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Severe Weather Week Begins

By Joseph Parish

It is that time of the year again! Around the nation many of our cities and states are making the necessary preparations to launch the severe weather week. Sever weather can strike just about any location in our nation and does so usually without warning of any sort. It is not restricted to the southern portion of our country or to the Midwest. We can at any time encounter hurricanes, tornados, flooding and a host of other inflections from mother nature without so much as a simple warning.

Wintertime is slowly departing and our warmer spring is approaching and with it we will see an increase in serious weather conditions such as storms, tornadoes, lightning, hail, and floods of which most are usually accompanied by massive wind storms. These conditions can begin at a moments notice and are traditionally credited with causing very costly damages. Regardless of what month that may appear on the calendar if the conditions are just right then we can see expect some pretty mean weather.

With this increase in severe weather we should all understand the requirement for emergency preparation and as such we should be ready for any events such as we have described above. Everyone should prepare an individual emergency action plan which should naturally include an evacuation route as well as an emergency supply kit.

Each and every one of us should always stay informed as to what is happening around us and be ready to take action at a moments notice. Keep your car full of fuel and a supply kit in the trunk. By following these simple rules you may save not only your own life but perhaps those who you love as well.

In recent months there has been an increase in the overall concern in emergency preparations and a note of interest in this respect is that there are currently more women becoming involved in these roles then men. Is this to indicate that the women are becoming more active in recognizing the social needs as they relate to emergency conditions? Have they developed an interest in severe weather emergencies and public awareness issues? Perhaps this may be the case; however I would certainly like to see more of both sexes taking a complete in depth role in survival and emergency preparedness in the near future.