MICRO-SIDEWALK “Are you ready for a cyclone?

" Oh yeah ! I knew Irma and all those who have lived it can assure you that it changes a life ... to be there, to wait, to be afraid, to live it and to go back outside the next day. We now have all the tools to prepare as well as possible logistically, but in the end, no one is ever prepared to experience something of this magnitude. A good preparation beforehand, whether it is accommodation or food, it greatly influences the way you will live afterwards.

It is important not to take things lightly. We were very lucky this week that the depression moved northwards, we got away with a small tropical storm, but when I hear some people say "ah is that your cyclones?" ", it is driving me crazy. Every year, I renew my emergency kit, and every year, I push the latecomers to do the same, we do not laugh with Mother Nature! "

Vincent

“Not yet completely, but I admit that the beginning of the week has reminded me of the importance of completing the emergency kit and finishing the last work on the house to avoid any unnecessary damage. We lost everything after the passage of Irma, we started from zero, it's the kind of experience that marks you with a hot iron.

And yet life resumes its course, the world does not stop turning and over time, people forget… what it feels like not being able to feed your children, to find themselves on the street, helpless and without resources. If prevention plans are in place, they must be followed. I give you my word that by the end of the week, my emergency kit for the whole family will be ready! "

Patrick

" Not at all. And I realize that I have to stop pushing back. The emergency kit list is on my fridge though, so I have no excuse to get started. I already have a few packs of water and a bit of non-perishable food, but nothing in sufficient quantity to hold in the medium to long term. I was not yet living in Saint-Martin when there was Hurricane Irma, maybe that's why I don't feel the importance and the urgency of preparing myself thoroughly but the people around me who were already here, give me big booster shots every time we talk about it. Not just for the kit itself but well-prepared people can help others more easily, despite the many stories I have heard about beggarly people in disaster situations, I mostly remember the big one. solidarity that resulted from this tragedy. "