The journey between here and there

I watched this report last night on Primetime and I’m panicking. I’ve got to go see my doctor who all ready thinks I’m crazy to get him to prescribe some Tamiflu for my family so I can have some on hand in the house. Another drug that is being helps is Relenza. However, this is inhaled and is not ideal for young kids like mine. The Avian flu, H5N1, is just scary. So far this virus is transferring to humans via birds. I hope it doesn’t mutate and start transferring human to human.

There are lots of great blogs that deal with the avian bird flu.

www.birdflutoday.com
http://tahilla.typepad.com/birdflu

After seeing that the US is not prepared I called the Canadian government to see what they are doing about it. I was referred to a website and I was able to speak with the public health agency. I’m still waiting to hear back from them, to see what kind of medication they are stockpiling and how much they have in stock. It looks like Canada was one of the first to start stalk piling, I just hope they are able to store enough and I hope if this does it, these meds work.

When I asked Ryan what we would do he said, “You stay inside. If this hits and comes to Canada. Stay home and don’t leave your house until a vaccine has been invented and it blows over.” That would be how some people survived the Spanish flu. Man, that means being prepared financially, food storage, etc.

After watching what went on in New Orleans, I’ve come to realize that I need to stop procrastinating and make my family ready for emergencies. We have no hurricane danger here, but we have tornado’s (as rare as they may be), flood from the river, train derailment (train runs through town. Damn train.) and earthquake. We live close enough to Vancouver that if the big fault that runs through Vancouver ever decided to rumble really badly, I’m sure we’d feel the after effects here on the other side of the mountain.

I’ve gotta get prepared and be ready for whatever storms, whether they be environmental, fire or disease, that may come our way. They will come, it’s just a matter of time.