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Here at TUPH our message is to prepare you for small scale but likely disasters - and two of them were in the news today. First, our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims of the disasters mentioned. We are not trying to glamorize or capitalize on what happened, but it is our job to make you aware of their deadly potential and help you get ready for them. Read after the break for today's important news and events.
First, in northern Colorado, a severe line of storms crashed through the region today, dumping as much as 8" of rain in some locales. I have family there and can tell you - Colorado has been in a perpetual drought for a number of years now. Wildfires are rampant due to their lack of normal seasonal rainfall lately, and that much rain landing on hard, caked dry land will run off and cause local flooding on a large scale. Today's flood has killed at least 3 residents thus far, with others unaccounted for. Also, a small town's worst fear - being cut off from help - has come true. From the article:
Lyons, a small town of 2,000 near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, was cut off by what city officials described as a 500-year flood.
The road to Lyons looks like this:
This is absolutely serious and requires a thorough self check of your preparedness. Do you have a system in place to locate family members? Are you set up to survive at least a week or two with no outside help? This is what this blog is for. We need you to be able to get through this situation. So tonight, ask yourself: If this happened in front of my house...am I ready?
In other news, a massive fire has engulfed a huge section of boardwalk in New Jersey, along the same area that was devastated by Sandy just a short time ago.
Multiple businesses have been destroyed. Luckily nobody has lost their homes, and with the exception of a few minor injuries to the first responders, there were no serious injuries or fatalities. Fire is not something to mess around with. In most of our cases, unless you have an off-site storage facility, bunker, or shed with your supplies, we would lose everything in a fire. Make sure to check your smoke detectors and their batteries at least twice a year. If possible, move some of your supplies to a secured second storage area so a fire wouldn't destroy everything. Have two planned exits from your home, and a plan in place of where to meet your family members when everybody is outside. Your life is more important than your material possessions - if you are ever in a fire, get to safety, and then dial 911! Do not risk your life for personal possessions that can be replaced.
This week on TUPH is supposed to be about food storage and preparation, and we will get back to those, but we felt it necessary to inform you all of these tragic news stories, if nothing else but to remind us all that disaster can strike anywhere, and we need to be ready for it.
Until next time,
Stay TUPH
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