"SUPERSTORM SANDY" LAST WEEK
WAS A "VIVID" REMINDER
OF "WHY"
"ALL" OF US
NEED TO BE "PREPARED"
FOR A NATURAL DISASTER..
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY ARE "STILL" WITHOUT POWER..
& WE "DO"..AFTER ALL..
LIVE IN CALIFORNIA--
THE "EARTHQUAKE CAPITAL" OF AMERICA..
& IT'S BEEN "A-WHILE"..
SINCE WE'VE "HAD" AN EARTHQUAKE..
SO..
IT'S A "GOOD" IDEA TO BE "PREPARED"..
NOW MY "WIFE"..
ACTUALLY GAVE "ME"
A "DISASTER KIT"
FOR "CHRISTMAS"
A FEW YEARS AGO..
"SHE"..
BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE PLASTIC TUBS..WITH A LID..
& FILLED-IT WITH
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD..
"2"-CASES OF BOTTLED WATER..
A FIRST-AID KIT..
A FLASHLIGHT..
A "BIG" PACKAGE OF EXTRA BATTERIES..
A BATTERY-POWERED RADIO..
WATERPROOF MATCHES..
& A BLANKET..
WE KEEP IT "IN" THE GARAGE..
& WE OPENED IT UP LAST NIGHT
TO TAKE A LOOK..
& WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO "ADD"..
WE COULD PROBABLY USE SOME "MORE" CANNED-FOOD..
& "ANOTHER" CASE OF WATER..
& "I" THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CANDLES..
& A COUPLE-MORE BLANKETS..
& "EVERY" CHRISTMAS
"SINCE"-THEN..
I'VE BEEN ASKING "HER"
FOR A "GENERATOR"..
"THAT" WOULD BE THE "THING" TO HAVE..
MY "WIFE"
WAS LIVING IN SIMI VALLEY
WHEN THE "NORTHRIDGE" QUAKE STRUCK..
& SHE SAID "AFTERWARD"
THEIR HOUSE WAS "UNINHABITABLE"..
AS "WERE" MOST OF THE "OTHER" HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD..
SHE SAID..
THEY "LITERALLY"
HAD TO "LIVE"..
IN THEIR "FRONT" YARD
FOR LIKE "3"-DAYS..
BUILD "YOUR" "EMERGENCY KIT"..
"OR"..
"GIVE"-ONE FOR CHRISTMAS..
