[mandown]

S N A P

Just found this. It is a link to a "special needs" registry in LA County, so that in the event of a disaster, the first-responders and emergency services should prioritize giving you a hand, if you are registered. Nifty idea for grandma. Any other services like this in other parts of the country?

Should a disaster strike in your area, this registry will be used to enhance the efficiency of those agencies called upon to respond. Enrollees are not prioritized for first consideration or evacuation. However the responding agencies will use this information to maximize their capacity to serve those with specific needs, both in the planning and preparation process, as well as in their actual post-disaster response.

Physical disabilities

Cardiac and/or respiratory circumstances

Developmental disabilities

Emotional or psychiatric disabilities

Deafness or hearing loss

Blindness or severe vision loss

Speech impairments

Short-term disabilities

Reliance on technologies that use electricity

Using medications

Participation in a home delivery program

Need specialized paratransit vehicles

Experience seizures

Immune system deficiencies

Communicable diseases

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Judging by that list seems like nearly everyone could qualify.

 

[eaterofdog]

I was reading the "disaster plan" for one place and the instructions for managing people in wheelchairs during a fire was to push them into a room and give the room number to firefighters.

Don't try too hard, now.

 

[mandown]

Judging by that least seems like nearly everyone could qualify.

Everyone with web access and the ability to read English.

 

[Serial Midget]

Vegans always want to be top of the list.

 

[Sandwich]

communicable diseases? really? what do the rules say about that, "Save these suckers for last"?

 

[-BB-]

S N A P

Just found this. It is a link to a "special needs" registry in LA County, so that in the event of a disaster, the first-responders and emergency services should prioritize giving you a hand, if you are registered.

Should a disaster strike in your area, this registry will be used to enhance the efficiency of those agencies called upon to respond. Enrollees are not prioritized for first consideration or evacuation. However the responding agencies will use this information to maximize their capacity to serve those with specific needs, both in the planning and preparation process, as well as in their actual post-disaster response.

- Reliance on technologies that use electricity

Do Phones count? If so, then we have problems.

 

[Silver]

You could have some fun with this.

"Yes, I need electricity, or my buds won't flower properly."

Signed,

Dickhead neighbour that everyone hates

 

[local717]

Vegans always want to be top of the list.

That's pretty funny!

 

[jimmydean]

communicable diseases? really? what do the rules say about that, "Save these suckers for last"?

It's so you don't hump the wrong warm corpse.

 

[mandown]

It's so you don't hump the wrong warm corpse.

Warm corpse? N0000b