Use the scared straight concept; show video of families that went through a disaster like Katrina, California wildfires, floods in Nashville, talk how they where caught off guard and did not prepare for those disasters. How they had to leave suddenly how the family had to cope without help until it could arrive.

Then come back to that family and ask how they now are more prepared and how that will help them cope better in the future if another disaster strikes.

Do the same project focusing on a community and how a large disaster taught them how to work with partners and develop community programs for disaster that weren’t in place before the disaster.

Then the Big Question if it happened today how long would your family survive?

We need to re- train and re-think disaster preparedness by teaching families how to stock pile and work with dry goods provide that extra in the normal stores of the pantry. This will give them a weeks worth of food. Build a kit needs to be for flashlights and batteries and important papers.

 Food stores needs be taught so that families are more resilient for hard economic times as well as disasters and pandemics. Communities need to have the same concept that if they plan for gap services that are not covered following disaster and food pantries and shelter options then they become more resilient and better prepared for recovery.