Our division director requires all employees to have a family emergency plan. The plan is a fill-in-the-blank form for contact information and meeting locations. It’s a piece of cake to do. Mine is good to go.
Last month I noticed it was time to revisit step 2, the disaster kit.
When I arrived home I spotted the City of Phoenix vehicles/equipment at the end of my street. I didn’t really pay close attention to what they were doing. After bringing in my groceries, I started to think about dinner. When I turned on the faucet. . . no water. Uh oh, I walked down the street to inquire about how long the water outage. The outage was expected to last until midnight.
Oops. On to plan B.
I was in the habit of having a case of bottled water on hand, but I am trying to be more environmentally responsible. Now I have just a few and some not even completely full.
Uh, plan B not looking so good. On to plan C.
I do have a disaster kit that I keep in the trunk of my car. When I put the kit together, it contained water. Unfortunately those bottles had leaked since the last time I looked at them.
As it turns out, I only had about 20 ounces of water . . .leaving me a little short for all the things requiring water; washing my hands, washing vegetables, brushing my teeth, filling the dog’s dish, washing my hands again, boiling water for the pasta, more hand washing, etc.
Of course, I could have gone to plan D, go the store and buy some water. But what if I couldn’t get to the store? What if the power was out at the store and I could not pay with my debit card? What if the store was out of water?
That was a wake up call for me.
The only thing I did not miss during the water outage was doing dishes.
How is the water supply at your house? How would you fare during an emergency preparedness checkup?
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