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Disaster Preparedness for a Church: Use As a Shelter or In Times of a Disaster
Disaster Preparedness for a Church Use As a Shelter or In Times of a Disaster Author:Ralph W. Ritchie, Fern J. Ritchie This year we have seen 60,000 people driven from their homes by a massive fire in Southern California; 2 million people evacuated in the path of Florida's hurricane for the second time. In the midst of it all are the churches. In one direction they were being used as shelters, in the other situation they were also victims of the disasters. Di... more »saster Preparedness is a universal. the message is to have preparations beforehand when there is time to think and plan for contingencies. Not when you stand before your church after the ravages of flood, fire, or any other disaster. Not while you wonder what to do about the crowd of anxious, stunned, grieving, evacuees who need shelter, food, and aid as well as spiritual comfort. This is the universal book for church preparedness. Creeds, status, membership won't mean much i9f rains and winds attack everything in a hundred mile wide path, or fire and smoke come racing down on everybody and everything alike. No time for planning, it must be done now. On the other hand, hordes of people, clutching what little they have left, place everything in overload: infrastructure, food and water supplies, other human needs, even the simple act of shelter. If your church is in the path of evacuees, it will most likely become a shelter. plan on it.« less