Comments on: What Goes Through Your Head When You Live in Earthquake Country http://mizwrite.com/2010/03/04/what-goes-through-your-head-when-you-live-in-earthquake-country/ Scribbled notes on being a mom, a wife, and a writer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helene http://mizwrite.com/2010/03/04/what-goes-through-your-head-when-you-live-in-earthquake-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1983 Helene Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:25:52 +0000 http://mizwrite.com/?p=2306#comment-1983 Sort of like hurricane preparations here in Florida -- but you get NO advance notice. I honestly don't know which is worse.! We're told to keep canned food that doesn't need electricity to eat, water in bottles, a manual can opener, cash in case the ATMs weren't working, extra prescription medication, etc. We keep Sterno onhand all year, not because we need to, but because it stays forever. You can use it to heat and boil water if you need to -- instant coffee, tea, ramen noodles. It feels sort of like camping! I thought it was interesting that a recent request from charities here in Florida was for camping tents for people in Haiti. People are nervous about going back in their houses because of aftershocks and the tents give them shelter outside where they feel safer. Another really important thing is to have a designated family member that you'd get in touch with who is out of 'harms way' so you can let all of those concerned know you're ok. Like your Aunt Rita in Ohio or me here in FL. That's a selfish thing on my part, because your most immediate concerns would certainly be your family and their care and feeding. But lots of us would worry if a big quake happened there. Oh, that's just not fun to think about!! Sort of like hurricane preparations here in Florida — but you get NO advance notice. I honestly don’t know which is worse.! We’re told to keep canned food that doesn’t need electricity to eat, water in bottles, a manual can opener, cash in case the ATMs weren’t working, extra prescription medication, etc. We keep Sterno onhand all year, not because we need to, but because it stays forever. You can use it to heat and boil water if you need to — instant coffee, tea, ramen noodles. It feels sort of like camping! I thought it was interesting that a recent request from charities here in Florida was for camping tents for people in Haiti. People are nervous about going back in their houses because of aftershocks and the tents give them shelter outside where they feel safer.

Another really important thing is to have a designated family member that you’d get in touch with who is out of ‘harms way’ so you can let all of those concerned know you’re ok. Like your Aunt Rita in Ohio or me here in FL. That’s a selfish thing on my part, because your most immediate concerns would certainly be your family and their care and feeding. But lots of us would worry if a big quake happened there.

Oh, that’s just not fun to think about!!

]]> By: Rosy http://mizwrite.com/2010/03/04/what-goes-through-your-head-when-you-live-in-earthquake-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1975 Rosy Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:55:48 +0000 http://mizwrite.com/?p=2306#comment-1975 Aaargh! It never occurred to me--but it will now! Aaargh! It never occurred to me–but it will now!

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