establishing protocols

Because of the numerous natural disasters that happened to our country, I guess we already know that we should take care of the environment and of this one world. I hope we actually learn that.

But there’s another thing I learned from the recent typhoon Bashang: that I am not prepared for the blackouts, water supply lost, and lack of celphone signals.

I only have one little candle in the house, and I had to find it in the darkness. Probably it’s best practice to put candles or other emergency lights at an easily reachable area and to make sure you have supplies, just as Mom makes sure she has her vitamins. It is my practice to make sure that the water container is empty; I had this idea that stored water would elicit worms or mosquitoes, etc. But I guess it’s better to have water on stock in case of deficiencies.

And this time, I’d make sure I have extra phone batteries and exta sim of other networks in case of lost signals and drained batteries! Lost communication gets families worried sick.