Streetwise Streetwise (September 07, 2005)

Question and interviews by Suman Mudamula. Photographs by Rina Ota. Asked at Safeway on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.

If you could salvage three material things from your house in case of a natural calamity like Hurricane Katrina what would they be?

Lu Reed
Retired Nurse
Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
"I would salvage my important documents, my car for getaway and some food, preferably peanut butter, as I know protein is good for the body."

Anna (Kinga) Samek
Personal Trainer
South Court, Palo Alto
"I would get some money out along with my photo albums, and of course my husband's computer as his business depends on it."

Rudy Batties
Consultant
Emerson Street, Palo Alto
"My degree certificates; family pictures besides my laptop."

Mykhanh Bahlman
Café Owner
Maddux Drive, Palo Alto
"I would say my pictures, some favorite clothes, and furniture."

Yuan Lien
Student
Stanford Campus, Palo Alto
"I will definitely take my laptop, stereo, and my documents."

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