Hi Ken,
Thank you so much for your contribution. Those are good rules to follow. I am not thinking so much about Doomsday as I am about weather problems. Here are two videos about the recent Oklahoma Tornadoes. I hope they come up.
Moore Oklahoma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRm8oriudwc
aerial footage of Oklahoma Tornado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-g7Gj67xU
When you live in an area that is prone to Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, or Wild-Fires it is best to have some type of survival plan. The Governor of Oklahoma has said that none of the schools had survival shelters because they were not required. It seems that some of the children that died were in a hall when the roof collapsed and the water main broke, drowning them. If there were designated shelters in the building they could have survived. Tornadoes hit at ground level. The Governor also said that upon re-building the schools there will be shelters and she also said that when the sub-division was rebuilt that she wants shelters built as well. I remember when I lived in Texas in a Mobile home park there were two survival shelters on the property. One was on my lot. We never had to use them, however they were there if we did need them. Houses with basements are very good for this purpose. In the apartment complex where Shirley and I live, what attracted me most about this complex is that there is a survival shelter in every building. Each section has eight apartments, four on the first floor and four on the second floor. We are in apartment A and the shelter is located right outside our apartment door. Oh, I forgot to mention. Each shelter has three locks that are locked at all times, so you can't get in. If a Tornato hit on the weekend there is a maintenance man that lives on the property. If you called him to unlock the shelter you would probably not reach him. He would be in his shelter.
I believe that by using the Boy Scouts handbook you could rectify this situation. If each tenant did their part, you could ride out the storm in safety. Assign each tennant to collect certain items. You have eight tennants. One collects batteries and flashlight or lanterns, another collects dry goods like toilet paper and perhaps paper plates, someone else collects food items, ect. The tennant closest to the shelter holds the key to the lock, and whatever item they are assigned to collect. The next thing on the agenda would be to know which of your neighbors are disabled and make sure that they are the first to enter the shelter. No plan is foolproof and no one can predict when disaster will strike. Therefore try to have everyone's cell phone number. Call each one on the list as soon as you know there is an empending disaster. In this way, if someone is away from home, you have a list of the items that they would be supplying. Ask others on the list if they have any of those items. Be sure to have a radio so that you know when the disaster has passed. Perhaps by the time you exit the shelter everything that you own may be gone, however material things can be replaced, lives cannot. So, rather than looking at long term scenerios, concentrate on the near future. Don't be like the man on the roof that drowned because he refused the rowboat, the motorboat and the helicopter because GOD was ging to save him.
GOD BLESS YOU
~Mike~
http://www.countryvalues65.com
I know that many people will read this and say that this would be a dumb plan because neighbors don't care about each other, however that attitude does have to change because there are too many violent Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquake, and Wildfires happening lately and we all have to change our attitudes if we want to survive. Look at all the acts of kindness that are still being played out in Oklahoma. We all have the ability to show kindness towards one another. Instead of waiting for a disaster to strike, why not show small acts of kindness now and see what a wonderful feeling it could be.