little old lady riding down the highway in a flood

[marathoner452]

So I went to the other end of the spectrum today, presentation-wise. Elementary-schoolers to senior citizens. It would have been nice if they would have told me what kind of space I'd be working in, and it also would have been nice if they would have told me how many people would be there so I could bring enough materials with me. Oh well. If there's one thing I've learned working for the Red Cross, it's that you have to be able to turn on a dime. If worse comes to worse and they need more winter storm safety brochures or something, we're only about 10 minutes up the road.

And, try as I might, I can't get the image of a 90-year-old woman riding her scooter down the highway in the middle of a torrential rainstorm. One of my presentees called me right after I left and wanted to know what she should do if she needed to evacuate. No friends in the area and family lives a mile away. No car either. I told her to ask the supervisors in charge of the senior community what their plans were and tried to remind her that disasters usually don't come out of nowhere on clear October days...meaning you probably don't want to be riding your scooter down the street if you have to evacuate. I can only hope I talked some sense into her.

Phew, am I glad tomorrow's a presentation-free day.

10 days until the Baltimore Marathon!

~Bethany

Comments

[saltariel.livejournal.com]

That's actually a pretty funny image...a little old lady going down the street in her electric scooter in the middle of a storm. :P

[thisgirliknow.livejournal.com]

hey --

welcome to my friends list :)

do I know you from somewhere?

[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure you don't know me from anywhere, unless you were at the August PSO in Wilmington or something.

~Bethany

[thisgirliknow.livejournal.com]

ah, an Americorps person. Hi :)