If the big Southern California quakes have you thinking about preparedness, here’s 1 quick thing to do

| Preparedness | West Seattle news

With 7.1 and 6.4 magnitude quakes in Southern California the past two days, you might be thinking about preparedness, since we’re in quake country too. So here’s one simple thing to do: Know where your nearest Emergency Communication Hub is. The map above shows the ones in our area. These are spots where community volunteers will set up alternative ways of communicating, from amateur radio to paper-and-pen message boards, if we’re hit by a disaster that disrupts regular communications. They can be rendezvous spots too, so know where yours is, and be sure your loved ones know too. If you wish there was one closer to you – get involved and make it happen.

P.S. For more preparedness info, plan to visit this year’s Delridge Day festival five weeks from today – Saturday, August 10th, at Delridge Community Center Park – which will include the next Urban Survival Skills Fair, just like the one at the West Seattle Bee Festival back in May.

E July 6, 2019 (8:42 pm)

Thank you WSB! Good reminder here.

Kalo July 6, 2019 (9:42 pm)

We’ve prepared a “grab&go” bag – one set of clothes, photo copies of important documents, cash , and a bottle of water for each of us. We’ve left the bag on the floor at the middle of the closet closest to the door we’ll use to exit the building. May not be what be exactly what the “quakesist “ recommends to be prepared, but something is better than nothing. We’ve also got our elderly neighbor to pack a “grab&go” bag ( got to look out for each other!)

Chris July 7, 2019 (5:37 am)

We have been on the search for emergency food that keeps, and not full of chemicals, or MSG due to allergies. Up and down grocery aisles looking for ideas. Actually found powdered peanut butter which we never knew about, canned beans of various types, gallons of water, nuts, raisins. We have slowly been building a stash. If any ideas on emergency food safe from MSG/chemicals, we’d be happy to know. Thank you.

B July 8, 2019 (12:20 pm)

Anything shelf-stable – canned tuna, canned salmon, canned fruit, normal peanut butter – will work. Just have one unopened one on hand all the time. When you run out of the opened one, buy another to replace it in the pantry.

Quaker July 7, 2019 (8:19 am)

A reminder that many buildings in Seattle have not received seismic upgrades, including brick masonry commercial buildings and the vast number of SFRs that are at extreme risk when the ‘big one hits’.Remember that the few that understand earthquakes, will unanimously agree that a structure that has survived previous tremblers has no bearing on what the ‘big one’ will do.

CT July 8, 2019 (12:05 pm)

Almost anything in a can with enough salt will keep for a while. If you’re looking for something that will keep until 2025, then yes, it’s going to be full of preservatives. Just get cans that last a year or two and cycle them out before they expire. I’d bet Met Market has a bunch of organics to choose from.

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