| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7063 Registered: 8-2001 |
One of the best things you can do in response to a large-scale disaster is something that few people do. What is it? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14209 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is proximity to the disaster relevant? Preparations for a potential similar disaster in your area? | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 267 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is the disaster a type that I know (because, living in Miami, I've had my share of hurricanes)? I'm studying your statement and cannot decide whether you mean people, citizens, in their homes - or governmental task forces. Balin is right to ask about proximity - I mean, tornadoes kind of mosey along and then blow themselves up into angry heathen gods, don't they? Okay, you write "in response" - which I am taking to mean that I have already been prepared and now am willing to help in response. Is it a matter of items in the home? Batteries, filling tubs and every empty container with water, securing the cats (because our little darlings don't know how to), driving in a hurry to the grocery store? If those are irrelevent, am I close? How about electronics? Keep our computers up and running? Keep the TV on for late-breaking news? Use the phone to call friends and family? Oh! Oh! I've got it! The best thing *I* would do is get out my videocam, and then call The Miami Herald and tell them that I'll happily sell my footage for $10,000. (Fiona lingers over that one, with a rapt smile, then returns to Earth.) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1496 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it to stay off the phone and leave the networks free for emergencies? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7064 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14209 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 11:52 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is proximity to the disaster relevant? no Preparations for a potential similar disaster in your area? no Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan) New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 267 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 9:13 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the disaster a type that I know (because, living in Miami, I've had my share of hurricanes)?this would apply to most disasters, including hurricanes I'm studying your statement and cannot decide whether you mean people, citizens, in their homes - or governmental task forces. individuals Balin is right to ask about proximity - I mean, tornadoes kind of mosey along and then blow themselves up into angry heathen gods, don't they? Okay, you write "in response" - which I am taking to mean that I have already been prepared and now am willing to help in response. yes!! Is it a matter of items in the home? Batteries, filling tubs and every empty container with water, securing the cats (because our little darlings don't know how to), driving in a hurry to the grocery store? If those are irrelevent, am I close? How about electronics? Keep our computers up and running? Keep the TV on for late-breaking news? Use the phone to call friends and family? Oh! Oh! I've got it! The best thing *I* would do is get out my videocam, and then call The Miami Herald and tell them that I'll happily sell my footage for $10,000. (Fiona lingers over that one, with a rapt smile, then returns to Earth.) Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1496 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 9:16 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is it to stay off the phone and leave the networks free for emergencies? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14219 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it involve aid to those directly affected and/or injured by the disaster? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7066 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14219 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 8:20 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it involve aid to those directly affected and/or injured by the disaster? no | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 270 Registered: 7-2011 |
Does it involve: communication? including home computers? calling or not calling 9-1-1? transportation? including helping to clear traffic jams? helping in street intersections where traffic lights are inoperative? emergency shelters for people? shelters for pets? bringing livestock to a safe place? horses? sheep? goats? others? care for sick relatives or other sick people? care for people who are too young or injured or unable to help? obtaining food and water? language, which might include: translations? signs? help for tourists? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7067 Registered: 8-2001 |
Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan) New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 270 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 6:47 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it involve: communication? including home computers? calling or not calling 9-1-1? transportation? including helping to clear traffic jams? helping in street intersections where traffic lights are inoperative? emergency shelters for people? shelters for pets? bringing livestock to a safe place? horses? sheep? goats? others? care for sick relatives or other sick people? care for people who are too young or injured or unable to help? obtaining food and water? language, which might include: translations? signs? help for tourists?noish or yope to all, in the sense that it's much more general | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 290 Registered: 7-2011 |
More general. Okay. Alerting neighbors and relatives that we survived the disaster? Alerting authorities that we have not heard from them, and please send help? Alerting authorities where there are power lines down? Contacting agencies which deal with social problems, including disasters, and offering to provide clothing, canned food, Kotex, that sort of thing? Using videocam (or the like) to document damage, in order to show the footage to insurance agencies? Am I still being too specific? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7069 Registered: 8-2001 |
Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan) New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 290 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 5:13 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) More general. Okay. Alerting neighbors and relatives that we survived the disaster? no Alerting authorities that we have not heard from them, and please send help? no Alerting authorities where there are power lines down? no Contacting agencies which deal with social problems, including disasters, and offering to provide clothing, canned food, Kotex, that sort of thing? no Using videocam (or the like) to document damage, in order to show the footage to insurance agencies? no Am I still being too specific? yes | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1544 Registered: 2-2011 |
panic? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1545 Registered: 2-2011 |
sorry, I shold have said "don't panic" | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 303 Registered: 7-2011 |
Shez, you crack me up! And I'm guessing that the answer to "the best things you can do in response to a large-scale disaster" is not driving around. Or, possibly, getting drunk. Does it relate, in ANY way, with contacting authorities, or at least contacting friends and family? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7071 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1544 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 9:46 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) panic? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1545 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 9:47 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) sorry, I shold have said "don't panic" no Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan) New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 303 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 10:16 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Shez, you crack me up! And I'm guessing that the answer to "the best things you can do in response to a large-scale disaster" is not driving around.no, that's not it Or, possibly, getting drunk. no. If you can't help, why not get drunk, if that's what floats your boat? Does it relate, in ANY way, with contacting authorities, or at least contacting friends and family? no | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1370 Registered: 3-2005 |
Would it require: Going to, or being in, a particular place? Communicating with others? Spending money? Using technology? Avoiding one or more of the above? Is it as general as "help out in some way"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7075 Registered: 8-2001 |
Wunderland (Wunderland) New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1370 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 4:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would it require: Going to, or being in, a particular place?no Communicating with others?yope or noish Spending money? yes Using technology? noish Avoiding one or more of the above? no Is it as general as "help out in some way"? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1556 Registered: 2-2011 |
stockpiling? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7081 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1556 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, August 15, 2011 - 8:22 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) stockpiling? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4091 Registered: 9-2009 |
Spending money: buying things? Buying services? Giving money away? Paying taxes? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1561 Registered: 2-2011 |
going to have a look? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7083 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4091 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 8:02 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Spending money: buying things?no Buying services? no Giving money away? yes Paying taxes? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1561 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 8:08 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) going to have a look? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14309 Registered: 4-2010 |
Splurging for yourself one day and donating the equivalent amount? Or just donating the amount you would've splurged? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7085 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14309 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 7:33 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Splurging for yourself one day and donating the equivalent amount? No. (Are you thinking of my earlier puzzle(a few years ago) along these lines?Or just donating the amount you would've splurged? no | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1372 Registered: 3-2005 |
Giving away a specific amount of money? Giving money away: to charity? a specific charity? directly to people affected by the disaster? to someone else who is trying to help? to someone or something not connected to the disaster? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14313 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yes, I was. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7087 Registered: 8-2001 |
Wunderland (Wunderland) New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1372 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 8:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Giving away a specific amount of money? no| Giving money away: to charity? yes a specific charity? nodirectly to people affected by the disaster? no to someone else who is trying to help? no to someone or something not connected to the disaster? yes ******* SPOILER ************ A few years ago, I recently read the following good advice: When a huge disaster strikes, like 9/11 or the Tsunami in Japan, many people focus their charitable contributions on relief for that disaster. So ongoing needs, which may be just as dire but less dramatic (like money for mosquito nets to combat malaria) get shortchanged. So a good response to a disaster is to send money to an unrelated cause. . .although if everyone takes this advice, it won't be as valuable. A good response to a spoiled puzzle is to check out my new one you know where. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14323 Registered: 4-2010 |
Never thought about it that way -- interesting! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1564 Registered: 2-2011 |
that's interesting, I shall have to do that |
