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Thank you for that information!! I have learned so much since coming to this site and I really appreciate ALL the tips from everybody!!
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I live in New Orleans, and I spend far too much time wondering about the what ifs and the logistics of getting out of town in non moving traffic.
My best bets have been to pack safe peanut butter and rice crisps, trail mix, some fruit leather, and lots of water. From experience, the cooler is the last thing anyone makes space for when family heirlooms are on the line.
My plan of action is to grab the container of paperwork, including my SS card, birth certificate, high school papers, medical papers (including diagnosis and Celiac guidelines, signed by my doctor), emergency/ evacuation contact sheet (my friends, family, and healthcare providers were all willing to give me contact numbers and e-mail so we do not wind up unable to locate each other like in 2005, and insurance card. I have a medium sized bag that I will fill with basic clothing, one photo album, and a small cooler. My fiance keeps his papers with mine, and has a bag of equal size. Food I need for the trip goes in the cooler, everything else goes out to the dumpster before we leave. I will buy food I need for the stay when I get where I am going (which is dictated by whether or not it has a WF in the vicinity, as that is my job and my food source).
Last time I had a hardcore evacutaion, we learned how very little you actually need, as opposed to what you want.
So- important documents, a week's worth of clothing, one heirloom or sentimental object, and enough food to get you to your destination. If you have a baby, plan ahead by bringing about a week's worth of food and diapers for them, plus enough water to make bottles and rinse them out.
Hope that helps!
~Destiny (is so stressed out)
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I would also get some extra tissues, toliet paper, and flashlights too to take along. Some immodium.
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Oh, wow... now you mention it. I cannot imagine getting stuck in evecuation traffic, getting a hold of something that disagrees with me, and not having immodium!
That would make evacuation even more nightmareish.
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It would not be worthwhile to sacrafice your own health to help us. There are enough others doing the heavy lifting, knowing our area is in your prayers is help enough.
In the event you are ever displaced, try to have emergency numbers for your doctors, a signed note (on their letterhead) explaining your condition and diagnosis for another doctor wherever you wind up, and a month's worth of any Rx medication. If at all possible, I try to have my prescriptions moved to where I am going before I leave. Most of the time, the pharmacist has already left, though. Just as well, they need to move, too!
Hope this helps,
~Destiny
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i think another important thing when stocking up on food is to make sure it's stuff you like and use on a regular basis, so you know how to prepare it, you're ok eating it, etc.
a great place to check out as far as food storage goes is www.bluechipgroup.net
they are a local supplier that i love, and on the food storage page, they have a 1-year emergency gluten-free plan! i'm trying to build one of my own for my family...it's so much work!
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Got an answer about Ensure:
Hello Destiny,
Thank you for contacting Abbott's Ross Products Division.
Ensure
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Last night I was remembering right after Katrina when we began receiving bus loads of evacuees and I, along with many other members of our local Celiac group, began making phone calls to our Celiac group leader and to the Red Cross, the local food bank, etc. to try to make donations of gluten-free food for evacuating Celiacs. All the pictures on TV showed the receiving areas handing out pizzas and burgers.
Any Celiac that might evacuate away from their known areas might want to keep a list of Celiac groups in their evacuation supplies. It would help you plug into the needed resources right away.
A List of Local Celiac Disease Support Groups/Chapters
https://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodi...-49107235539.b0
And I will say that the Red Cross seemed rather clueless about gluten-free food but the food bank was willing to accept the food and keep it separate from the regular stuff. They put it in their medical area where they keep the diabetic food.
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