Disaster Preparedness Lessons (so far) from observing the disaster in Western North Carolina the last few days:
1. Stay on top of emergency water supply. Lack of drinking water is the biggest issue (and continues to be an issue) in Western North Carolina, people without anything to drink after a flood. This would be an issue in California after a major earthquake, too.
2. Write down the phone numbers for out of the area contacts and put them with emergency supplies. A number of outbound messages were not delivered due to incorrect phone numbers and inability to remember/pull up phone numbers from phones/etc.
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Nicole Parsons
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •North Carolina has a lot of pork farmers with manure retention ponds that breached during hurricanes & contaminated ground water supply for months.
Boil water advisories...
vox.com/future-perfect/2300348…
vice.com/en/article/ponds-of-p…
washingtonpost.com/outlook/201…
nytimes.com/2018/09/19/climate…
theguardian.com/environment/20…
carolinapublicpress.org/61365/…
northcarolinahealthnews.org/20…
apnews.com/article/north-ameri…
npr.org/2018/09/22/650698240/h…
abcnews.go.com/US/farmers-furi…
nationalgeographic.com/animals…
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/…
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I saw Florence sending millions of gallons of animal poop flooding across North Carolina
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Smithfield is a big donor to the GOP.
newrootsinstitute.org/articles…
ncnewsline.com/2021/01/12/hog-…
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/d…
Coal ash too...
cnn.com/2018/09/17/health/hurr…
And PFAS...
wral.com/story/epa-more-drinki…
EPA: More drinking water systems across NC contain toxic 'forever chemicals'
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That Girl Over There
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •These articles are several years old.
Don't try to stir panic please.
I live in NC and any boil orders are because of damaged infrastructure. Western NC is the hardest hit. And not known for pig farming.
Nicole Parsons
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The articles demonstrate what happens when hurricanes hit North Carolina and how Republicans shield their donors from consequences in a crisis they caused.
For the GOP, protecting their megadonors comes first; before public safety, health, economic recovery, or any aspect of the common good.
The GOP is funded by the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuels cause climate change & worsening storm patterns.
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MAGA Congress removed FEMA funds in the CR.
MAGAs in the states affected by Helene voted NO on the infrastructure bill.
MAGAs decry Socialism, but now beg for FEMA and Federal assistance.
MAGA states pay less into the Federal pot, and spit on the Blue states paying their way.
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#Toodles
#WhackATroll
The gratuitous insult for sharing facts about a past predictable pattern of conduct by Republicans in the wake of hurricanes isn't necessary.
This isn't ancient history. The GOP does this every time.
The last time a hurricane hit North Carolina, it took a few weeks for water testing to catch up. That happens during every climate crisis.
Same thing happened in Puerto Rico. It took weeks for restoration of public safety monitoring
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in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •Retention ponds exist in industries aside from pork farming.
Dangerous chemicals are stored for mining, industrial pesticides & fertilizer processing, sewage treatment, & landfills - they get breached during hurricanes, releasing environmental pollution & contaminating water supplies.
North Carolina will likely see a rise of certain types of rare cancers, gastrointestinal & other diseases.
The GOP will thwart scientific studies & funding on the health outcomes after hurricanes.
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That Girl Over There
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •You are shit stirring during an emergency by posting false information about pig farms and flooding. DO NOT DO THAT JACKASS.
Here are real updates from the city: ashevillenc.gov/news/city-of-a…
City of Asheville Hurricane Helene information and updates - The City of Asheville
Christy Edwards (The City of Asheville)AI6YR Ben
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •3. Don't just prep for yourself, prep extra for the neighbors/relatives/friends who cannot or will not prepare themselves for disasters. (here, I have relatives who live in la la land and refuse to acknowledge anything bad ever happens, and insist there will never be earthquakes or wildfires here, so do not have any emergency supplies.)
4. If you're running a ham radio net, try to remember to repeat the frequency and offset to get into the repeater, it is clear there are a lot of newer hams who do not have all the local frequencies/repeaters programmed. Heard people trying to get in on the output, and some local hams had to run HTs to newer folks. (cont.) #DisasterPreparedness
AI6YR Ben
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •3a. ps. they will be here at my house if a disaster strikes and they are able to drive over her, for sure.
5. CONSERVE GASOLINE. Again, gasoline rapidly runs out. (have seen this in disasters before). Don't let your car go below half a tank. Don't go driving around town as a looky loo. Gasoline runs out rapidly without resupply from the outside world. Long lines, gas stations out, fighting even reported at a gas station.
6. Corollary: CONSERVE GASOLINE, invest in a small scale solar+battery system at minimum (for radio/lights/recharging). With no gasoline available and stations out, they are now 4 days out and generators are either empty or soon to be. Solar, solar, solar!
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AI6YR Ben
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •7. As much as people repeat "have food for an emergency", it sounds like there were a lot of people without food to eat and hungry (now day 4, note for the longest time FEMA was recommending only 3 days of food. They now recommend a week). I do note the ham radio folks did NOT seem to have food issues, and one was grilling up hamburgers (stuff from the freezer etc.). I guess if you have to cook everything in your big freezer because you can't keep it cool, might as well feed your neighbors, LOL.
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