Disaster Recovery: Personal and Up Close

What a great idea! It is from Doug Gale writing for Campus Technology. He writes on preparing for disasters and what we should all have learned from Katrina.

A look-in: (here is is talking about escaping a wild fire)

Disaster Recovery: Personal and Up Close:

"The good news is that if my family and I make it out alive, food isn't a problem. We can buy some at a grocery store. Water will be available in the rest room of our new shelter, probably a high school gymnasium. What will be a problem is the information--financial information, personal information, business information, and medical information--that we will need to rebuild our century lives.

That was the genesis of the 'Get And Go' bag--something we can grab on the way out the door. (Our bag is actually a small fire-proof box.) If we have the luxury of more time, then we can add stuff from the FEMA and Red Cross lists plus our computer backup hard disk. The contents of the 'Get and Go' bag is coordinated with the contents of our safety deposit box. One of the problems encountered by New Orleans residents was that in many cases they couldn't access critical documents located in safe-deposit boxes for several weeks or more."

GREAT IDEA!