This new toy is called a yo-yo. Me, Myself, & I have discovered not only a new meaning for the "up & down" motion of a yo-yo, but we have also created a new acronym. Some new readers might wonder what this is all about, so they will have to read a few of the 43 Emergency Preparedness blogs that have been posted, following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (Look under "Categories," to your right.)

A few years ago, at this time, the mass media was alive with all sorts of photos, facts, data, and information pertaining to the centennial celebration of the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Now, three years later, I have yet to see anything related to this year's anniversary on April 18^th. You ask, So what? What if it happens again? (And, it will!)

Eagle-Eyes woke Me, Myself, & I up the other morning at 4 a.m. and yelled, "Look at this headline in the P.D.!" - County vulnerable to telecom sabotage. "Oh, oh!" said Me. "Here we go again," I added. Myself entered the conversation with a new acronym - WOOO! Me asked, "What does WOOO stand for?"

One week from today, Saturday, April 18, 2009, will be the 103^rd Anniversary of the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (Mag. 7.8). Although Petaluma didn't experience widespread damage, communities all along the 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault felt the shaking and were severally damaged - like San Francisco and Santa Rosa.

We started to blog about Emergency Preparedness on 3-21-06. After posting 52 blogs devoted to disaster readiness and preparedness, the "Trio" do not believe a majority of the citizens (not just Petalumans) are adequately informed or ready to cope with a mega-disaster, such as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake along the Rodgers Creek Fault in Sonoma County.

Hurricane Katrina spoke to us in 2005! Ike has sent the same message over the past few days from Texas. Once, again, thousands of families are without adequate food, water, or electric power. Many ways of communicating and calling for help were inoperable. Once, again, the basic question is - Are you ready to be on your own for 72 hours or longer?