We had our first night of 32 and below, tonight it also should be around 30 or below. Last night we pulled everything that was still in good shape and this weekend will pull the cold hardy things to finish out the garden for the season. We also hung bean plants to dry for seed in the barn strung on rope. That may be how he pulled his shoulder by pulling that rope tight.
Last weekend hubby pulled his left shoulders muscles and he has been miserable all week. He did everything last night right handed.
I read backdoorsurvival.com on preparing your family for an emergency.
http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/preparing-a-family-emergency-plan/
Last weekend hubby pulled his left shoulders muscles and he has been miserable all week. He did everything last night right handed.
I read backdoorsurvival.com on preparing your family for an emergency.
http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/preparing-a-family-emergency-plan/
THE
FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN
1.
Sit down with your family members and decide how you will get in contact with
each other in an emergency. Possible methods may be by cell phone,
texting, email, or a standard land line.
2.
Once you figure this out, document the contact information on both a master
sheet and on wallet sized cards to be carried by all family members. This
document will become your “Family Communication Plan” and it will form
the cornerstone of your family emergency plan. It will list all family
members, their date of birth, and other important information. Include a photo
for each person as well as any important medical information. Also include a
contact number for an out of town contact person.
3.
Determine a meeting place where you will meet in the event you can’t get
home. This may be your workplace, the home of a parent or relative, your
church or even at a school if there are children involved. Whatever you
decide, you will need at least three possible locations:
· Your home or the home of a
designated family member
· A safe meeting place near home
· A safe meeting place outside your
immediate neighborhood
4.
Determine the best evacuation routes from your home or workplace to the safe
meeting places. Go to Google Maps or some other online tool and create
maps showing your evacuation route along with printed directions. Then
take the route and make sure it is accurate and that you understand the
directions. This is important! You must drill and practice your
evacuation procedure.
5.
Prepare a list
of all workplaces along with the address, telephone number, and closest
evacuation location in the event getting to the pre-designated meeting place is
not possible.
6.
Also prepare a list of all schools that are attended by your children along
with the address, contact names, and telephone numbers. Contact the
schools now to learn about their own emergency evaluation policies and
procedures.
Important
Note: In many areas, the State, County or City emergency evacuation plan takes
precedence over any school preparedness plan. When it comes to evacuation
routes, check with your local county or city preparedness office or call
and find out what their plans are since THEY will be the ones determining which
roads are used as evacuation routes and which will not.
7.
Prepare a list of your doctors and your veterinarian along with their telephone
numbers.
8.
Prepare a list of your insurance policies, including the carrier, the telephone
number for claims, and the policy number itself. Include health
insurance, homeowners or rental insurance, life insurance policies.
9.
Consider creating a phone tree. Think of your phone tree as a pyramid where the
person at the top of the pyramid contacts two people, who each call two more
people, and so on, until every person on the tree has been contacted. This will
allow you to distribute information quickly without redundancy and without
placing the burden of work on one person.
Important
Note: Be aware, however, that phone lines and cell service may not be functional
following a catastrophic disaster. Although a valuable tool, do not count on
your phone tree to be the sole mode of communication following a
disaster. If you text, you might want to consider a “texting tree”.
Texting is usually available even when cell service is down.
10.
Store all of the information you have carefully compiled in multiple locations:
Your bug out bags and go-bags,
Your family preparedness binder, On a flash drive that you carry with you
In your desk drawer at work, In
an email attachment sent to yourself at one of the cloud based email services
such as Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail)
THE
FINAL WORD
One
easy way to get started is to go to the Ready.gov website where you can fill
out much of this information online. You can then print out the online
document and add the supplemental information on your own. Whatever you
do, do not fall prey to rip-off artists who will want to charge your hundreds,
if not thousands of dollars to prepare a Family Emergency Plan for you.
Unless you are independently wealthy, you can do it yourself over the course of
one weekend.
Then
don’t forget to practice your evacuation plan and to test your escape
routes. Your safety – and your life – may depend on it.
Enjoy
your next adventure through common sense and thoughtful preparation!
Gaye from Backdoor Survival
Gaye from Backdoor Survival
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