We keep seeing it. Over and over again. Hurricanes striking Texas, Louisiana, Florida and the East Coast. Tornadoes ravaging the Midwest and the Plains. Wildfires destroying homes in the West. Everyone knows they should be prepared for a crisis. Both...
Hurricanes begin as tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the equator. (Hurricanes are often called typhoons near the Philippines and the China Sea.) As the moisture evaporates it rises until enormous amounts...
Power outages are a fact of life. Some of us are fortunate enough to only experience a few of them through the years. Others have them more frequently. Due to extreme weather in their area of the country or issues...
When you think of "first responders," what image pops into your head? For me, it's police officers at the scene of an automobile accident. Helping a driver who needs medical attention. Or nurses working all hours on the front lines...
Anyone who has lived through a hurricane would be hard pressed to say anything positive about the experience. In fact, I can only think of one positive connected to this life-threatening weather event. And that’s the fact that most of...
As if we don't have enough problems with COVID-19 plaguing America, here comes hurricane season. Now, even if you don't live in an area that experiences hurricanes, stay with me here. Other extreme weather events can cause the same types...
As someone interested in preparedness, I hope you have never had to wait in a line to get inside a grocery store before or during a crisis. Hopefully you have a good supply of non-perishable food ready and waiting. Just...
There are more than 350,000 home fires in the United States every year, which account for approximately 3,500 deaths and 15,000 serious injuries. More than 8 out of 10 U.S. house or building fires are primarily caused by unattended cooking,...
Some of us grew up watching the Lassie TV show. Every once in a while, Timmy would get in some kind of trouble and his collie would run up to his parents and start barking. Somehow Timmy’s parents realized that...