Just got your ping, thanks. Info everyone should take to heart. It is our responsibilty, our privilege, our duty, to be prepared just as the Boy Scout Motto says. If the Golden rule applies in normal conditions, it must apply in spades in time of trouble and turmoil. Just imagine if everyone was able to be minimally prepared as you have outlined, the outcome of the recent disaster that was George W's fault couldn't be blamed on anything but nature.
It is our responsibilty, our privilege, our duty, to be prepared just as the Boy Scout Motto says. If the Golden rule applies in normal conditions, it must apply in spades in time of trouble and turmoil.
Amen to every bit of that my friend. I pray more people and communities will learn the lessons of katrina and be better prepared themselves in furutre disasters. They will preserve themselves in the process and be in a position to help preserve others too.