Hurricane Ike Blew right through Houston a few days ago. Before hand we encouraged our scouts to prepare for the storm by using the requiremens for the Emergency Prep merit badge. By helping their families and neighbors get prepared and taking an active role. The storm hit us hard with at least 100mph gust at times. We lost fences, trees, shingles and power which some families still are with out. We have called and checked on each other and have come together to help clean up, cut trees, cover damaged roofs and share food, water, generators etc. With a campout coming up in a hard hit area, we have decided to cancel the trip for safety reasons and help each other make repairs to our homes. We have also been planning an emergency drill for the scouts, but with the hurricane they were able to experience it in real life. I know many of our scouts have been busy before and after the storm practising their E Prep. Compared to other areas that were hit hard on the coast, we consider ourselves very lucky in contrast to the total devastation and displacement others are dealing with.
Post Hurricane Ike
September 16, 2008 by buffaloeagle
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Glad to hear you’re all safe and well.
Nick
Thank you Nick
While Natural disasters are a terrible thing..it is nice to hear of the Scouts puloing together, putting together E Prep kits and above all helping in the midst of disaster.
This is something that they will value down the road.
Glad to hear you all weathered the storm, some better than others.. but we waited to see if a blog post was forthcoming.. Good to see ya still out there!
As always… Have a Great Scouting Day!
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