QuoteBrlesq - 9/13/2018 10:59 PM QuoteCigary - 9/13/2018 9:37 PM Totally dismayed as to those who choose or chose to jeapordize their lives or the lives of their family...not to mention the lives of First Responders who will have to sacrifice themselves to save those who didn't evacuate. WTH can be so important that can't be replaced.... children with parents who put belongings as something more important than their lives.. can someone explain this to me cuz I just don't get it.
The one thing I keep hearing is that the shelters don't allow pets, and nobody wants to leave their pets behind to die. Tough choice!
I completely get this....my wife and I are Rescue People and know what goes on when things of this nature take place. We put out pamphlets that give Pet Owners information as to what they can do when conditions arise like this.
1. Have a list of Pet Friendly Hotels and make reservations at least a week in advance of bad weather...esp. conditions like the one we see.
2. Evacuation means....GTFO because people will lose power to their homes and maybe for weeks. If you've ever been w/o power for a few days then you'll get what I mean....it's horrible and that means no showers, hot as hell esp. in the summertime...limited resources like water and food. Unless you have a generator then you will be living as if it were 1800.
3. I use to write up Evac PLans in my job before I retired and it was for 150 plants in the US and Europe...each area of the world had its own issues as far as "what to do" in case of Emergency and Number 1 is....follow the PLan to the letter. It will save lives and it will give you enough info where it can be implemented in a day but this means you have to have be prepared and most people aren't......we see people running to the grocery stores, Home Depot, etc. because it's last minute thinking when you could be evacuating to safety.
4. Have a list of friends to stay with....have a suitcase/box/etc. to put your important papers in or better yet....reduce paper by having important info like Insurance Info....photos uploaded to the Cloud or other services. These days having a digital backup is not only smart but necessary . I have a complete digital profile of everything in my house....furniture, appliances, clothes, etc. if things go upside down. It only took an hour to inventory what I own just in case the worst things were to happen. Trying to inventory things afterwards is almost impossible because one is stressed out already. PREPAREDNESS ISN'T JUST A WORD.....IT'S A PLAN OF ACTION THAT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS LOVED ONES.