CatastrophicDL's Emergency Preparedness Planning

Preparedness Review

Tue, 19 May 2009 22:48:00 GMT

It is about that time of year again - time for your hurricane preparations to swing into full gear.If you didn’t check them already, now is the time to check your 72 hour kits or go-bags. Make sure you replace items which have expired. Check and/or change your batteries. Update clothing sizes if you have growing children. Be sure to replace any items which you have “borrowed” and add any items you forgot. If you have had a change in health status, now is...
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Upcoming Season

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:21:00 GMT

I apologize to all those individuals who have been so patiently awaiting my emergency preparedness blog updates. Updates have been put on hold since my father suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke and I have become his daily primary caregiver. He is recovering quite well and I hope to get some new blogs up by the official start of the hurricane season.The kids are good! I am taking a little time off from caring for my father to take them to New Mexico next week. ...
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72 Hour Kit Preparation

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:26:00 GMT

I know there are many sites on the internet to help with disaster planning, but I also know that many people don’t take advantage of them. I was raised by parents who believed in being ready for ANY disaster. I practice what they preached and have gone on to do corporate disaster planning and business continuity work as well as helping with my community disaster plan. I hope that my input might help someone start their planning or become more organized with the...
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