IS YOUR COMMUNITY READY?

Are you prepared for an emergency? 

A flood, industrial accident, or tornado? What about a grid shutdown- total or partial - lasting longer than a week?  Are you prepared for supply line disruptions like the ones we faced during Covid?

And what if more than one of these occurs at once? In our highly technologic and grid dependent society, it wouldn't take much to create a "perfect storm" of disaster.  

Almost nothing in our society functions without electricity. Stocking up on toilet paper will not protect against plumbing and sewer line disruptions. Grocery stores generally only have enough food for 3 days - and that estimate does not take the types of food into consideration.

Examine your neighborhood in a six-block radius. Can you count on Health Care centers and public buildings to be open? Do electrical or sewer or pipefitter workers live in your neighborhood?  Is there anyone in your community that has medical or survival skills?  

Do you know your neighbors? Can you identify the vulnerable members of your community? Especially if FEMA or other Emergency Response Networks cannot respond or are already overburdened? Where will you meet if phones and internet go down?

Every neighborhood and community should have an evacuation plan, an emergency meeting place, and someone locally that has the keys to the high school gym or the library if there aren't any employees living in the area. 

DON’T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE! MAKE A PLAN!

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Can you count on your community leaders?

Individual planning is vital, but community preparation is the only way we will survive a serious or long-term disaster.  You can have everything you need in your basement but if it is flooded, if a tornado strikes, you will need assistance, too.  "Every man for himself" will not always work!

Who will be in charge? Who will be responsible? Especially here in Saint Louis city (Missouri, USA), a good portion of city employees do not live in the city or even in Missouri.  

What if there is an evacuation? Does the city have a plan for buses or other arrangements for those that do not have vehicles or other resources? 

Does your community have relationships with local stores? (Looting can be avoided if there is a community member who can work with the police, National Guard, FEMA, etc., to distribute goods in stores that are useable and keep records for reimbursement. Groceries and other necessary items should not be hoarded in the event of an emergency.)

Every community should have an emergency supply distribution plan that should include water, food, first aid and medications, shelter or tents, as well as solar panels and generators for charging devices and running heaters or fans. And a communication system that is independent of cell phones and the internet (like HAM radios, which require very little power).

Now is the time to talk to your family, friends, neighbors, and your elected officials! 

DON’T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE! MAKE A PLAN!

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**TO PRINT THESE AS LEAFLETS: 

MS Word, narrow margins for the page at .05, with two columns and .04 separation, and 12 point Comic Sans for most of the font- with two lines at 14 and one line at 10 point.  You have to put two copies of each side on one piece of landscape oriented paper in order to get two 2-sided leaflets per page.  I used my own free print credit at Saint Louis City library and some other folks used their free print allowance to print out a few more leaflets.  (Comic Sans is the easiest font for people with dyslexia to read.)

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