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Looking into disaster preparedness was an eye-opening experience for me. In the back of my mind, I always feel that I do a pretty good job at being prepared for disaster but in reality, I think my biggest downfall, is not including my family in the reality of what that means and how to utilize what we have and know but know understanding what we need to build upon to actually be fully prepared. We are definitely prepared to a degree but not really for a full emergency disaster if it strikes. We can become very complacent when we have not been exposed to a recent disaster that would make us stop and think.
Browsing the Red Cross website and reading all about their recommendations for what is needed in a kit, how to prepare that, practice and how to include your family, showed just where we holes in our normal preparedness (Survival Kit Supplies, 2023). Knowing anything can happen at any time, I am definitely going to gather what we need, organize that realistically, and use some time we spend together, to open a discussion so everyone can participate in planning, and how to implement it if needed. Â I believe my family is an easy one to accept and be eager to be involved but not all are.
Taking these ideas to the community is a really interesting question. I don’t generally see myself as a great “community” participator but as usual, research excites me to the possibilities. I can see getting involved in Red Cross opportunities to do this, or even brainstorming how else I could actually utilize some connections in our chamber of commerce, other local organizations that support community projects, and even the city council in our area. I know the city has disaster planning and have probably thought of, or done something in this area but I know it’s lacking since I don’t remember any recent or even past, events, ads, bulletins or announcements on the subject. At the very least, my family would be a great vehicle to do something on a smaller scale with church, friends, clubs, schools, or other places they are already involved with.
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