True Natural-Disaster Trailers

    Devastating natural disasters, such as Category 4 and 5 hurricanes,
    tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, major landslides and wide-area flooding
    require true emergency trailers. Not the house trailers FEMA presses into
    service where they are totally inappropriate.

     1. By FEMA's own rules they can't be set up in flood-prone areas.
     2. They require connection to water, power and sewer utilities, none
        of which are available after a widespread, catastrophic natural
        disaster.
     3. They may need to be transported long distances to get to the
        disaster area.  They should be small and light and the tongue
        should pivot up so that several can be brought in by flatbeds.

    An emergency, fast-response trailer needs to be an independent
    dwelling. It must be able to be leveled and anchored by unskilled
    laborers at the disaster site(s) with the proper setup shown by
    pictures and described in several languages.

  LISTED BY PRIORITY:

  Water: Empty water jugs stored inside the trailer during storage.
         Fill jugs from any potable source before deployment. Collect
         rainwater from gutter around the trailer roof. Carry in filled
         jugs from emergency relief centers after they are established.

  Food: Dried foods stored in trailer.  Canned goods put in trailers
        before deployment. Propane cooktop.  20-lb. tank stored empty
        inside trailer. Tank moved to trailer tongue after filling.

  Sanitation: Camp-type toilets using waste bags.  Boxes of bags stored
              inside trailer. Special areas to receive full bags away from
              habitation area.  Lime pits to bury human waste.  Burn empty
              bags and toilet tissue.

  Washroom: With camp toilet and shower stall only. Kitchen sink used for
            face and hand washing.  Half shower water heated on cooktop and
            added to more shower water for warm shower. Shower pressure
            produced by foot-operated air pump like boat shower system.
            Shower and sink drains into pit under trailer.  Handwash clothes
            in sink.  Dry on clothesline. Mark all clothes with indelible ink.

  Family Room: Combined kitchen/dining/living area. Resin chairs.  Broom.
     Optional: Shade awning on side of trailer.

  Bedrooms: Small master bedroom with cots and mattresses.  One youngster's
            room with bunk bed(s).  Sleeping bags and air mattresses.

  Optional:
  Power: Empty gasoline can stored inside trailer. Fill before deployment.
         Modest generator for a small refrigerator, fluorescent lights,
         oscillating fan(s), radio and/or television.
         Battery charger for cellphone charger and for rechargeable
         fluorescent camp light used after curfew.
  Note:
  Turn generator off after curfew. Leave refrigerator door closed at night
  to keep food cold until morning.

   Government-run FEMA is totally unsuited to get emergency supplies to the
devastated areas quickly and correctly.  The nearest Target and/or Wal-Mart
and Home Depot and/or Lowe's should be subsidized to do this properly.