After you buy a new cell phone, do you read the instructions that come in the box?  Not many of us do. I used to skim it but now I have found a better solution.  You Tube Reviews of your phone. Search by the brand and model type. There will be several different reviews you […]

Emergency kits, survival bag, disaster kit, bug out kit or to go bag, regardless of what you call it, you need to have it. You should sit down with your family and make a plan about what to put in your kit. See my previous article “Emergency Preparedness Evacuation” for a basic list of what […]

I think the most important of all emergency preparedness needs to be your evacuation plan.  Time after time we hear evacuees on the news says they didn’t know what to grab. We must think about this more than in passing. In the words of Arnold in the terminator movie, come with me if you want […]

Emergency Preparedness. It’s a serious subject yet necessary topic. Every time there is fire, earthquake, or a flood in the area or anywhere in California, I always talk about it with my family, friends or coworkers but are we ready?  Well, we just had several earthquakes recently. There were so many in a short period […]