Now is the time to get your home and family ready to cope with the 'unthinkable.'
As you read this, it may be sunny and warm. A lot can change in a week. But under last weekend's dark and dripping skies, you probably watched the burnt-off hillside above your home with some trepidation. If those periods of hard rain had lasted for hours instead of minutes, your home might have been in trouble. Many other local homes were in the same situation - and continue to be. Given enough rain, in a short enough period of time, flooding and mudslides could reach disastrous proportions, right here in the good old SCV.
And there are other potential disasters.
Most recently there were October's wind-driven wildfires. That's how those hillsides got burned in the first place. A number of local homes were lost and hundreds more had close calls. Thousands of people were temporarily evacuated.
Many of you remember the 1994 earthquake vividly. That event qualified for a "federal disaster area" label and it was only a 6.7 quake. There were long-term power outages, and highways knocked out of action.
Floods, wildfires, earthquakes - and now the concern of terrorism - it's all enough to keep you awake at night. But you'll sleep better if you have a plan, and if you've made a few simple preparations. Remember, knowledge is power, even when you're up against Mother Nature.
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