Today the weather is icy. Roads are closed, schools are closed, there is no bread or milk left on the store shelves. Ahh, wintertime in Georgia.
I listened intently to the forecasts and the closing reports as the week progressed. I checked our supplies of emergency water, the stock of salt and kitty litter. I made sure the all the UPS were ready to support the servers if we lost power and that the batteries were charged and loaded into the weather and amateur radios. By last night all the boxes were ticked on my checklist and we were able to sit back and relax. Secure in the knowledge that we were more than just ready for anything the storm decided to do, we were prepared.
Then I watched the news last night as people, in a panic, ran through the stores grabbing supplies and racing through their shopping lists before the storm arrived. I wondered had they not been watching the same weather reports we were? Or did they not believe their news sources and the barrage of warnings from the National Weather Service? Or was this just an example of “I’m too busy to plan ahead?”
Preparedness does not need to be complicated. Being ready for a storm can be as simple as making sure you have good batteries in your flashlight.
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Some preparedness actions are simply a matter of planning ahead. For example I always keep on hand a one week supply of our daily medications so we don’t have to worry if we can’t get to the pharmacy. Same thing goes for any consumable.. so don’t run the dog food down to the last bits of kibble – get the next bag from the store when you start getting low. Then if something happens – Rover won’t look at you with disappointment.
So I challenge you, on this so called snow day to start your checklist and be ready for whatever happens tomorrow.
~Geof “where’s my can opener” Franklin
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