Today is "International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction." My west coast brother sent me this information and informed me that he avoided disaster by not eating marinara sauce at dinner. I somehow think the 'day' is referring to bigger disasters than that. Although I will readily admit that some reactions to food can be pretty disastrous. There has certainly been enough in the news about disasters lately, especially the recent hurricanes in Florida and adjoining states. I really can't imagine what it must feel like to have everything you own washed away or destroyed. Good friends of ours did have their home destroyed in a tornado here in Indiana last year, and it was a terrible thing to go through. They were in the house at the time. But the big differences between their experience and those of the Florida victims that I'm hearing about was that they were able to salvage many of their possessions, and they had excellent insurance coverage. They are now totally recovered and living in a very nice condo. The more I hear about what goes on in other locations, the happier I am that I live in Indiana. I think that living here is a form of disaster risk reduction.
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