Are YOU Ready for a Disaster?

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

GODZILLA!

Ahhh yes! I forgot about Godzilla. I've found, however, that one can escape Godzilla's clutches simply by not running directly in front of his feet and screaming your head off. If Godzilla ever attacks my neighborhood you'll find me in the bathtub with a mattress over my head hurricane style.

[BarTopDancer]

I have enough food for at least 72 hours. If I stop drinking my normal 2+ gallons of water a day then I have enough water for a week. I have an amazing first aid kit from Costco (they don't seem to have them anymore), battery powered lantern, regular flash light (that is taped to the top of my container) and small battery powered radio.

This weekend my kit will be getting a pair of pants, closed toe shoes, socks, sweatshirt, tp and paper towel.

I think what happened with Katrina made a lot of people realize they may really have to survive for at least 72 hours. That it's no longer just a suggestion but reality.

[Prudence]

And just what goes in the giant reptile disaster kit?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Prudence

And just what goes in the giant reptile disaster kit?

I pity the fool!

[Prudence]

Hrm. I'm not sure Mr. T will fit in my trunk. Is there a portable model for on the road?

[wendybeth]

This might work:

[Ghoulish Delight]

OKay, now I TOTALLY want one for my emergency kit.

[PanTheMan]

NEW YORK - A draft of the Bush administration’s final plan for dealing with a likely pandemic flu outbreak shows the United States is woefully unprepared for the potential disaster, The New York Times reported Saturday.

The document says a large outbreak that began recently in Asia would be likely to reach the United States within “a few months or even weeks,” and that more than 1.9 million people could die in the worst case scenario, the Times said.

If that occurred, according to the draft, hospitals would be overwhelmed, riots would engulf vaccination clinics and power and food would be in short supply, it said.

As if we didn't have to just worry about earthquakes and terrorists...
EVERY major news agency is reporting on this today for some reason.

[PanTheMan]

The likelihood of a human flu pandemic is very high, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt warned Monday as he sought Southeast Asian cooperation to combat the spread of bird flu.

Leavitt and the director of the World Health Organization are touring Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to seek their collaboration in preparing for the anticipated public health emergency linked to the H5N1 strain of the disease.

That strain has swept through poultry populations in many parts of Asia since 2003 and jumped to humans, killing 65 people, of 73 people infected..