01-19-2014, 03:32 AM
Some of us do have an emergency plan for a natural disaster based on which one happens (tsunami, hurricane, earthquake, or even a dock strike, etc).
Our plan if Hwy 130 is cut off is to have a second car in Hilo parked at a friend's house. Boat from Pohiki to Hilo RT if needed. (we were also looking at our yard yesterday and what is needed for a makeshift heli-pad and we might be able to do it here.)
Also it will eventually cool and in the beginning it will probably be a 4WD road so we are prepared for that too.
The other part of the lava flow preparedness is to have stock on hand, gardens producing and solar so that we dont need to go to town very often (now I go about once a week at most on average).
The only part of this that doesnt work is if we had a tsunami, the lava flow and a hurricane all at the same time.... each one has a different plan, and they contradict each other.
*** From a FEMA nurse friend - always have a "3-day" bag ready and readily accessible in the dark with possible glass on the floor. She told us have EVERYTHING in it you need for 3 days / clothes, personal items, meds, even I-chargers (I added that one). I swap everything out at the beginning of each season. The only thing I cant put in it is my hubby's refrigerated diabetic med. I do have a little pack for it in my 3-day bag so if I can get to the fridge - and the cold pak in the freezer, we are good!
Our plan if Hwy 130 is cut off is to have a second car in Hilo parked at a friend's house. Boat from Pohiki to Hilo RT if needed. (we were also looking at our yard yesterday and what is needed for a makeshift heli-pad and we might be able to do it here.)
Also it will eventually cool and in the beginning it will probably be a 4WD road so we are prepared for that too.
The other part of the lava flow preparedness is to have stock on hand, gardens producing and solar so that we dont need to go to town very often (now I go about once a week at most on average).
The only part of this that doesnt work is if we had a tsunami, the lava flow and a hurricane all at the same time.... each one has a different plan, and they contradict each other.
*** From a FEMA nurse friend - always have a "3-day" bag ready and readily accessible in the dark with possible glass on the floor. She told us have EVERYTHING in it you need for 3 days / clothes, personal items, meds, even I-chargers (I added that one). I swap everything out at the beginning of each season. The only thing I cant put in it is my hubby's refrigerated diabetic med. I do have a little pack for it in my 3-day bag so if I can get to the fridge - and the cold pak in the freezer, we are good!