Disaster preparedness
The earthquake and aftershocks we've experienced yesterday inspired me to pen down this disaster preparedness piece. Tuesday Notes would have to wait until next week or so.
While it wasn't as strong and disastrous as Japan's, it still scared the shit out of me. There's a lot we can do to mitigate the damage of any disaster and a lot of these can be done prior to it happening. We take these disasters for granted. I know I do. Until yesterday. So why don't we talk about what we can do to prepare for these disasters.
Digital is good but we need hard copies
I am a proponent of digitization and only recently I wrote a piece last week where I said, "Go digital," we still need to have at least one good old hard copy of important pieces of information. We're talking about a disaster here. Dry cells of our gadgets run out, cell towers bug down and the internet could go haywire. Make sure copies of emergency numbers (start with local police, fire department, nearest hospital, ambulance and the nearest barangay hall) are posted near the house phone, on the fridge and in the car. Keep a copy in your wallet for good measure.
