How long would it take you to pack if someone from emergency preparedness were to knock on your door and say you have 24 hours or less to be ready to leave your home with no certainty it might still be livable when you return?
PUBLISHED May 22, 2019
Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.
The 2019 hurricane season is around the corner and in Florida, we will begin preparing with a tax-free holiday at the end of May on select items identified as being part of a hurricane preparedness kit. But what about being prepared for other natural disasters? It seems, unfortunately, there have been a few natural disturbances from the fires in California to flooding in various areas and nobody is immune from a natural disaster or a potential terrorist threat. Are you prepared with an emergency ready bag? How long would it take you to pack if someone from emergency preparedness were to knock on your door and say you have 24 hours or less to be ready to leave your home with no certainty it might be livable when you return? What would you take? While hopefully you will never be in this situation, it still might be good to ask yourself these questions and consider what you need as a cancer survivor, caregiver and potentially as someone who is currently under medical care and treatment.
I can share a memory from having been pregnant and the recommendation to have a hospital bag ready before the due date. I was intending to put a hospital bag together, but as I had just begun my seventh month of pregnancy, I went into preterm labor. My son was delivered via emergency C-section as hospital staff found they were losing his heartbeat. As a first-time mother, my son was born two months early and under four pounds at birth. I had not yet packed a bag of supplies for myself or my son.
I can share a memory from having been pregnant and the recommendation to have a hospital bag ready before the due date. I was intending to put a hospital bag together, but as I had just begun my seventh month of pregnancy, I went into preterm labor. My son was delivered via emergency C-section as hospital staff found they were losing his heartbeat. As a first-time mother, my son was born two months early and under four pounds at birth. I had not yet packed a bag of supplies for myself or my son.
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