My thoughts are with all of you in the eastern United States, with all the 
disruption of the approaching storm.  I hope you are all well prepared for 
flooding and power outages, and safe.  If you are going to be at work and 
likely to be stuck there beyond your shifts, my commiserations. I know you 
will be doing a good job, giving support where it is most needed.  I do hope 
the evacuation centres are set up to provide Mums with nooks where they can 
breastfeed their babies uninterrupted, and soothe themselves and their 
babies with skin-to-skin. It would be difficult to struggle with manual 
pumps and cleaning equipment, storing milk in unhygienic conditions, and the 
extra work. From last year's Brisbane floods I know that evacuation, even 
planned evacuation, can make any of us feel dislocated and disoriented, and 
with a baby and/or a toddler in tow it is harder.

Anyway, stay safe, and be well prepared.

Virginia in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 

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