[CQ] Getting one's emergency stuff together, motivated by this morning's earthquake

Bruce Perens bruce at perens.com
Tue Mar 6 00:31:11 UTC 2012


Yes, getting back on the air before the next big disaster is a good 
thing to do. Consider these tasks:

1. Be sure you can take care of yourself and your family. That means 
having emergency food, water, a water filter, etc. Watch out for 
rip-offs, some of the less expensive emergency food kits would not 
perform as advertised.

2. What are you going to do for emergency power? I have both mobile and 
base solar panels.

3. Get the rig working both in the base/portable, and in your car.

4. Join your local ARES/RACES group. In Oakland that's ORCA 
(http://www.ww6or.com/), in Berkeley, NALCO 
(http://nalco-ares-races.org/). Get trained.

5. Put together a "go kit" so that you can deploy to help provide 
emergency services, and support yourself on location. Keep it packed, 
and where you can get at it quickly.

     Thanks

     Bruce K6BP
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