Long-Term Survival Lessons from a Disaster Zone
The Lessons of Our Recent Hurricane Season Is Clear. We’re On Our Own!
The folks of the Appalachians in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee are still suffering a month after Hurricane Helene tore through the area and wiped parts of the area right off the map. At least 7300 homes were still without power as of Tuesday, and that’s just the homes that remain standing. The power outages could remain in mountainous areas for 9-12 months. The water in Asheville, though some of it is restored, is not safe to drink still, and a swath of the population in the mountains is still living without fresh running water. Hundreds of roads are still impassible, many bridges will be out for the foreseeable future, and life in the region is far from “normal.” In fact, it’s a disaster zone.
And it’s extremely widespread. It’s not like this was one little town that you can easily leave and stay someplace nearby. It was a large area and with the extensive road damage, leaving isn’t that simple.
It got me thinking about what supplies would be best to help a family through an event like that – and this is assuming your house remained standing.
Keep in mind that if your home has been washed away or buried in mud from landslides, it wouldn’t matter how many supplies you had put back, because your home and everything in it is gone.
I’m not trying to play Monday morning quarterback here. It’s essential to…