Family Preparation & Survival Guide

Good Day Everyone!

     I had a question for all my fellow human beings out there.  Before I ask you, I have a few little points to make.  In the event of a natural disaster and we feel that our lives are threatened, people do not think clearly or sometimes even rational.  We all go back in time and our deep-seeded, inbread instincts take over.  Adrenaline starts pumping through our bodies ninety to nothing.  The thought process almost completely shuts down.  If we are faced with a decision, the first thing that pops into mind, we do it, immediately.  The only thing that is clearly focused in our minds is “We GOTTA GO!  We GOTTA GO NOW!  ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWAY NOW,  We GOTTA GO!”  With danger behind and safety ahead, our one speed is wide open so I’m stepping ahead.  It is not that we turn into hideous beasts that have no concious.  We are just panicing and we are trying to get to safety in a hurry.

     We would not resort back to that type of behavior with the right information inside our heads or on our hips or on our hips and inside our heads.  Our new disaster preparation guides that are ready to download onto your electronic Ebook readers will do two things.  Number one, they will give you the necessary information when you need it most.  Number two, once you read them and know what the information consists of, that Age Old instinct will not be as likely to take over your body. 

My question to you is this. = Which do you think is better.  ( A ) Read a disaster preparation guide and leave it at home?  ( B ) Have a disaster preparation guide, not read it, and waste valuable time looking up the information you need to know at the “Critical Moment”.  ( C ) Read and learn the instructions in a disaster preparation guide, carry it with you everywhere, and if you need to, look back to refresh your memory before the “Critical Moment”.   

     My first childhood natural disaster experience was pretty rough.  It could have been a lot worse and I thank the Good Lord for that.  My second natural disaster experience was kindof my fault.  Well it was really all my fault.  It was kindof humerous though.

     I was 13 or 14 at the time of this incident.  It had been raining for a couple of days straight.  The steady rain hadn’t been a downpour or anything like a hard rain.  It was Saturday and I had a friend spend the night with me the night before, as youngsters do.  We were board to death from being cooped up inside.  I had a great idea for something to do, or so I thought, to get some excitement out of the day.

     The creek next to our house was about 4 feet deep and moving pretty swift.  There was about a 5 foot drop from the road down to the swift-moving creek water that passed under the road.  I fired up the air compressor and inflated two air rafts.  The air rafts or air floats were the type that one would lay on when suntanning in a pool.  The plan was to jump off the road, land in the creek on the floats, RIDE THE RAPIDS to the end of our yard, & paddle over to the edge and get out.

     Attempt # 1 failed miserably.  We could not paddle (using our arms in a swimming motion) over to the edge and get stopped.  We both tried to bail off, stand up, and walk to the edge.  That didn’t work either.  What I forgot to tell you is that at the end of our yard there was a barbed-wire fence that went across the creek.  The last and only alternative was to grab the fence as we passed under it and manage to get inch our way to the edge.  SUCCESS !!!!!  We had a plan our down pat.

     All went ok for a while.  We were jumping off the road, RIDING THE RAPIDS, and grabbing the fence, and getting to the edge and getting out.  That went on for about an hour.  Little did we know the unthinkable was about to happen.  We had about a 300 yard ride down the creek before we had to get out.  Oh Yeah!  I forgot again.  on the other side of the fence was about 200 acres of woods with some of the thickest scrub brush and briars you could imagine.

     We just jumped in and was getting saddled up on the rafts for a ride when all of the sudden the creek seemed too wide.  We looked up ahead and part of the fence was under water.  The next strands of barbed-wire were too close to the water and too close together to go under or through.  We looked behind us and here came a wall of water with all kinds of debris, tree limbs, and just plain garbage.  OH —-!!!!  We both started yelling!  Nobody was around for miles because we were home alone. 

     All that garbage pinned us to that fence, luckily with our heads above water.  We could not move!!  All that stuff was pushing against us with a force that was unbelievable.  It hurt even to breathe.  Water started pouring over our heads and all around us and over us.  I started pleading, “GOD don’t let me die yet!!”  All of a sudden, the garbage flipped over us and we went rolling through garbage and debris filled water.  Our heads popped up above the water level at about the same time.  There was a raft just in front of us!  We both grabbed it as limbs and debris was beating us to death.  We were working on getting out of the flashflood when all the tree limbs and briars and vines and scrub brush started scratching us all to pieces.

     We finally got out of the swollen creek about 1/2 of a mile from home.  That is not a long distance but barefoot, beaten, & scratched, that was one of the hardest walks of my life.  I was almost too exhausted to walk, too shook up to stand still, and too tenderfooted to step through the woods but I pushed onward.  And you know it, as we came out of the woods looking like we had been in a fight with a wild cat or something,  there was MOM with a belt in hand.  I didn’t care. That was one whipping I was glad I could get and I took it and collapsed without saying a  word.  My friend took his whipping laying down without saying a word also.  

     Hurricane season is almost here once again.  Last year was a mild year for the United States, when it comes to hurricanes.  We were not hit with hurricanes like we have been in the last few recent years.  The question is “Are we going to have another mild year this year?”  Let’s all pray so. 

     Hurricanes are one of the strongest natural disasters.  A person can prepare as much as a person can prepare for a hurricane but if the storm is too strong you have no choice but to evacuate.  Scientists are saying that all the storms known to man are going to increase in strength and in number the more Global Warming increases.  Can you imagine a new and stronger catagory for hurricanes and tornadoes?  The scientists are saying that could be a possibility. 

     The only way to prepare for stronger and more natural disasters is to start preparing in excess NOW.  If your home is rated for 200 MPH winds, get with a local contractor or engineer and see what you can do to add more protection to your home.  It would be better to go the extra mile in as many areas as you can.  “A Southerner’s Guide for Family Preparations to Overcome ANY Terrorist Attack or Natural Disaster”  Volume 1 and Volume 2 starts you to preparing with this in mind.  All the free information out there is good and it is right for the most part.  These 2 volumes shows you how to start going the extra mile.  Don’t wait till the last minute to start preparing.  You may be one of the ones that gets left out.

Well Hello to All

                            I wanted to share with my readers a childhhod memory that I couldn’t forget if I tried.  The experience I am talking about is not one of drugs, sex, or anything of the sort but an experience of sheer terror.  It was an experience of terror for me and my whole family.

                           I was about 10 or 11 at the time of this event.  We were camping at Chicasaw State Park in Tennessee.  We were fishing and swimming and picnicing and trail hiking and everything else that one could do when your camping in the woods.  We wasn’t having much luck with our camp fires.  The park maintenance crew did such a good job cleaning up the place, we couldn’t round up much firewood.  Anyway, we were having a ball roughing it in the woods until our fourth night there.  Right at dusk I noticed a change in the cloud color.  The first 3 nights the clouds were a brilliant pink, fire red, purple, & orange just over the tree tops.  That night they were the darkest blue and black I had ever seen.  There was an elderly couple next to us and they said there was a string of thunderstorms moving in and they were coming in fast.

                       I heard that and I started getting upset like the 10 year old I was.  My parents assured me that everything was OK and we would be all right and BLAh, BLAh, BLAh.  I wasn’t hearing a word they were saying.  All I could think of was STAY AWAY FROM TREES WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES.  So I finally calmed down, we ate supper, put up everything light in weight that could blow away, and we went to bed IN OUR TENT!!!!!!!

                      About two hours later I woke up to the sound of limbs snapping and other campers screaming.  I was HORRIFIED!!!!!  We were in an old ARMY Tent that held about six people.  My brother and sister, who were about 7 or 8 at the time, were curled up into a ball next to my parents in the back of the tent.  I had the pleasure of sitting next to the entryway of the tent and could see out from time to time.  The limbs breaking sounded like rifles firing.  POW!  POW!! POW!!  The tent was blowing back and forth so violently, it would almost lay completely down in each direction and make a fwopping sound like someone shaking the dirt out of a quilt. 

                   There was water rushing under the tent and it felt just like being on a waterbed with someone bouncing on one corner continuously.  With all these sounds of POW! POW!, people’s terror screaming, large things being blown away like the 55 gallon drums that were nailed to trees for people’s garbage, wind howling and swooshing, then came the worst sound I had ever heard.  A roaring freight train coming at us with an unbelievable banging noise.  The banging had no repitition and it sounded like a sledge hammer hitting a steel drum and it was so loud it hurt your chest and head every time it sounded.  Then came the trees being pulled out of the ground and slammed back down with a force so hard it would bounce you completely off the place you were sitting,  GRRRSSHHHH!  POW! POW! POW! POW! BOOMMM!  GRRRSSHHHH! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! BOOMMMMM! again and again and again!  All the while I could peek out the tent opening and somewhat see small, large and extremely large objects flying past the tent.

                 All of the sudden, faster that it all started, it was over.  You could hear the noises fading farther and farther and getting softer and softer.  What I failed to mention to you earlier is that this lasted all night long.  We stepped out of the tent and the place was in total destruction and the sun was starting to come up.  There were pine trees, too large for 2 people to touch hands around, laying everywhere, garbage dumpsters gone, debris everywhere, 55 gallon drums (for garbage cans) gone, & there was our little camp site, untouched completely.  Except for there was a pine tree laying right beside our tent.  All of this destruction and debris was laying everywhere and nobody was saying a word.

                My little brother was the first one to speak and he said ” LOOK AT ALL THIS FIREWOOD, LET’S GET IT BEFORE THE CLEAN UP GUYS GET HERE!! 

               That is one Natural Disaster that I will never forget.  I am not sure how strong that tornado was but it left a path right through the middle of Chicasaw State Park.  The most remarkable thing is that no one was killed because almost everyone was camping in a tent!

Are You Ready?
Why Prepare
 
There are real benefits to disaster preparedness
 
Being prepared can reduce fear, anxiety, and losses that accompany disasters. Communities, families, and individuals should know what to do in the event of a fire and where to seek shelter during a tornado. They should be ready to evacuate their homes and take refuge in public shelters and know how to care for their basic medical needs.
 
People also can reduce the impact of disasters (flood proofing, elevating a home or moving a home out of harm’s way, and securing items that could shake loose in an earthquake) and sometimes avoid the danger completely.
 
The need to prepare is real.
 
Disasters disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Each disaster has lasting effects, both to people and property.
If a disaster occurs in your community, local government and disaster-relief organizations will try to help you, but you need to be ready as well. Local responders may not be able to reach you immediately, or they may need to focus their efforts elsewhere.
 
You should know how to respond to severe weather or any disaster that could occur in your area - hurricanes, earthquakes,
extreme cold, flooding, or terrorism.
 
You should also be ready to be self-sufficient for at least three days. This may mean providing for your own shelter, first aid, food, water, and sanitation.
 
Using this guide makes preparation practical.
 
This guide was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is the agency responsible for responding to national disasters and for helping state and local governments and individuals prepare for emergencies. It contains step-by-step advice on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
 
Used in conjunction with information and instructions from local emergency management offices and the American Red Cross, Are You Ready? will give you what you need to be prepared.
 

When it Comes to Emergency Preparedness
The Good News Is That We Can Help
 
Although the American Red Cross is not a government agency, its authority to provide disaster relief was formalized when, in 1905, the Red Cross was chartered by Congress to “carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same.” The Charter is not only a grant of power, but also an imposition of duties and obligations to the nation, to disaster victims, and to the people who generously support its work with their donations.
 
Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people’s immediate emergency disaster-caused needs. When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, and health and mental health services to address basic human needs. In addition to these services, the core of Red Cross disaster relief is the assistance given to individuals and families affected by disaster to enable them to resume their normal daily activities independently.
 
The Red Cross also feeds emergency workers, handles inquiries from concerned family members outside the disaster area, provides blood and blood products to disaster victims, and helps those affected by disaster to access other available resources.
 

    The one single element that contributes to Natural Disasters such as: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Flashfloods, Snowstorms, & Blizzards is GLOBAL WARMING.  We can only expect and prepare for more and stronger storms of all types.  The number of catagory 4 & 5 hurricanes per year has doubled in the last decade.  All storms are predected to increase in strength by 30 - 40% within the next decade, according to the recorded increases in CO2 levels within the atmosphere and compared with the world’s population increases and fossil fuel & energy consumption. 

    We can all do our part in slowing down global warming by trying to conserve energy any way we can and trying to cut back on fossil fuel consumption any way we can.  That would also be trying to help preserve the quality of our children’s and grandchildren’s lives.  In a round about way, slowing global warming could also be considered Natural Disaster Prevention. 

    The time is now to prepare for the future and for the future natural disasters any way we can.  Just one small step a day or one small goal accomplished a day is 100% - 200% better than a step sideways or a step backwards.   

    What is the deal about Apple IPhones & Sony Readers, you ask.

Apple IPhones and Sony Readers have the capability of storing digital information on them.  IPhones are capable of connecting to the Internet, also.  Sony Readers are capable of connecting to PC’s and downloading EBooks on them for reading. 

    That is part of the deal with  IPhones & Readers.  Let me draw you a picture here.

    How many people today do you see without a phone?  How many people do you see reading an Ebook on electronic readers?  More and more people are reading electronic books.  These Emergency & Disaster Preparation Guides can be stored on just a few Megabytes of space on either the IPhone or Sony Reader.  When an emergency or disaster happens, people can have the information they need right there with them 24/7 365 without carrying anything extra on them. 

  This is the FUTURE of Emergency & Disaster Preparation.   

“Emergency & Disaster Preparation is going GREEN!  You can follow the link on the left and go to a page and download your copies today.