I follow a blog
that was promoting the 2012 Great Utah ShakeOut. Their event is in April. I started searching and discovered Washington
State had one coming in October. I have
been waiting for the web site to become active. Today I register for the
2012 Great Washington ShakeOut .
This is a perfect occasion to update my
home, supplies, vehicles, skills and training of the family for an
earthquake. Looking at disasters through
the lenses of Risk Management an earthquake is the highest for my family in the
disaster lists. I do not like to feel
unprepared. I hate the panic feelings it
brings to me. The solution is “BE”
prepared.
I was just talking with friends yesterday
about the 72 hour kits I keep in my vehicles.
It seems at any one point one of the 3 vehicles has its 72 hour kit in
the garage. You know how it
happens. We need the room in the vehicle
for a load of items. More space is
needed so the kit gets removed. It seems
it takes months to get it back in the vehicle.
I was telling the friends it is my luck that would be the vehicle I was
in when the earthquake happened. I have
a note on the front door to check all vehicles for the kits today.
It is fun when information comes in several
ways to us on a subject. My son this
week was sharing his concern about Seattle and an earthquake. He lives on Puget Sound in Seattle. Then my husband read an article this morning
on Seattle’s statistics on an earthquake [Seattle-warned-it-needs-to-do-more-to-prepare-for-quake]. I checked the Washington ShakeOut web page
and it was up and running. Put the 3 together
and it is time to make the extra push for my family and earthquake
preparedness. J
I will be sharing how me and mine progress
on preparations. I encourage you to
check out the 2012 Great Washington ShakeOut web site! Judy
