hurricane planning you say?
OK, here we go:
1. Large body of water, preferably an ocean or at least a sea
2. Wind, a lot of wind, like really really lots of wind
3. Several consecutive major rainstorms, storms you know...of Biblical proportions as they say
4. Direct wind and water towards nearest land.
5. Start with land that has a lot of overcrowding and substandard housing
6. Move on to land that has no flood protection because of zealous overdevelopment.
I think I'm getting the hang of this "hurricane planning" I've got the basics for my first hurricane down.
Natural Disaster Planning
Chris,
perhaps we could name the subforum "Natural Disaster Planning."
Like Old GI, I was a local EMA Director and an Assistant State EMA Director some years back.
In my southeast New England coastal area, the most common threats we face are hurricanes and winter storms. Nonetheless, we are also at risk (much lower probability) for floods, earthquakes, tornados, drought, heat-waves, and tsunamis.
As a local director and/or state official during the "Blizzard of '78", and a couple of hurricanes, and then as chief elected officer in my community during "Perfect Storm," I prepared three levels of plans for a variety of threats, both natural and man made. The levels were for state response, local response, and individual (household and family) planning and preparedness. Many of the plans contained similar or identical sections applicable to virtually all disasters, as well as specific plans depanding on the nature of the threat.
My suggestion is that the sub-forum have sections that address any and all natural disaster threats that we could potentially face, regardless of where we live.
