OK, But What Do I Prepare For? (25)
Before you can prepare, you must determine what you are preparing to survive and how
each disaster threatens you, your safety and survival. That will give you the parameters
necessary for the following steps.
This initial exercise isn't tough, it only takes a few minutes of thought.
We suggest you jot notes or switch into your word processor while you work.
What's going to happen in the next five years? lf we knew, our web page would look different.
You'll have to extrapolate, evaluate trends, read the newspaper, and conduct your own research.
At the very least, take a few minutes and consider your location. Pull out a map and look
what's within a two-mile, five-mile 1O-mile and 25-mile radius of your home and place of work.
Put on your pessimist hat and consider what might go wrong that could directly impact you.
Decide if that's something you want to prepare for (see questions one and two, below).
Here are some questions to ask yourself:
What natural disasters or extreme conditions am I (we) I likely to face in the next five years?
Make a list and rank them in order of most to least likely to impact you. Your list might look like this:
Natural Disasters
Weather-related
Hurricanes Tornadoes
Heavy thunder storms Flash flooding
Flooding Mud/rock slides
High winds Hail
Severe winter weather Avalanche
Extreme high heat Drought
Wildfire
Non Weather-related
Earthquake Volcano eruption
Tidal wave/Tsunami
Man-made Disasters
War (conventional, biological, chemical or nuclear)
Toxic material emission or spill (from a train, semi-truck or nearby plant)
Riot or other civil disorder
Nuclear plant melt down or other nuclear disaster
Terrorism Fire
Government action against you Stock market crash Sever depression
Other
Plague or disease outbreak Comet strike or giant meteor
Personal Emergencies
Kidnapping Mugging, robbery or other criminal attack
Unemployment financial disaster
Death in family Home destroyed by fire
Random acts of violence
What are the ramifications of each item on my list.??