Can You Believe This?! Responses to Disaster Warnings
Sometime you just gotta shake your head in disbelief.
After all the years of educating . . .
I attended a great conference this weekend. It was held in Las Vegas. Temperatures outside were about 105 degrees while inside the AC was set to 68 degrees. Impossible to be comfortable anywhere.
After years of trying to educate folks on the value of energy efficiency, all I can say is, this just seems stupid.
Allow me to continue with that theme in the world of emergency preparedness,with some examples of
Disaster Warnings
What does this mean to you?
Hurricane season started this week.
I have never experienced one here in Southern California, but certainly we’ve all seen plenty of hurricanes on the news.
And have you also noticed the number of TV newscasters who seem to feel the need to STAND RIGHT OUT IN THE WIND AND WATER, threatened every moment by debris, while telling viewers to take shelter?
Tornados – some 339 of them already in 2014!
How about the local citizen/amateur filmmaker, “getting great footage” of the approaching funnel cloud, who is dragged down into the shelter at the last possible minute by his screaming children?
California wildfires pushed westward by “Santa Ana” winds.
Newscaster: “Why didn’t you follow the evacuation order from the Fire Department?”
Homeowner: “I can’t pack up all my pets, so I guess I’ll just have to die with them. . .”(This is a true quote.)
High surf advisory issued through Wednesday.
Oh, goodie. Let’s grab the children and head down to the beach and stand on the rocks and watch the giant waves come in. Even better, let’s get out there on our surfboards . . .
Is my cynicism showing?!
Thank goodness for this blog. It gives me the chance to unload my frustrations on you, my loyal reader. The next post will be more uplifting, I promise!
In the meanwhile, if you see something as ahem, “unwise” as any of the above, please point it out the the people and particularly to the newscasters who model or perpetuate such behavior. What are they thinking?!
Virginia
Your Emergency Plan Guide Team
Please pass this along to friends, and urge them to subscribe to all our Advisories. Most of ’em are pretty positive!