November 22, 2009
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Organizing Your Neighborhood for Y2K

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Solar panels
Generator
Propane Fueled
Water storage

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Pets:
- Type & # of each type:
- Vaccinations current
- Food and water accounted for

Camping equipment
- Type:

Fire extinguishers (current)
Battery-operated carbon monoxide detector
Battery powered fire alarms
Root cellars
Weatherization
CB radios
Ham radio operators
Flashlights (get bulbs too)
Solar Products:
- Radio
- Flashlights
- Batter-powered clocks

Answer the following questions based on the assumption of no electricity:

Physical Security:
1. How will you light your community? Think of solar street lights, generators to provide light, etc.

Communication:
2. How will you check on ppeople in theneighborhood? (Universal large dot of red for trouble, yellow for need help, green for okay) Need for citizen's patrol--how often, special cases, etc.

3. If emergency transportation is needed to nearest medical facility, how will this be handled?

4. Where will all children be housed if there is an emergency? Who will be the adults in charge of their care? (Do all children know these adults, are they considered 'safe,' etc.)

Sanitation:
5. How will garbage be disposed of? Is everyone composting? What can be recycled?

6. How will human waste be handled if sewers are not operating?

Animals:
7. How will neighborhood handle situations with wild animals?

8. For those who have pets, how will the pets be cared for?

Water Storage Areas: capacity, container, siphon, filter)

Neighborhood information:

9. Number of children?
10. Number of teens?
11. Number of Elderly?
12. Number of disabled?
13. Number of people requiring special medial attention (attach personal inventory sheet).

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