madeline_con
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Mon Aug-31-09 09:26 PM
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Fellow DUers. How long have we been asking for an Emergeny Preparedness Forum? |
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At least two years that I know of.
Are forums really difficult to set up? :shrug:
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Mon Aug-31-09 09:35 PM
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I think it's a good idea and I certainly would frequent that forum if it came about.
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endless october
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Mon Aug-31-09 09:55 PM
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stock up :
canned goods bottled water propane lamp utility knife w/ toolkit hand crank radio batteries decent vodka
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madeline_con
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Mon Aug-31-09 09:57 PM
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3. The vodka's for "medicinal purposes, right? n/t |
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Mon Aug-31-09 10:03 PM
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4. Might want to get some gin to go along with that.. |
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All those botanicals and such, it's got to be medicinal, right?
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endless october
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:04 PM
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5. medicinal, absolutely. |
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:40 PM
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You do know that lots of babies are made in every natural disaster. Fact... what do people do when the lights and tv go away?
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:41 PM
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Tue Sep-01-09 08:33 PM
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13. Well yeah we are ;) But hey there's nothing wrong with taking comfort in each other |
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A little life affirmation if you will. And it's fantastic excercise, etc.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:09 PM
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and I have no idea why we can't have one. We have jumped thru all the hoops I think in previous attempts. Here we are in the beginning stages of a pandemic and it is hurricane season to boot not to mention fires out west. It would be a good thing.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:11 PM
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7. I think it would be a great idea. |
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Pinned threads for disaster specific things, as in Earthquake, flood, fire, ice storm.
Then threads for people in disaster areas to check in and get and give advice.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:20 PM
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8. I know a little about some of this, |
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I'd love a forum for emergency preparedness.
It might be a nut magnet, but I could moderate, having many of those kinds of nuts in my family.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:42 PM
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11. ISn't it bad enough that the weather bots blather on about it? |
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:43 PM
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12. What's the need? So you can have "how many cans of beans do YOU have?" contests? |
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Tue Sep-01-09 09:07 PM
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14. As much fun as they are, there's more to EP than beans. |
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Besides the natural disasters there are the chemical and radiological material releases. I haven't had a good discussion about hazardous material release and dispersion analysis since I retired. An EP forum could be very informative.
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