allies and katrina

[toxic111]

Fabs, I take every post that anyone leaves with a grain of salt. In other words, I try to take it the way the person was writing it. I never try to get in a flame war, or write when I am angry at a poster.

Now I think an average person can get by on 1200 calories a day, more if you are active. If you are active you will need protien.

I think if a major distaster took place, I might be hunting a little to get that, and take what may come after the fact.

I know because of what has happened down there I will take greater stock in what I should have here, and try to keep it stocked.

[Jonesy]

I guess I don't understand the clean water thing. Does any one know how to boil water? It might not taste the best, but it's water none the less. Make a fire and use a coffee can to boil water if you have to.

I don't have crap for money and am a single parent of two daughters. Even I have enough goods in the pantry to last a month if we had to. Might not be what they want all the time, but if they were hungry they'd eat it.

Thank God we don't have the problems they do. But I wouldn't put a lot of effort into totally relying on anyone else for food and water in that kind of situation. Now not having any cigs or a good drink might have me a little on the edge.

[Valigator]

As I was skipping thru channels last nite, I come across Suzy Orman, you know the woman with all the financial tips....anyway she had a special on and the premise was preparing for disasters. It was very interesting....and she elaborated that more details were on her website...but the jest of it was...to get all your documents in order, SS cards, mortgage documents, insurance policies, birth certificates, tax statements, credit card numbers etc...her list is on the site...make copies..keep one set in a water/fire proof box and send another set to a friend or relative. Also make copies of keys to cars, boats etc....she said most people have papers scattered around or in file cabinets...and in a worse case scenario, no one will have time to grab them...makes sense to me...oh also..check your homeowners and if you have flood policies...she said in the wake of rising real estate prices....almost everyone is under insured...

She said to check out your homeowners especially, they have something called displacement clauses, it gives you a percentage, not an exact amount on relocating to another place in the event your home is destroyed...also if your home is blown off the face of the earth and you have a mortgage, you are still responsible for the mortgage payments...you might get a deferment of 30-60-90 days but thats it and you'll still have to make those payments up...

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Impressive all the help from everywhere...Val, where do you think all those gators laying in the swamps went?....Bet they are everywhere now...might need a gotor wrangler...I don't think most people realize when the word to evacuate came over, where does 1/3 of the USA evacuate to?...Unlike the few blocks in NY and how it was handled...good job by the way, this meant moving a few states....wow..I feel no matter all the bad we hear from the media, there has to be hundreds times that doing good and things will work out...it always does...I think Americans as a whole are strong and there will always be the stronger helping the weak. I hate it when I hear the race thing mentioned too..No way can this have anything to do with anything...is just a matter of who the majority of those involved were....God Bless America and keep the Pledge in the schools...after all...this is AMERICA. Maybe not quite as free as once was but still better than abroad.

[Valigator]

They lay low especially in windblown areas...I have come to think they hunt on smell and territory....the first couple of weeks into the harvest you were hardpressed to find anything but the wind was really blowing..guess that was the after-effects of Katrina and then Ophelia...now they are out a little more and we are starting to get them...Now 243. might have more knowledge than I about the farms...but my understanding is the farms take them out when they are smaller...hides are nicer and easier to make products from...belts etc....so I wouldnt figure there would be alot of 9-10-11 footers that got loose during the storm..any big boys out there were there already know what I mean? So I dont think you'll have alot of human interaction in that area...dogs and cats should look out though...and little kids...but my guess is they made it to some outlaying swamps ...thats why they have been around for millions of years...

Andrew, here was the worst storm prior to Katrina in Florida, you would be hardpressed to find any traces of it now these years later...the rebuilding brought the economy back up quickly..but was costly with the new codes...thats why its important to check your policies...most will only give you a 25 % ordinance increase..

[Valigator]

Oh also I forgot...she said policies have different deductibles for homes in coastal areas versus inland homes...another words your deductible could be 10 percent of the appraised value versus a 500 or 1000 dollar deductible on non-coastal homes...meaning if your house is considered coastal and its appraised at 400,000 dollars, you have a 40,000 deductable out of pocket before they ever pay a cent....how about those cookies?

and you can bet dollars to door-knobs what was considered coastal 20 years ago will change...

So if I were you, ya know how you get those little udates that read ammendment to your credit card notices/ dont be surprized to get some from your insurance companies....

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Oh boy the insurance companies and the flood plane and flood insurance will all surface soon....we here in our local town had the flood plane revised after last year. From an aerial view such as terraserver.com they drew a line along the Beaver River and called this the new flood plane. Anyone within this border had to get flood insurance or loose their financing from the banks. My sister,from the aerial view is only 350 yards from the Beaver River. But the elevation from the river to her house is over 1000 feet. Now at this stage of flooding we would see Noah pass by. It took lots to get this changed. The thousand dollars and more for flood insurance she was forced to pay would have paid for those that live a few feet from the creeks here but they choose to do so and I know lots that have to rebuild every year because of flooding...and they don't mind....gotta stick to our guns..or we all will get insurance rate increases.....