carolinas.
Storm surge of 15- 18 feet are no longer uncommon, especially depending on the strength of the hurricane at land-fall.
Much good counsel is given here by many of the forum posters,
and don't forget to have a reasonable supply of over-the-counter, and prescriptive medications,
and sufficient pet food in your home storage.
Pets are our family too ! H/T : TADSLOS
“Pets are our family too”
Heck yeah! I love my fur kids. They are the ones I worry most about with prepping, because kibble is high in fat and therefore hard to store long-term. The cats definitely won’t like eating beans and rice, which we have stored for the humans. The dog might be okay with it though.
Have or at least had back-up pet food. I need to check the supply.
We were long term visiting Panama City Beach in our 5th wheel. Packed up and gassed up on Sunday. Left Monday as gas lines started to form heading toward Alabama.
60 gallons of water in the RV tank & 6 cases in the truck bed. We always have 4 months food for 2 in the 5’r RV. And a Berkey water filter. Plus several sport utility rifles & everything needed for them. And spare gas for the generator. & Plenty of dog food too.
We camped out between the Semis at a truck stop further west.We will return to Panama City Beach when things are back to relative normal there.
We foolishly remained in the Miami area during hurricane Andrew. Never again.