In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a lot of people are thinking more about preparedness. It’s the kind of thing I’ve been pondering since before the Y2K scare, and I always try to be at least a little prepared, but it’s time for an audit of things. And sure enough, there are things I hadn’t thought of before.
So today, I’m going to link to other people’s ideas, and also write down my list. Hopefully others will find it useful.
- jr is Preparing For More Than the Worse and figures if he’s going to get clobbered by some natural disaster, he’d prefer an earthquake.
- Evan’s seeing Katrina as full of Teachable Moments.
- Joey’s got a Pop Quiz, Hotshot. It’s a good checklist to get you thinking.
- Dan’s got a Katrina response that looks at some of the mind-set that made things worse in New Orleans.
- Kim’s Grab-And-Go kit is a good example of one thing to prepare.
- Here’s a list of What’s in Claire’s Bug-Out Bag (which is really more of a “bug-in bag”).
- Claire also talks about Ham radio for SHTF times. I had a bunch of experience with ham radio in my teens. The ARRL had regular meetings where the main thing they did was practice emergency response. No idea if they still do that, but they were always really informative to attend.
- There’s SurvivalBlog.com, which covers this sort of thing every day.