December 3, 2024
Dana Armstrong
We’ve all heard stories of people coming together during a disaster. Stories like these draw us to disaster news – and hopeful images like a man holding a puppy above flood waters, energetic volunteers stacking sandbags. Stories like these also leave us wondering if we’d tap into our own “inner heroes” in this situation.
I like the expression “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.” I’ve been wanting to learn more about preparedness – why not leverage the wisdom of people who do this for a hobby (and sometimes a living!)?
On the news, we’re used to seeing the U.S. emergency agency FEMA on site in a disaster, stacking sandbags and handing out food and water to affected folks. But what if those resources are unavailable—or if, as might happen during our long-expected “big one”—our neighborhood is inaccessible?
As I write this, our area is recovering from a bomb cyclone storm—an intimidating name for an intimidating event. Around 7,650 households are currently without electricity, and that’s just in Seattle.
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