Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 264, Issue 9

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 11:09 AM Joann Noll via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Disaster prep
> Daybreak Cohousing in Portland OR has had an active Emergency Prep team for
> most of our 17 years of existence. The focus has been on: both
> individuals and the community increasing the amount of water saved in case
> of earthquake or other disaster; encouraging residents to have their own
> supply of emergency food; having training days, knowing how to prepare and
> how to our supplies; First Aid training, e.g. Stop the Bleed, Narcan, AED;
> educating about what to do in the event of toxic air (earthquake or railway
> accident;) purchasing and maintaining supplies for the community from an
> annual budget or special project fund: AED, solar power stations, Narcan,
> first aid supplies, propane, camp stoves, some shelf stable food (oats,
> lentils, eg.). We have other events: water relays for emptying and
> refilling our 50 gallon water barrels, National Oatmeal Day with outside
> cooking of oatmeal, Stone Soup community meals; speakers from our county
> bureau.
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> >    1. Disaster Prep in Cohousing Communities (Ed Sutton)
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> > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:15:31 -0500
> > From: Ed Sutton <ed440 [at] me.com>
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> > Subject: [C-L]_ Disaster Prep in Cohousing Communities
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> > A few months ago Cohousing-USA offered a Zoom presentation to encourage
> > communities to have organized preparations for climate disasters.
> > An Eno Commons we have an ad hoc committee working to organize disaster
> > prep for our community.
> > In two months we?ll be presenting our ideas in a (hopefully) full
> > community event.
> > We?d like to know if any other communities have an organized disaster
> > response plan, and if any other communities are working to develop plans
> in
> > response to the Zoom presentation.
> > Thank you.
> > Ed Sutton
> > Eno Commons
> > Durham NC
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