Some food for thought

[phylm]

Our ward prep specialist handed me a survey sheet before church today, and told me that they will have "preparedness" as the theme of their next combined priesthood/RS meeting on the 5th Sunday. (I'm still a Primary teacher, so won't be attending.) The survey asked for your surname, then to check your state of preparedness: 72 hour kit, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or more, and 1 year or more. I checked the latter, then added that we have storage for 4 adults for a year.

She said she plans to compile a summary of the surveys, and then will remind the congregation about the Nephites who were asked to bring all their goods and gather for protection against the Levites, and that they found that they had storage for seven years. She said she suspects that the figure for our ward, if we were to bring in all our stores to share, that we might have 41 days' worth. She'll tell them how we sit anyway. Should be interesting.

[KF7EEC]

...The survey asked for your surname, then to check your state of preparedness:...She said she plans to compile a summary of the surveys....

I think this is a great idea, with one concern. If it is being complied as a "summary" for this pint, why does she want your surname?

[mirkwood]

Yep. The two times it has been done in our ward, I was asked for input on the survey. I told them no names and was glad they listened to my suggestion.

Tell us how it all plays out.

[Noahs ARK]

They'd probably get better results if they did the survey w/o any names. People don't want everyone knowing how much storage they have - I know I don't.

[signseeker]

I'd make one up. Then chuckling when they're thinking, "Who the heck's that?" :blink:

[Noahs ARK]

I'd make one up. Then chuckling when they're thinking, "Who the heck's that?" :blink:

I don't know why, but you made me remember something my mom did to me years ago.

She was RS Prez and stood in front of everyone and TOLD them how proud she was that I had so much storage. I just about swallowed my gum. (Not that I chew gum in RS..:a0 (12): )

Yes, she even told them about my chocolate chips, marshmallow fluff & all those goodies I was hoarding. :skep:

[phylm]

I think this is a great idea, with one concern. If it is being complied as a "summary" for this pint, why does she want your surname?

I doubt that it will make a difference. If you think folks don't know who is prepared, you're dreaming. When I did a similiar survey in my last branch, everyone identified herself. It was helpful in knowing who needed the most help and encouragement, and it worked. Three families, which had minimal or no storage, had attained at least the basic food storage for a year at the end of the six months that I held classes. Others had made a good start--and they still keep asking me to come back for their prep fairs.

[signseeker]

If you think folks don't know who is prepared, you're dreaming.

Some folks might just put on a good show. And that works both ways. :ihih:

[mirkwood]

Until about 4 years ago, nobody knew I had anything related to preparedness. Now I have to dig machine gun pits in the front yard, place razor wire and claymores at the perimeter. :l0 (61):

[phylm]

Until about 4 years ago, nobody knew I had anything related to preparedness. Now I have to dig machine gun pits in the front yard, place razor wire and claymores at the perimeter. :l0 (61):


Yeah, think I'll dig a moat and fill it with some of those Burmese pythons that are infesting the Everglades now...if I can figure out how to keep them warm. Our freezes this winter killed a lot besides tomatoes. Estimate it wiped out at least a third of the pythons. Oh, well, guess no plan is perfect. :devil (2):

[Lucy]

Well, I had a woman come up to me (and she is prepared) but she had told a friend, who isn't prepared that she was SURE I would be willing to share with her friend if that time came.

[signseeker]

When I was buying 50 more canning jars at DI last week one of the managers actually said, loudly near the check-out, "I'll know where to come if there's an earthquake!" I said, "Don't bother - they'll all be broken!" :frown2:

[LoudmouthMormon]

We had a 'help us come up with a ward emergency plan' lesson in EQ yesterday. Part of it was to list any useful skills or tools we had that could help.

I drew Mirk's one page flowchart, and mentioned that I had CERT training. I also showed the flowchart to the Bishop, advancing the notion that it should form the foundation of anything formal the ward comes up with.

LM

[mirkwood]

Well, I had a woman come up to me (and she is prepared) but she had told a friend, who isn't prepared that she was SURE I would be willing to share with her friend if that time came.


There would be a very frank conversation with that "friend" if that ever happened to me.

[Harm]

Mirks Flowchart? :bigear: More info please?

Regarding friends who think just cuz your prepared they're welcome at your home, I don't make it a point to hide what I've done as I had a, what I consider an inspired conversion to storage and prep. But I always make it a point when someone says that, "What are you bringing?"

THEM: WHUT!?

ME: Well if your coming to my house to live off my preperation, what are you bringing to convince me your a worthy risk?

THEM: Well we're friends?

ME: And I should let my family starve because you are unprepared and bring nothing with you?

THEM: um...

ME: Food, Gas, Guns, Ammo. (I used to use the shirt about hitchikers in the 60's)

THEM: I don't have that stuff...

ME: Well let me help you get started. Then you're always welcome!

It may not be the christ like thing to do. I may be judged harshly for it. But if I can harshly wake someone up who refuses to give thought to why they'd be coming to my home in the first place and help them prepare now, I can live with that. Not all of them do. But a few have.

[LoudmouthMormon]

Mirk's flowchart is a simple one-page decision making aid in an emergency/disaster situation. I searched but couldn't find it here. It goes something like this:

Are you safe? If no, go take care of yourself.
if yes
Is your family safe? If no, go take care of your family.
Is your neighborhood safe? If no, go take care of your neighborhood.
if yes
Go report to your priesthood leader for assignments.

[mirkwood]

Mirk's flowchart is a simple one-page decision making aid in an emergency/disaster situation. I searched but couldn't find it here. It goes something like this:

Are you safe? If no, go take care of yourself.
if yes
Is your family safe? If no, go take care of your family.
Is your neighborhood safe? If no, go take care of your neighborhood.
if yes
Go report to your priesthood leader for assignments.



Go here: http://ldsglo.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=15

download the file and you will see the flowchart.

[Noahs ARK]

Some folks might just put on a good show. And that works both ways. :ihih:

That's true. When I was a teenager, we had a man in our Ward that swore up and down that he didn't have storage. He said that his family could never eat while his neighbors starved to death.

I happen to KNOW he had storage cuz his daughter was one of my best friends and she showed it to me. They had a room at the far end of their basement that was packed from floor to ceiling. The kids had been taught not to talk about it. I was sworn to secrecy, of course! :l0 (44):

[Babbi-Dan]

I think just about everyone knows we have storage because my husband tells them so. Whenever they make statements about those that have food storage sharing it with those that don't, I tell them: "What makes you think we will be in our homes?" This usually stops them. You can tell they hadn't thought of that one before.

[WolfBrother]

I'd make one up. Then chuckling when they're thinking, "Who the heck's that?" :blink:


Use
Clotille Evangeline Thibodeaux
and
Theophilus Dagobert Thibodeaux


That way they'd have to say "Who de heck be dem?"

[Buffie]

Signseeker, I saw a video on Youtube about storage. The woman had her mason jars secured on the shelves with a wire specifically because of the earthquake threat. I'm sorry I don't remember the exact video, but you could probably find it. I thought she was so smart.

[4evermama]

Also, if you use gorilla racks, invert the horizontal braces and sink the board.
The braces become a lip to hold the jars.