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Earthquake Preparedness Begins With Earthquake Kits

June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Emergency Preparedness

The thing about earthquakes is that there is no “season” for them like there is for hurricanes or tornado’s. An earthquake can hit at any time of day or night and at any time of year. The occur with little to no warning and they do not discriminate. They can ravage poor places like Haiti or affluent areas such as California. This is one reason it’s so important to practice earthquake preparedness and develop earthquake emergency plans of action. If you don’t have a plan or haven’t started preparing for an earthquake in your area, the best think you can do is start with an earthquake kit.

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Have You Considered A Solar Generator For Emergency Backup Power?

January 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Emergency Preparedness, Self Reliance

One of the ironic consequences that I saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike is people running out of gas for their generators and then leaving them without electrical power. You see, when they went to get gas at the store, the stores didn’t have electricity to run their gas pumps plus the gasoline distributors were only delivering gas to the stores with power, which were on the edge of the storm path, some 1 1/2 hours or more away. It really hit home why I needed a Solar System or at least a solar generator for emergency backup power.

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Did You Survive The Holidays?

December 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Emergency Preparedness

I hope this post finds you well and you implemented your plans to survive the Holidays! (pun intended :) ) Hopefully everyone rested up a bit and spent some quality time with family and friends. Preparedness and planning for SHTF situations doesn’t have to take every waking minute. Sometimes it’s nice to put all your worries out of your mind and just think of nothing and enjoy the moment.

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Hurricane Preparedness – How To Prepare For a Hurricane Or Other Natural Disaster

June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Emergency Preparedness

Hurricane_IkeI lived on the Texas Coast for ten years. In that time, we had a few close calls. To be honest, I thought I was as prepared as anyone could be. Hurricane Ike proved that my hurricane preparedness plans had huge holes in them.

We lived about 20 or so miles North of Houston. The eye of Hurricane Ike passed over our 5 acres. We lost many huge trees but fortunately, none hit our home. Many of your neighbors weren’t as fortunate. We were without power 9 days. You find out real quick where where the holes are in your preparedness plans.

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