Is your family prepared for a hurricane or disaster? — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at BlogHer)
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Angela Mickalide, Director of Education and Outreach for the Home Safety Council, about disaster preparation.
We talked about the importance of having “ready kits“, and the need for families to have supplies ready for both leaving, as well as staying in their home, during an emergency or disaster.
Recently the Home Safety Council did a survey to find out how prepared families “felt” they were for a disaster. What they found was; 64 percent of the children surveyed said they “think” their families are prepared for an emergency situation, but only 27 percent said that their family has a communications plan in place or has assembled readiness kits to use in case of an emergency. That’s a troubling statistic. How prepared is your family?
