October 22, 2025 3 pm. - 9 people

Reports by teams

The Personal Preparedness Team had a meeting where they shared various lists of suggestions for personal to-go bags. These lists are now available on the HOA website. There was also a discussion of where to store your to go bags. The garage being obvious, but also perhaps the most vulnerable structure. A possibility is to have more than one bag and store them in two different places.

The Water and Utility Team has posted on the HOA website links to how to turn off your water, propane, and electricity after a disaster.

The Communication Team noted there are several pairs of walkie- talkies available for communicating while assessing our HOA after a disaster. We are lucky to have Dave, who is a ham radio operator and owns one, who will be able to communicate with emergency services if all else is down.

 

There was a discussion about the importance of drinking water and the availability of large storage tanks. Contact Ivy if you are interested.

 

Ivy and Shatoiya will collate the household reports to prepare an organized spreadsheet. 

 

There is a meeting of the Sequim area emergency preparedness groups set for this Saturday, the 25th at 3 PM at the Dungeness Community Church on Sequim-Dungeness Way.  Ivy, Steve, Shatoiya, Rick and Jan are planning to attend.  Others are welcome if they wish. 

Some suggested that the common area next to the shed would be an appropriate place to meet during an emergency and set up a communication area.
This lead to a conversation regarding the possibility of the Preparedness Group using the shed, pending HOA approval. After much discussion, it was thought it might be a good place to store non-perishables, such as sanitation buckets, tables, blankets, a white board to share information, duct tape, cardboard pet carriers, etc.
If this use is sanctioned by the HOA, volunteers will be needed at the February meeting to clean out the shed.  Some members of the HOA board suggested a possible brief presentation to the board at the Nov 8th meeting.  Maybe 10 or 15 minutes.

Ivy gave a demonstration of sanitation buckets and necessary supplies for them. Toilet seat lids for these buckets are available at Wal Mart.

Ivy mentioned that there are more members needed to fulfill teams. Jan volunteered for the Pet team, to education pet owners regarding pet needs during emergencies. We still need people for the Recon Team and   the Care team. Please check page 13 of your Clallam Ready Guide for descriptions of these teams and see if you would be interested in one . Contact Ivy if you are ready to help.

 

 

The prevailing thought at the end of the meeting is that there is work to do, however a little work now will put us all in good place to face whatever calamity might befall us. We all agreed that this work is mainly about building community. Getting to know each other, sharing our many gifts, and building a strong trust will help us through whatever may come our way.
The meeting concluded with a commitment to the next quarterly meeting to be held in February at a date to be determined.