Using Everyday Items to Reduce Anxiety Children are not likely to fully understand the threat posed to people and to property by a hurricane. They may not be able to define in adult terms what is meant by a “survival kit”. Still even quite little children do pick up on the vibrations in their home […]
Preparing for Disaster: First-Hand Experience to Lend You a Helping Hand
Disasters are man-made and natural and can occur in a second, but the ramifications of not being prepared can last a lifetime. I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast before casinos – the shrimping and fishing industries were the kings back then. Storms came and went, the boats would move to the backbay and […]
How to Prepare for an Earthquake
Securing a Piece of Mind Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, preparing for the Big One is a necessity one must not ignore. San Francisco, otherwise known as Earthquake Country, is situated right along San Andreas Fault. The City by the Bay has experienced two major earthquakes in the last century- the Great 1906 […]
Emergency Preparedness is Not Just for Natural Disasters
New Threats Require New Approach to Preparedness Being prepared for an emergency in Southern Illinois can mean a lot of different things, but to a wife and mother or even a single woman, it means just one more thing to plan for. Whitney Matheny of Bi-County Public Health told women at the Women’s Health Conference […]
Are You Prepared for a Natural Disaster?
How to Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Property in a Disaster It is 3:00 AM and suddenly you are awakened by your community’s early warning system, sounding the siren that you are in the path of a tornado. You are sitting at your desk on the fifteenth floor of your office building when you […]