Been talking to Jesus, repented.

Good Morning. It is 6:40 Central Standard Time in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
Early on Monday morning, after a wonderful church service yesterday, seemed like a good time to start working on problems.
As indicated in my last entry, I repented. While I have a lot of stuff on my "to do" list, the most valuable thing I can contribute immediately is some insight into just what I should have done already.
Be Prepared!
The Scout motto is as true today as when it was first intoned at the first meeting.
Consider for a moment, just what you would do in a disaster, if you only had 12 seconds to decide. As I understand the media reports, that is all the time the folks in Haiti had to ascertain the problem and RUN.
Fortunately for most of us here in the United States, we usually get a little more time than that. As in the case of Katrina, they had DAYS to do something.
But in the final day, they were just as unprepared for the disaster as the Haitians were this past week.
So, let's take a look at how prepared WE are for sudden loss of home, water, food, clothes, and personal effects, not to mention what to do with the bodies.
Not being of morbid leanings, it really never occurred to me what to do if I was faced with the disposal of dead bodies. Like most Americans, we have "people" who deal with that. But as we saw this past week, the "people" who were usually in charge of dealing with "that", were the dead people.
Now that some time as been given to thought, it occurs to me that I should have some sort of plan that could be implemented anywhere by anybody who finds themselves in that position. The one who is left to clean up the mess.
So here are the first thoughts that come to mind.
Since I am just now working this out, you might call it a "BETA" version of a final plan.
Bearing in mind that every circumstance would be a little different, we'll look at this from where I would be standing, here in the Ozarks.
Fortunately for me, there are plenty of hard wood forests to hand that shed a good deal of "deadfall". For those unfamiliar with woods, deadfall are the limbs of trees that die from natural causes and fall to the ground. They fall every year, but most urban people would only recognize it at campgrounds early in the spring. By the time camping season comes around, most of it has been picked up and used for someone else's supper.
Now that we have a means of disposal, I'd recommend laying the deadfall 2 feet wide and about 5 feet long and at least 36 inches high. Probably need to fill any open areas with dry leaves and bracken as you'll need a pretty hot fire to cremate remains.
Compose the person as best you can with reverence. If you have a zip lock sandwich baggy to hand, remove any jewelry, cut a piece of the clothing (if any is still identifiable) cut a lock of the person's hair, (again if available) and write down any thing you know for SURE about the person; ie how tall, ethnic background, name if you know it, date and time you found the body, your name and address. Try to think of what you would want a stranger to save for you if this was your loved one. If you found the person still alive but close to death, what were their last words.
Place the body on the funeral pyre and pray for the ones who are left behind so you can tell them you did your best to see their loved one respectfully cremated.
Sing if you can. . . . Sing if you can't, after all, you are probably alone.
After the fire has burnt to ash, gather as many of the bones as have not been consumed. Usually the skull, teeth and long bones don't burn completely unless the body has been in a crematorium which has really hot fire.
Wrap these in any waterproof material you might be able to find or at least in a sheet or other material. The family will be grateful for the ability to bury their loved one at a later time. You see that all the time when soldiers are found YEARS after the war and the remains are returned to them. Repeat as necessary for each departed person.