Good Day "60"

Yes, karen posted in earthboppn.com about an snow storm that might kill one out of every seven people in norhtern England....so I countered it with surival techniques I had read about this western Nebraska town that got an blizzard one year and it literally snowed them in and cut off communications from the otuside world for an week or two... couldn't get in or out. Bu they had an very smart "Mayor" whom took everyone out of their houses if they didn't have fireplaces and took them to the school and an local church. Along with them went any camping equiptment they had an food and bedding.  to the men he made into town watchers of people's homes and livestock to protect them, that included snow removal off roof tops and sidewalks and keeping the animals insulated from the cold also, seeing to it no fires could start from downed lines also. He put the people in the school gym to  sleep over night with any way they had to heat it also..such as camping stoves. In the bottom of the church (next door) was an kitchen, he made into an "soup" kitchen with additional camp stoves.  In some cases using an local hardware store for added needs. Local groceries stores, and the first food they used were it's frozen food section. So nothing went to waste. He used the school rooms for "day care" centers in some of them and general teaching in some of them during the day also...to keep the kids busy.He used the mothers, to check on the elderly take food to them in the gym from the church, and see to it both areas were cleaned. They tapped someone deep well for drinking water and used bottled water out of the grocery store. Making soup also gave each person more liquids and the school bathrooms were used other wise also.  Library was open to read books.  People brought puzzles in also. Card games. Lanterns for minium lighting needs at night. AS I said, it took tow weeks before the National Guard to take helicopters to drop them supplies and they also were taking people stuck off the freeway and setting them down in the town, until they could clean off the freeway...and retrive their cars, esp if they'd used all their gasoline or battery power.  After the storm, the list of supplies they had taken from town businesses and used were listed as they took them, they filed for an state of emgergncy with the state and Federal Government so that those people could be paid back in return.  City Hall kept anything they bought in the way of emergency equiptment that could not be resold.  People whom had prepared for winter with fireplaces and wood to burn were allowed to stay in thier homes if they wanted also. He basically evacuated the elderly that needed help and the families with little kids. The local doctors were at the school in an room of their own, so services were right there on site if needed. By doing this all together...they survived this ordeal, which was something they had not expected and the first time it ever had happened.  People returned to their jobs slowly as public utitlies were restored.  No one lost any animals, no people died. An pregnant lady was taken by helicopter to an larger hospital for baby delivery. But that worked out alright also..no problems.  Stores had to be restocked after wards again also. But once the freeway was open trucks galore came back into town to help them out. They never really ran out of anything in the process because they people knew to keep pantries and prepare for winter. Thye hit anything that would go to waste for lack of electrity such as the food in stores first...and also used anything they needed from teh hardware store..but they made an complete list of all items taken for re-inbursment. This is when being neighborly is the answer to an problem of survival.  I thought ...now here is an pretty wise mayor, that really went into action in saving his town and it's people.

So that is my answer.... to Karen's newspaper article. If this Mayor can do things like this all mayors can, and people. It' simply an matter of helping each other.

Hum, I just lost my whole article..was it worth it...i GUESS noT PERHAPS AND\ I think something is up in no good land SO i VETTER LEAVE FOR NOW. So you won' tget ot heere about survival...and HOW TO DO IT...hum....wonder what all this is about.

Good morning everyone.

Bitter cold here, and just clouding over, hope to get a short walk in, really will be pleased when we can get out and about properly, 

Wow Pat, what a difference a £100 could make back then.

The snow was quite deep just up the road where I took pictures, I stepped out of the car to take the pictures and ended up with the snow up to my knees, much to Davids amusement