Travel and Navigation
THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO TRAVEL after a natural disaster is as criti
cal when you are at home as when you’re in the wilderness. If you are
considering moving, the first thing to do is make sure the route is free of
hazards. Listen to the radio before heading to the next community, so that
you know, for example, whether a river has broken its banks upstream and
is flooding the highway.
When it comes to navigation, GPS units are invaluable for locating
street addresses. After Hurricane Katrina, I flew down to New Orleans to
meet a woman and talk to her about her experience, but she had given me
only her street address, not terribly useful because all the street signs had
been wiped out. Luckily, the GPS unit in my car led me right to her house.
Don’t think it can’t happen to you! New Orleans and other parts of southern Louisiana
were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
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