tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post8561495238107745356..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: The Katrina BagChester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-50058738927832248802010-08-05T13:16:32.743-05:002010-08-05T13:16:32.743-05:00I need to do something like this. Only the first t...I need to do something like this. Only the first things we would have to take would be 3 dogs, a cat, and 2 parrots.Jaden Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113218513166921429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-70662969561545095602010-08-02T00:00:45.110-05:002010-08-02T00:00:45.110-05:00Jean,
It's the oddest thing. Our tornados seem...Jean,<br />It's the oddest thing. Our tornados seem to track right down I-40. Newscasters have progress markers down to the street location and minutes and seconds. So far -- knock on wood -- the closest the storm path gets to my street is "the Xerox plant" a few miles over by the freeway. That poor Xerox plant. It's a huge building and I'll bet they have a storm shelter in the basement.<br />PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-30690255470343208482010-08-01T23:55:08.437-05:002010-08-01T23:55:08.437-05:00Mark,
What a great idea -- a safe room! Since I li...Mark,<br />What a great idea -- a safe room! Since I live in an apartment the best I can do is a big walk-in closet.<br />PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-46970992373804412762010-08-01T23:53:21.307-05:002010-08-01T23:53:21.307-05:00Holli,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I have...Holli,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your experience. I have given it some thought and I could get by with a very small case -- just big enough to hold photocopies of credit cards, ATM card, birth certificate, insurance cards, some e-mail addresses, etc. Also a few CDs of photos I don't want to lose.<br /><br />It's just another project I don't need, but something I must do. Thanks for the nudge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-16190111058874078642010-08-01T14:21:40.191-05:002010-08-01T14:21:40.191-05:00Good advice for anyone, no matter where we live.Good advice for anyone, no matter where we live.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-15840713794337579382010-08-01T10:29:05.536-05:002010-08-01T10:29:05.536-05:00The question of what you would save is always in i...The question of what you would save is always in interesting one for it defines who you are. <br /><br />I grew up on the Hayward Fault in the Bay Area and apparently lived on the principle that ignorance is bliss. These days, I'm a little better prepared, but not much. Having essentials available is always a good idea. Our next house is being designed with a safe room in the event of a natural disaster.Mark W. Danielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127689413680147200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-45893305586545420782010-07-31T15:14:58.846-05:002010-07-31T15:14:58.846-05:00I live in New Orleans and evacuated to Houston for...I live in New Orleans and evacuated to Houston for Katrina with my mother and my two little girls, then 3 and 6. We took a weekend's worth of clothes. I didn't take any of my insurance documents, my laptop, toys for my kids, etc.. We were certain this was another false alarm, the storm was going to miss us and we'd be driving home Monday. <br /><br />Luckily, my husband had planned to ride it out at home and when I saw how bad the storm looked I convinced him to gather the things I should have and meet us.<br /><br />The laptop and the insurance documents proved the most useful, but I ended up having to buy toys and clothes for the kids when we were at the hotel for two weeks.<br /><br />Pack the Katrina bag. It'll save a lot of stress and money in the long run if you need to use it.Holli Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976235735822063166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-22708464149173435732010-07-31T14:34:19.439-05:002010-07-31T14:34:19.439-05:00Hi, Alice:
Tornado Alley cuts a swath north to sou...Hi, Alice:<br />Tornado Alley cuts a swath north to south right through the middle of the country. In the 1970s I used to fly into Amarillo, Texas almost every weekend to visit a sister who lived 100 miles due east in Erick, Oklahoma. I could always tell when we hit Amarillo airspace -- it was bump, bump, bump.<br /><br />Mother Nature is a busy old broad in this neck of the woods! But the people are nice. You should like Missouri.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!<br />Pat BrowningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-60110230679846867262010-07-31T14:28:46.595-05:002010-07-31T14:28:46.595-05:00OOPS! My mistake! Richard Barre's short story ...OOPS! My mistake! Richard Barre's short story "Wind on the River" WAS published. His short story "The Seam" has not been published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-65846694163895996702010-07-31T08:39:57.944-05:002010-07-31T08:39:57.944-05:00Thanks for the tips, Pat. I'm going to send th...Thanks for the tips, Pat. I'm going to send them to my daughter in Kirksville, MO, and will definitely pack my own tornado bag once I move there. Sob! All I need here in Roswell, NM, is lots and lots of hand lotion (because otherwise we mummify due to the lack of water).Alice Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com