Subject: Re: [Homestead] Southern California fires
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:23:22 -0400
Don Bowen KI6DIU wrote:
The rest of the country has floods, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards. About
all you can do is be prepared. How is your go-bag?
I think the difference is that yeah, other areas have these disasters,
true, but not as a yearly event like SoCA. Tornados probably equal
earthquakes in damage...Santa Ana winds probably equal hurricanes, but
tornados and hurricanes are low odds kind of events, whereas the winds
out there are a given due to terrain and season, and earthquakes are a
given due to geology. You could go 2 or 3 generations in say South
Texas without seeing a flood, tornado, blizzard, or hurricane in your
area, but could you go even one generation in Southern California
without earthquake or wind/fire/mudslide damage?
My Bug-out bag is still packed; it is a Rubbermaid bin that I store my
camping stuff in. I have a list of other things to grab, and all
important stuff is in another location.. Somethings, like fishing gear,
tools, and a tent, remain in my pickup 24/7.
--
Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the
ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.