What is your company doing to recognize National Preparedness Month?

     I live in Stockton, California on a houseboat in the Delta. Our levees are very old and have not been maintained sufficiently. We have had close calls through the years. December 31, 2005, we had three feet of water in the parking lot of the marina. Parts of A Dock floated off the spuds. This necessitated a close watch as the tide ebbed so we could reallign each spud and keep that dock from tearing itself apart. All this due to heavy on shore winds, a high tide and a warm spell causing a heavy snow melt. Bear in mind Stockton is in northern California, east of San Francisco, and in the cental valley between the Sierra Mountains and the coastal range. If you drive south through Stockton on Interstate 5, you can see ships in the deep water channel. As a whole, we have still not prepared ourselves.

     At our upcoming staff meeting, I am planning to talk about three day survival kits, what goes in them and how to put one together for each member of ones family. I'll have hand outs and a sample survival kit to show and tell. These materials will be available to each worker as well. This is still in the planning stages, so I am interested in any suggestions. My thanks to one and all.