Comments on: Question of the Week: How have you prepared for emergencies?

By: Aluminum Chain

Aluminum Chain — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:01:29 +0000

Yes, it is very important that we must always prepared for emergencies because tragedy will occur unexpectedly. So in order for us to be prepared, we must have a stocks in our house the basic necessities that is very important specially if there is an earthquake, floods or tsunami incidents. Aside from that, it is very important also that we must know the precautionary measures for those kinds of tragedy for us to be safe. We must to be aware of it.

By: micheal

micheal — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:55:48 +0000

Whenever you hear about a natural disaster you might feel scared because of the effects it has on the homes as well as the lives of the people. It is very much essential to prepare yourself against the disasters because you never know what is going to hit your town or your country.

By: BIO ENABLE

BIO ENABLE — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:11:05 +0000

Emergencies in the workplace cannot be eliminated, but if you have an emergency action plan in place and have trained workers to respond quickly and appropriately you can optimize efficiency, relieve anxiety, and in some cases, save lives.

Management commitment and worker involvement are essential to an effective emergency action plan. The action plan should be explained to workers and reviewed whenever the plan or responsibilities change. How good is your emergency action plan?

By: Nancy Sanders

Nancy Sanders — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:29:55 +0000

Having lived in New Orleans and seen the devastating effects of Katrina, I couldn’t agree more with this article. I don’t think we, as individuals, do enough to cater for our own safety and security when such events occur. Planning is now part of my daily life. We keep emergency blankets, flares, food (tins – with tin openers of course!), a satellite phone (normal cellphones can go down as we experienced). I lost all my jewelry in Katrina (the robberies that occurred in the days following hit our house), so now keep most of my good pieces in a bank instead. Some people may feel we are being paranoid, but honestly, when you have been through such a thing, planning ahead seems like second nature.

By: Nicola Jameson

Nicola Jameson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:21:56 +0000

Being prepared for life’s emergencies is really a state of mind. In the developed world we tend to be lulled into a false sense of security in that we are largely so confident in the abilities of our official emergency services that we neglect to think for ourselves. This is a mistake. The challenge is to get the individual citizen to think for themselves in terms of their own security and ability to navigate their way through an emergency. If anything the effects of Hurricane Katrina should be a case in point. Parts of the US returned to the dark ages overnight and the official emergency services were overwhelmed. With global warming and climate change looming large on the horizon these sorts of events will become more commonplace and hence the need for people to be mentally and physically prepared. Perhaps a public education program is required?…
Nicky Jameson

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:17:00 +0000

Personally I am always prepared for these types of situations. I specialize in wilderness survival and know how the environment can turn deadly without warning. Hiking trips can be turned upsidedown by flash floods or unexpected heat waves that will dehydrate you. Hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes are definitely something everyone needs to be prepared for if they live in a high risk area!

Matthew Walters

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:11:59 +0000

Part of our preparedness is through study and education. Getting everything prepared is more than just stocking up on supplies. It is also knowing how to use them. Where we are located, there are some chemcal plants. We have to be aware of those things too. There is a lot of emergency preparedness that is needed on all levels.

By: RyanRichardson

RyanRichardson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:50:22 +0000

Disaster preparedness is incredibly important. People often get too comfortable with all of the modern conveniences that we have and they take things for granted.

Even in our modern, technologically advanced time we can be sent back in time by a strong storm that knocks out electricity for a week. Or pollutes our water supply.

We sometimes rely too heavily on technology and that leaves us unprepared for scenarios that may not happen often but very easily can happen.

By: Vegan Eating Out

Vegan Eating Out — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:19:39 +0000

Global warming is real. Look into the scientific studies - not your personal observations. Meat production is the #1 cause of CO2 emissions - higher than cars. Besides just animal poop you have to consider the refrigerated trucks moving the meat around as well as the factories themselves. No one is forcing a religion on you as veganism is not a religion, but despite that the US allows for any group to speak up and vote. Vegan

By: malvin d steinback jr

malvin d steinback jr — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:16:33 +0000

if you vegan freaks think you are going to impose your immorality on the rest of us think again. 1) global warming is not real step outside right now and feel the heat. 2)i don’t see anybody giving any medals to the buffalo hunters for stopping all of that release of toxic gas. 3) it is unconstitutional for you to force your religon on the rest of us. 4)it is uncontitutional for you to tax a specific object (swaggert vthe state of california) 5)you don’t win friends with salad. don’t even think about attacking our meats the price in the store is already to high because if you do i know many meat eating obama supporters who will complain and we will be rid of this monster that was created by nixon