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Get Ready for Unnecessary Panic
The World Health Organization is considering to raise the Pandemic Alert level to 6 – the highest level – indicating a global pandemic. Don’t Panic. According to WHO: Phase 6, the pandemic phase, is...
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UPDATE: Never Leave Home Without…
I always intended to write a summary and concluding piece to the list of 10 things you should never leave home without. Coming a couple of months after the last post was written lends perspective to...
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Ten Things I Think I Think about H1N1
I haven’t posted on H1N1 in a bit; honestly, I haven’t known what to think. So, in homage to Peter King, here’s ten things I think I think about H1N1 today: 1. Still, don’t panic. Be Living...
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Thoughts from Day One of Long Island-NYC Emergency Management Conference
I attended the Long Island – New York City Emergency Management Conference – Day One – today. Here’s a few thoughts I wanted to pass on that are relavent to Living Prepared™: There was lots of...
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Thoughts from Day Two of Long Island-NYC Emergency Management Conference
I attended the Long Island – New York City Emergency Management Conference – Day Two – today. Here’s a few thoughts I wanted to pass on that are relevant to Living Prepared™: Weather: A major focus...
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Living Prepared™ for the Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic Hurricane season began officially on June 1. But even a few days before, Tropical Depression One formed off the coast of the Carolina’s, pretty far north for a TD this early in the...
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Hurricane Preparedness: Household Emergency Supplies
The current tenets of emergency preparedness – as espoused by FEMA (Ready America) and the American Red Cross is: Get a Kit Make a Plan Be Informed Not a bad way to organize things, though I know there...
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Household Emergency Supplies: Food & Water
Food and water are the most essential of your household emergency supplies. And many disaster scenarios will threaten the availability of consumable food and potable water in your home and from local...
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Traveling Prepared – When to Evacuate your Hotel Room
I was on the phone this evening with family – around 6:30 PM local time, when I was interrupted by the muted sounds of my hotel’s fire alarm going off in the hallway. The bright flashing pulse of a...
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Do More to Be Living Prepared
The American Red Cross launched its latest campaign – Do More Than Cross Your Fingers this month. A major focus of this campaign is to get people thinking and planning about preparedness more, and...
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