You know your area best (of us, anyway). On a scale of 1-10, what do you think is the level of expectation of the people within your township? You have to start somewhere, the others are watching.

You've assisted with the three floods, what percentage do you think didn't evacuate when told? If they didn't, WHY didn't they?

Do you have a local newspaper? Would they be interested in helping? Could they devote a page (free) to a questionnaire about disaster planning, and receive the results from you to put in a follow-up issue? This wouldn't cost you what it would to send individual mailers. For instance:

Did you evacuate from your home in any of the last three floods? (insert any other local disasters of the last few/10 years)

If you did evacuate...
* What was your greatest fear?
* What was best unexpected thing that happened?
* What was the worst unexpected thing?
* What happened afterward that you didn't expect?
* Would you be willing to evacuate sooner next time?
* If you evacuated in time, would family members outside the disaster area be willing to take your family in?
* What would be the most basic thing you felt you needed for your family in a shelter?
* Did you feel that you needed more help for special-needs family members such as babies, children, elderly, handicapped?
* Was worry about your pets an issue?
* Have you made more personal preparations for yourself and your family since the last disaster that affected you?
* If you haven't made any preps, what would you need to get started?

* If you didn't evacuate, what was your reasoning?
* Do you think you would evacuate the next time?
* What would it take to get you to evacuate next time?
* Have you made more personal preparations for yourself and your family since the last disaster that affected you?
* If you haven't made any preps, what would you need to get started?
* What problems did you encounter by not evacuating, that you didn't expect?
* What did you do right that helped your situation?
* Did you receive help from your neighbors? Did they help you?

With a newspaper survey, the people who responded would be providing the stamps.

The newspaper should see that the survey would probably sell papers, and do it without charge.

You might discover things that you hadn't considered, and be able to direct solutions in that direction.

Sue