They're Getting Closer -
March 18, 2010
This year has started with a bang ! Major seismic activity has been occurring around the world. To date, Southern California has been shaking, but only in the 1-5 range on the Richter scale. I have posted earthquake preparedness information from time to time over the past several years, but if you are like I am, you have only casually prepared. Perhaps now is the time to become more serious.
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services has published and Emergency Supplies Checklist. If you kept up on the news reports from both Haiti and Chile, you learned that for at least three days, you might have to be on your own. You will be without some of the basic services we take for granted in our daily lives - electricity, gas, water and telephones. It is recommended that you be prepared to be self-sufficient and able to live without these basic services.
You can go to http://www.google.com/ and search Emergency Supplies Checklist. Out of the choices, there is one from The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. This is a great minimal supply list. If you collected the items suggested, chances are you could survive the first days following an earthquake.
If you search further, under earthquake preparedness, you will find suggestions for making your home safer. Such actions as child safety locks on cupboard doors, strapping to the wall your free standing china cupboards or book cases. It would be wise to walk carefully though your home and look for the items that might go flying through the air should we have a major shake.
It is possibly time to get serious about preparations.
This year has started with a bang ! Major seismic activity has been occurring around the world. To date, Southern California has been shaking, but only in the 1-5 range on the Richter scale. I have posted earthquake preparedness information from time to time over the past several years, but if you are like I am, you have only casually prepared. Perhaps now is the time to become more serious.
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services has published and Emergency Supplies Checklist. If you kept up on the news reports from both Haiti and Chile, you learned that for at least three days, you might have to be on your own. You will be without some of the basic services we take for granted in our daily lives - electricity, gas, water and telephones. It is recommended that you be prepared to be self-sufficient and able to live without these basic services.
You can go to http://www.google.com/ and search Emergency Supplies Checklist. Out of the choices, there is one from The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. This is a great minimal supply list. If you collected the items suggested, chances are you could survive the first days following an earthquake.
If you search further, under earthquake preparedness, you will find suggestions for making your home safer. Such actions as child safety locks on cupboard doors, strapping to the wall your free standing china cupboards or book cases. It would be wise to walk carefully though your home and look for the items that might go flying through the air should we have a major shake.
It is possibly time to get serious about preparations.
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