You know how every once in a while, the radio will do a test of the emergency broadcast system, followed by a series of beeps, and a test message, followed by a statement that this was just a test... Well... the other day, we were watching TV... and we had an actual, real, live, emergency broadcast... The screen went blue with "Alberta Emergency Public Warning System" across the screen, followed by a series of beeps. Then Environment Canada came on announcing that there were two severe rotating thundercloud systems near Milo and Bassano and a high tornado risk. Then instructions on how to take cover etc... Yowsa! Our eyes went wide and we immediately went to the computer to find out where Bassano and Milo are... luckily about 90 km SE of Calgary... Stil... it got the old adrenaline flowing and I think it's the first time I've ever heard a real emergency broadcast... It's nice to know the system works... and it was on the radio at the same time too... Luckily, the thunderclouds didn't produce any tornadoes... but still...
It did make me think... what would be the safest part of our place to hunker down in... how to grab the cats... what else to take that would be irreplacable... I know my mom always had an "emergency" kit in a rubbermaid container that she could grab and run... with some canned food, bottled water, etc... Hmmm... always a good thing to be prepared... now to just do it...
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Yup. Just do it. We get those announcements fairly regularly..called 'Severe Pacific Disturbances' in the months of November and December except with florescent red background. And then we are often reminded to have an emergency preparedness kit and the kids in school practice earthquake drills regularly. We are extremely fortunate to have the Airbase and the SARS techs stationed here..those women and men do amazing things...recently they did a complicated helicopter lift of a critically ill man from a huge cruise ship.
Nature rules and she always will when it comes to these things!
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