http://www.americansafetyzone.com/home-safety/katrina.html Katrina made 2005 a memorable year for hurricane awareness. Read on. en-us Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:45:51 EDT Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:45:51 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 After Katrina, what will we do to protect ourselves? We had all experienced hurricanes before, to some degree. But Katrina elevated our awareness to a new level. For some of us, it came too late. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people around the Gulf Coast region do not need to read this in order to know what they are up against. But for the rest of us, what can we do the next time a storm with the power of hurricane Katrina hits the U.S.? Can we possibly be prepared? Are there enough hurricane safety tips in the book to prevent the kind of damage we incurred as a nation, and is there any way to stop the mass chaos that ensued after the fact? Katrina has taught us all a very valuable lesson Or several. The first is that you can't stop a storm of that power from hitting hard. Natural disasters are imminent when you have high population concentrations around the coastal areas susceptible to the kind of winds we saw during the 2005 hurricanes. But we can be sure to protect ourselves from storms the likes of hurricane Wilma and Katrina going forward. At the very least we will have some better evacuation plans and ways of protecting our loved ones. Whether it is making extended travel safety plans to watching the forecast a little more closely, to moving to a more protected neighborhood inland, we will never be caught clueless again. You can't predict the weather, or stop a storm from coming. But you and your family can prepare as best you can by taking extra weather safety precautions to protect your property, and more importantly, yourselves. If the disasters of 2005 have taught us anything, it is that we all need to review the way we look at tropical storms and how we respond to them not only as individuals, but as a nation. Explore the links on this page to learn more. Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:45:51 EDT