The Big One! Earthquake! Are you and your neighbors prepared? Get your family prepared to survive for 3 to 5 days.
Action Checklist
- Food, water, food preparation, and gear stored outside your house in a secure location.
- A disaster kit in each vehicle, with 2 quarts of water, snack bars, comfortable shoes (what if you had to walk home?), and a flashlight
Action Ideas
- Get together with your neighbors to practice skills you would all need in the event of a big earthquake
- Communications: walkie talkie and radio practice
- Evaluating structures for damage
- Work up a “neighborhood map”—who lives where.
- Have a “preparedness party"
- brainstorm with your neighbors about shopping lists, needs and resources
- Have fire department personnel come to your party and give advice.
- Go to http://www.cerpp.org for more documents and information
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