[Michlib-l] Build Libraries and not Shelters

[Michael McGuire]

Heard recently on NPR (paraphrased): For disaster response, build libraries and not shelters. People would rather go to libraries. 

I couldn’t find the recent story, but this story popped up in my search. 

For Disaster Preparedness: Pack A Library Card?

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/12/210541233/for-disasters-pack-a-first-aid-kit-bottled-water-and-a-library-card

Also:
Ports in a Storm: The Library as Community Disaster Recovery Center

http://www.slideshare.net/mpstricker/ports-in-a-storm-the-library-as

The problem: It's never happened here. True enough, but also true in most every other place there's a major disaster. 

Michael D. McGuire
Grand Rapids, MI
mdmcguire at yahoo.com