Re: Hanna/emergency preparedness

I can identify. Until I-72 (E-W) was built there was no easy route in or out of Quincy. Now we have it, plus US 61(N-S on the Missouri side) is now 4 lanes. I get a little annoyed with the news media and the weather folks... seems like they have forgotten the old "boy who cried wolf" story. 
Cathy, west-central IL, z5b
On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:50 PM, Judy Browning wrote:
If you check the Homeland security website, The info says to be prepared to "shelter in place" for up to 2 weeks. If there is an infectious outbreak of something like bird flu, they can quarrantine communities & regions. Might take that long to reestablish shipping & services to accomodate the quarrantine. My town has 1 east-west & 1 north-south hiway. Wouldn't take much to isolate us here. Back roads all loop around to the main ones not too many miles out of town. I try to keep a good supply of basics here. I wish I had more water storage, but we buy bottled water when it's on sale and keep some in each car. It's sure cheaper than buying it when we drive out of town, or take the grandkids to the park. I can't see the point of a huge tank of water. If we had to evacute, how would you move It? 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:16 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Hanna
But you never know just what a hurricane will do. I am expecting a frenzy over IKE next. Personally, thinking it has been rotating for a long time already, after landfall alot of it's punch is gonna be gone...which is bad for 
cuba, but good for the US.
I believe in having basics in your house always to last couple of days. Just this spring, a sunny day with only a chance of rain turned into a tornado here 
and I was without power for days...

Donna

--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:

From: Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Hanna
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:13 AM
Yah it's one thing if there's really going to be an emergency but people 
sure tend to overreact. I know here when we get one of our rare
snowfalls the grocery stores are packed with people buying bread and
milk. As if the 2 inches will cut us off from civilization for a week. 
Sheesh.

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of andreah
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:53 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hanna
Raining and wind getting gusty here-We're fine-turned the a/c way down 
in
case the power went out so the house will be cool. LOL! The Marines let 
us
off at noon so all non-essential personnel could get home. Stopped by
the
store and it was packed with people buying everything under the sun- VERY 

dramatic. They all act like it's a snowstorm coming or something and
they
have to stock up for a month. I stopped to get ham and bread because I 
was
out and could not believe the people!!!
A

----- Original Message -----
From: "Catharine Carpenter" <cathycrc@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hanna



We had a little more rain - about 3.3 inches in 2 days.
Cathy
On Sep 4, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Pam Evans wrote:


And we barely got a drop - we got gypped.

On 9/4/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:


Man...I sympathize with those in the way of the path.  Gustov

(sp?)
is

affecting US in Oklahoma.  We have had two days straight of rain

and

wind.
Our temps have dropped down to 59 in the evenings because of it.



On 9/4/08, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Although I think Hanna is a bit disorganized, folks in her

path
please

be
careful.  I see it is projected to hit near Andrea and all the

way

north

to

Chris and Holli.

Anyone else in a direct hit path?

Stay safe all...and keep an eye on Ike... I am thinking that

one is

really

gonna get someone....

Donna




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