Make a paper phone tree for the street
Who calls whom in a storm or outage? A paper list, kept by each household.
- Who
- Adults, Seniors
- Time
- About an hour
- Cost
- Free
- When
- Any time of year
- Show up
- Door to door.
How to do it
- Ask each household for one number.
- Each person calls the next two.
- Practice once a year.
Why it matters
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