FROM THE EDITOR'S PEN /
'Tis the Season Yet Again /
Editorial List
Donna, Isabel, Betsy, Inez, David, Andrew,
Frances, Jeanne, Katrina, Wilma. This is not an
invitation list for a family reunion, just a list of
the hurricanes that I have been lucky(?) enough to
live through. Since I was born, I have never
missed being there when a hurricane hit my neck of
the woods in Southeast Florida. When I graduated
from college upstate, I drove back home through the
onset of Hurricane David. Years later (actually 20
years ago this week), when Hurricane Andrew hit, I
was home visiting my mother, even though I had lived
away from Florida for the previous eight years. (The
Chamber of Commerce finally asked if I wouldn’t mind
never coming back!) And after I came back to
South Florida to start Today’s
Caregiver magazine, I actually moved into
my new home in Fort Lauderdale in the eye of a
hurricane (don’t ask).
With any luck, Isaac will not be a name added to
the list of names above. It is my fervent prayer
that no one in any country or state loses life, limb
or even power due to Hurricane Isaac. But, as with
caregiving and the Boy Scouts, the motto to “Be
Prepared” works very well for those living in the
path of a possible oncoming.
Hurricane Safety Articles
Hurricane Preparedness for Caregivers
The Caregivers' Motto
Facing A Storm
Safety Begins at Home: Emergency Escape Plan for
Loved Ones with Mobility Challenges
Surviving The Storm
Hopefully, the only excessive winds we encounter
in Florida next week will be from speeches given by
politicians at the first of the two upcoming major
political conventions to be held this fall.
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
