[Michlib-l] Build Libraries and not Shelters

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-b... 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@yahoo.com