Emergency Preparedness: Real Life Experience

I just received an email from Sis. Lorna Boot telling me about this wonderful article in Meridian Magazine. It is about a Sister from California and her family's experience with the recent power outages (Read Emergency Preparedness online). The advice is practical and timely.

We have several weather situations here in the Southeast that can cause power outages--ice/snow storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc...--depending on the season. Growing up in Peachtree City, we experienced yearly ice storms between the end of January and mid March. For those new to the area, there is a definite difference between a snow storm and an ice storm. Ice storms are caused by freezing rain (Read about freezing rain). The aftermath is breathtakingly beautiful, but the damage is always tremendous--trees down, holes in roofs, downed power lines, etc...
After thinking about this, I was reminded that the last snow/ice storm we had in this area was about 2001; and the last BIG storm here was 15 years ago (I remember that one because it happened the weekend before my wedding).
Are we prepared for that kind of weather to possibly happen again this year? Even if another BIG storm doesn't come our way, we still need to make sure we are prepared for these situations. After ice storm season, comes hurricane season, torando season, etc... It's really something we should think about and do something about this year. Read the article in Meridian Magazine and see what you can do to prepare.