January 2008 Newsletter - United Burmese Cat Fanciers
January 2008 Newsletter - United Burmese Cat Fanciers
January 2008 Newsletter - United Burmese Cat Fanciers
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9. Upstairs, make final sweep. Close all<br />
windows, check that all appliances are off, turn furnace/air<br />
conditioning off, turn off all outside lights, set alarm, EXIT<br />
TO GARAGE. Turn off gas valve (wrench is there). Agree<br />
on route before driving away.<br />
We learned that having essential items where we could<br />
quickly find them was a great help. One addition we have<br />
made to our plan is a “bug-out box,” a plastic box we got<br />
at Target that we filled with emergency items—flashlights,<br />
camp lanterns, toilet paper, a can opener, and other basic<br />
items. You can find ideas for stocking emergency items at<br />
your county fire department’s web site. For example, the<br />
web site of the San Bernardino County, California Fire Department<br />
(our county), www.sbcfire.org, contains sections<br />
titled “Developing a Family Evacuation Plan” and “Family<br />
Disaster Plan Guide.” Use these resources, and rely on the<br />
expertise of the dedicated professionals who fight fires for<br />
a living.<br />
Always maintain awareness. Don’t ignore warning<br />
signs when events are headed your way. Some of our<br />
neighbors went blithely about their weekend routines as<br />
Websites - Continued from page 19<br />
<strong>Burmese</strong> interactive breeding table www.burmees.nl/<br />
Ger Versluis - Click on “Mating Chart”<br />
the fire approached, either denying or ignoring what was<br />
going on around them. One family left for a day trip to the<br />
beach the night before the mandatory evacuation order was<br />
given.<br />
Finally, don’t forget to run through at least one practice<br />
drill, following your plan. You don’t have to actually<br />
load everything up and drive away. But walking through<br />
the steps, looking to see where the storage boxes are in<br />
the garage, and performing all the other details puts the<br />
sequence into your “muscle memory.” It’s the same reason<br />
that soldiers and firefighters run drills regularly—they fall<br />
back on their training in the face of a terrible and imminent<br />
threat. They don’t have to hesitate and think things through,<br />
because in a very real sense they have been there before<br />
in training. Rose and I didn’t get around to practicing our<br />
evac plan before the fire, but we should have.<br />
To summarize, make a plan, involve everybody in the<br />
family, practice the plan, and be aware of what is happening<br />
in your environment. Taking these steps will give you<br />
the feeling of security that comes with being ready when<br />
disaster strikes.<br />
Feline Genetics www.igs.net/~kiddbatt/DOCS pages/genetics1.htm<br />
www.kolumbus.fi/sarakontu/link/catlinks.html<br />
Gitalaya’s <strong>Burmese</strong> web-ring www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/8454/burmring.html<br />
Dr. Susan Little’s Website www.catvet.homestead.com/index.html<br />
Feline Cranial-Facial Abnormality Site faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lalyons/Sites/burmese.htm<br />
Leslie Lyons, U. C. Davis<br />
Feline Husbandry Site www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccah/felinehusbandry.cfm<br />
Neils C. Pederson, U. C. Davis<br />
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