Seniors, vulnerable populations, families and those with access and functional needs are still being evacuated at this moment by police, fire fighters, and other emergency repsonders due to flooding in West Virginia, and wildfires in Calif. 250 people in CA. and over 6,000 people in WV were told to get out of their homes immediately, and take their pets and whatever else they could quickly carry and seek the safety of emergency shelters.
In many cases their homes were just moments away from being engulfed in fire or being swept away by raging flood waters. There was a knock at the door and an emergency responders said, “You have to leave your home immediately, and take whatever you could quickly bring, and get out.”
Many Americans believe that this type of nightmare senarior will never happen to them, but statistical reasoning does not bare that false believe out! According to the most recent statistics, 9 out of 10 Americans do live in locations with significant risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, wildland fires, floods, tornados, terrorism, or other disasters.
We care about your family and your community. The Go Stay Kit is the first step in ensuring that you’ll be prepared, whenever the unthinkable strikes. We may not be able to stop natural or man-made disasters, but our one wish for all America is that every U.S. household has a Go Stay Kit, in that way people would at least understand how to prepare, and be ready when a natural disaster or personal tragedy strikes.
