Captain Herb Emory Is Ready
What are three unique items you plan to include in your kit in addition to the suggested items from the list?
"The most important items in my ready kit are a battery-operated radio and plenty of batteries so I can tune in to News Talk 750 WSB, which would be giving me all the emergency information I would need. I'd also make sure my family would have plenty of water stockpiled. Just like in traffic, I'd be using the Three Cs to set my agenda: courtesy, caution and common sense. I'd also make sure I had some doughnuts from Andre's, cookies from Rhodes' Bakery and a Bully Burger from the Dawsonville Pool Room."
Why do you think emergency preparedness is important?
"You have to be prepared for the worst. Not being prepared would be like going up in the Sky Copter Lounge without going through a preflight checklist. We just wouldn't do it.
Have you or a loved one experienced an emergency where a Ready Kit would have come in handy?
"Yes indeed. My wife's parents were in an earthquake in San Francisco. And in the early '70, I was without power for more than a week due to an ice storm."
