Yes, earthquake/disaster preparedness does TOO count as "getting my house in order". Even if it's just planning and decision-making, not implementing. So there. Pthththbtt.
Mostly, I'm beefing up prep for staying in the house and not having water/power/heat/local-stores-open. I have some prep for fleeing, but no matter how good it is it won't be as good as my prep for staying. As I'm not in a major flood or fire area, I'll stay, at least until my government comes with guns to force me out. (As they might if a quake was bad enough.)
Still should beef up my prep for fleeing though. If I really did have to, I'd rather be ready than not.
Actually, a very large part of earthquake/disaster preparedness is planning and decision making.
I've got lots of info on earthquake preparedness if you want to borrow some (and there's also www.72hours.org). The latest version of "Putting down roots in Earthquake country" has a great tip: put shoes & a flashlight in a drawsting bag attached to the head of your bed. That way, if there's an earthquake at night, you know where shoes & a flashlight are immediately, and you can get at the shoes without worrying about any broken glass that might be on the floor.
Actually, a very large part of earthquake/disaster preparedness is planning and decision making.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Sure, I'd love to borrow any info you have. I probably have a lot of the basics but there's no telling what I've missed. Shoes protected from glass and stored by the bed, for example! (I've got a flashlight within reach, but not shoes.) That's excellent.
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i'm woefully unprepared for any sort of disaster of the must-flee-the-house variety. i should think about that sometime...
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Still should beef up my prep for fleeing though. If I really did have to, I'd rather be ready than not.
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I've got lots of info on earthquake preparedness if you want to borrow some (and there's also www.72hours.org). The latest version of "Putting down roots in Earthquake country" has a great tip: put shoes & a flashlight in a drawsting bag attached to the head of your bed. That way, if there's an earthquake at night, you know where shoes & a flashlight are immediately, and you can get at the shoes without worrying about any broken glass that might be on the floor.
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I agree wholeheartedly.
Sure, I'd love to borrow any info you have. I probably have a lot of the basics but there's no telling what I've missed. Shoes protected from glass and stored by the bed, for example! (I've got a flashlight within reach, but not shoes.) That's excellent.