Today I woke up to news of the latest earthquake in Indonesia and it was a reminder that we live in "Earthquake Country" and have had three noticeable earthquakes here in the last ten days. The largest was 4.7 which got our dog pretty excited. Our local grocery store had student earthquake kits and I bought one thinking it would be good to keep in the car. When DH was in the hospital for his operation (four weeks ago today) he asked me to bring him some wipes. The kit had a small pack so I brought those to him. Then he didn't like the hospital water so I took the bottles of water from the kit and brought those to him. Then DGS spied the energy bars and took a few. I ate the raisins. We kept the toothbrush and toothpaste for overnight visitors. Now all we have left in the kit are a couple of small cans of tuna and some fruit cocktail. We're prepared at home, my office is near a grocery store but my car is still not earthquake ready. I think I'll keep it simple - water and energy bars going in the trunk first thing tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Shakey Town
Bella Trattoria, Mission Inn Riverside
Today I woke up to news of the latest earthquake in Indonesia and it was a reminder that we live in "Earthquake Country" and have had three noticeable earthquakes here in the last ten days. The largest was 4.7 which got our dog pretty excited. Our local grocery store had student earthquake kits and I bought one thinking it would be good to keep in the car. When DH was in the hospital for his operation (four weeks ago today) he asked me to bring him some wipes. The kit had a small pack so I brought those to him. Then he didn't like the hospital water so I took the bottles of water from the kit and brought those to him. Then DGS spied the energy bars and took a few. I ate the raisins. We kept the toothbrush and toothpaste for overnight visitors. Now all we have left in the kit are a couple of small cans of tuna and some fruit cocktail. We're prepared at home, my office is near a grocery store but my car is still not earthquake ready. I think I'll keep it simple - water and energy bars going in the trunk first thing tomorrow.
Today I woke up to news of the latest earthquake in Indonesia and it was a reminder that we live in "Earthquake Country" and have had three noticeable earthquakes here in the last ten days. The largest was 4.7 which got our dog pretty excited. Our local grocery store had student earthquake kits and I bought one thinking it would be good to keep in the car. When DH was in the hospital for his operation (four weeks ago today) he asked me to bring him some wipes. The kit had a small pack so I brought those to him. Then he didn't like the hospital water so I took the bottles of water from the kit and brought those to him. Then DGS spied the energy bars and took a few. I ate the raisins. We kept the toothbrush and toothpaste for overnight visitors. Now all we have left in the kit are a couple of small cans of tuna and some fruit cocktail. We're prepared at home, my office is near a grocery store but my car is still not earthquake ready. I think I'll keep it simple - water and energy bars going in the trunk first thing tomorrow.
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I put together an emergency first aid kit in the car, you know, antiseptic, band-aids, tweezers, stuff. Then, when I was cleaning out my car I inadvertently took it in the house. Now I need to put it back in the car and LEAVE it there. Good thing to have with these kids! You are right. Just because the house may be ready, doesn't mean you will be at home when something happens!
We carry kits all year long in the cars. We traded the quakes for lots of other wonderful weather specials....-20 temps, thunderstorms that last 3 minutes and wipe out trees and power...fun things.
My car is now earthquake ready with a new kit in the trunk - the contents are good until 2011. It seems I keep cannabilizing my kits - the only thing left from one is a "solar" blanket made from mylar. I also bought one of those wind-up-you-never-need-batteries flashlights. Now I hope we never need to use this stuff!
Rosemary, let me know if there's anything I can do that would be helpful.
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