Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Rhonda, I don't think it's silly at ll to have those bags. I have been thinking about what we would do. I'm not prepared or organized at all! And we have fires and earthquakes here too. In fact Nov 3rd was the anniversary of one the biggest quakes ever in North America. It was a 7.9 and amazingly only hurt one person. Did quite a number on our roads up north though. Mike thought I was silly after we first moved here and I felt my first quake. I slept in full clothing, I don't usually sleep in anything, ya really wanted to know that didn't ya? LOL and I had shoes and coat by the bed. I did that for several weeks. I called my parents at 2:00 AM Alaska time when we had a quake once because Mike was out on a call and I was freaked out. Never mind the folks lived in Minnesota and couldn't do a thing! LOL I agree with you. It doesn't matter the size of the home. It's the things inside. I can't believe how bad these fires were. They effected all income brackets I'm sure! Thank God they have them out now! Oh yeah we have had forrest fires here quite a bit. Just last summer there was one up the road from me about 1 mile. The scary thing is, like Ca, we have a lot of dead spruce from beetles and if a fire got going, there would be no stopping it and we only have one road out of here and a river next to that, mountain on the other side. I think we need to work on our emergency plans! Gena > It's so scarry. We use to live in Oceanside. Which isn't all that > far from what's happening. Only one time did we have a fire close > enough that ash was falling in the 4 years we lived there. After > that I had a bag packed for just in case. It stayed in the closet. > It had important papers..pictures and negatives and an extra set of > clothing for everyone. I know my family thought I was nuts when they > would find out about my emergancy bags. Living in California it's > either the earthquakes and the fires. My heart sinks at the many > homes that have been lost and how those people must be feeling. On > the news they made some sotty comment about the priceyness of these > homes and I thought that was uncalled for. A person's home is there > home no matter the price tag and there are things inside that are > not replaceable by any amount of money and some people have lost > their lives. > > > Rhonda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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