What would YOU do in your community?
Let’s assume that you, your loved ones and pets are safe and unharmed, but your city and community were devastated… what would you do?
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M$6 Answers
I live in the middle of the desert so obviously flooding isn't a problem where I live. But I'd still probably head down to the local fire station and see what I can do to help. They usually have more contact with people and know what absolutely needs to be done to help.
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M$1. Help prevent illness.
2. Make sure to talk to children and help them understand and be comfortable.
3. Organize medical and food aid.
4. Help people with recovering their possessions if possible.
5. Get other able-bodied victims to help.
6. Try to get accurate information and pass it on.
Note that I'm speaking from the perspective of a helper/volunteer, not a victim!
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Thanks... For preventing illnesses from spreading I think the best bet would be to boil all drinking water, segregate the injured and bleeding from the rest, and probably discard food that's stale and/or been in the open too long. I guess that's about what a volunteer (non-professional) can do...!
Sounds great! I liked your 1st answer. I'm curious how you'd approach this?
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My community already pulls together to help each other out after small things happen. One neighbor's house burns down, and half the community comes up with a way to help the guy out. A private road with three households living on it, and no other exit, floods...so people help evacuate the folks living there before the water gets too high.
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I'd try to triage immediate needs in this order;
Primary: Find food, water, and shelter for my family.
Secondary: Assist as many others as possible in finding food, water, and shelter.
Tertiary: Develop and implement a permanent solution to fill the basic needs of my family.
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as my dad would say... "FAR OUT!"
Likewise I don't have any special skills or expertise to know what needs to be done. So I'd go ask someone who knows what they're talking about and let tell me where they can use me.
Maybe it's filling sandbags, or working a food bank, maybe it's manning a phone line, or maybe they could use help with organising volunteer groups.