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Remember once your turn off your gas you CANNOT turn it back on.. it MUST be turned on by the gas company.. 

Water, a great way to get water stored up is to head over to Fred Meyers and grab those 5 gal water cooler containers they are about $11.00 and fill them up with the machine $1.75 the water is UV serialized and will last a little longer then tap water.. You should have 1.5 Gallons per person per day for drinking and cooking. 

Add some bleach to your emergency kit it is a VERY versatile tool for making water you can drink, keeping things clean etc..

I like the idea of keeping yours in your garden shed. I keep mine in my car.. I think my odds of my car NOT being effected by an earthquake are rather good.. Other things I keep in my shed..  If you don’t have a car or want to keep other things safe you could get a car topper and put it in your backyard. They lock, you can cover it with a tarp and again it will be accessible in an emergency.

You could add to that a second first aid kit. Extra toiletries, vacuum packed dry foods,  a small tent, tools etc..

Yes there is community training of sorts. Check out the Portland Neighborhood Emergency teams. http://pdxprepared.com/

Also here is a great guide to a creating your own kit. http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/assemble_disaster_supplies_kit.shtm

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"I would like to hear a discussion about what the average citizen can do to be prepared for a natural disaster. "

Please contact the Portland Office Of Emergency Management about the Neighborhood Emergency Teams..  http://pdxprepared.com/

Personally I took the traning in Winter of 2009 

I live in Montavilla and  I have to say that if 25% of Portland took this preparedness training our city could really be prepared as a whole for a natural disaster.

Also PLEASE let people know that a 72 hr kit is a great start but really plan for 14 DAYS or more of NO WATER and NO POWER..  If Portland was hit by a MAJOR quake remember our city COULD be split in two what would people do if our bridges were impassable or gone? I think we need to talk about not only the short term impact but also the preparing for the LONG term impact of a major quake or like in Chili a series of quakes.

Okay I COULD go on for hours but I think Earthquakes scare the world out of me.. 

I THINK THIS SHOW SHOULD BE ABOUT HOW TO PREPAIR :-)

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It feels like were all getting too much media, especially social networking I really feel that has gotten out of control, I think SN has been a great development but I really hope that the trend burns out soon. Everyone is spending SO much time “on” and social media IS effecting our real life friendships and relationships in deep and disturbing ways.

My Two cents..

-Joshua Patterson 

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Portland Yard Sharing (yardsharing.org) spends its time trying to encourage people to turn their lawns into gardens with the hopes of enabling the entire community to be able to access food whenever needed. 

I think that its important to note that Portland is on the frontier with converting front lawns into gardens that produce food you for example do not see this type of landscaping in Orlando FL, there the neighborhood associations mandate that property owners maintain lush lawns of grass.

We are truly blessed to be in Portland.

-Joshua Patterson
Director

http://www.yardsharing.org
503-583-2420

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