September 2009 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
The Friday Five -- take two!
Let's keep this party going!
1. What natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, floods, landslides, etc) is your area prone to?
2. What natural disasters have you experienced firsthand?
3. Have you ever been evacuated due to a natural disaster?
4. Have you made/do you make any special preparations in case of natural disaster where you live?
5. What type of natural disaster scares you the most?
Re: The Friday Five -- take two!
1. What natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, floods, landslides, etc) is your area prone to? Tornado, flood, blizzard
2. What natural disasters have you experienced firsthand? All of the above
3. Have you ever been evacuated due to a natural disaster? No
4. Have you made/do you make any special preparations in case of natural disaster where you live? I have an emergency backpack at home and my car. Plus we keep an extra crate in the basement to put the dog into if we have a tornado
5. What type of natural disaster scares you the most? Any and all. A tornado mostly but hurricanes are what's stopping us from moving down to Florida.
1. What natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, floods, landslides, etc) is your area prone to? Well let's see, we get tornadoes (not oftern but we do), hurricanes, blizzards (do those count?), sometimes we feel earthquakes, flooding
2. What natural disasters have you experienced firsthand? Hurricanes and Blizzards.
3. Have you ever been evacuated due to a natural disaster? No, thank goodness
4. Have you made/do you make any special preparations in case of natural disaster where you live? For big storms we usually stay stocked up on batteries, flashlights, candles, water and snacks. Make sure all the blankets are washed in case we need them for warmth in the winter
5. What type of natural disaster scares you the most? For our area, Tornadoes, for 2 reasons, one hit a couple of years ago right down the stree from our house now and they can just pop up anywhere, you really don't have too much warning to move. Scares the crap out of me.
1. What natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, floods, landslides, etc) is your area prone to? Flooding, I guess. Blizzards, extreme cold
2. What natural disasters have you experienced firsthand? Blizzard, extreme cold
3. Have you ever been evacuated due to a natural disaster? No
4. Have you made/do you make any special preparations in case of natural disaster where you live? I have a couple of jugs of water, candles and lots of blankets. If I know a big storm is coming, I'll get to the store to stock up on stuff.
5. What type of natural disaster scares you the most? Earthquakes.
1. What natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, floods, landslides, etc) is your area prone to?
Umm...typically, I think just hurricanes, flooding, and maybe blizzards?
2. What natural disasters have you experienced firsthand?
Earthquake, water spouts, tornadoes, blizzard, hurricanes, and floods.
3. Have you ever been evacuated due to a natural disaster?
I've lived in an area that was evacuated...we chose not to evacuate, though. (Even though it was "mandatory.")
4. Have you made/do you make any special preparations in case of natural disaster where you live?
When I lived on the beach, we would prep the windows, make sure the generator was working, and stock up on beer and water. The necessities, you know?
5. What type of natural disaster scares you the most?
Tornadoes1. What natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, floods, landslides, etc) is your area prone to? blizzards, tornados, floods
2. What natural disasters have you experienced firsthand? all of the above
3. Have you ever been evacuated due to a natural disaster? no
4. Have you made/do you make any special preparations in case of natural disaster where you live? not really. If we hear that its going to snow like crazy, we make sure we have enough food so we don't have to go out if its really bad.
5. What type of natural disaster scares you the most? either a tornado or a flood.