by Billie Nicholson | Jan 20, 2017 | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparations, Preparedness
Recovering from a disaster is a gradual process. Safety is a priority as well as mental and physical well-being. Your first concern is your family’s health and safety. If family members are injured, do not attempt to move them unless they are in immediate danger of...
by Billie Nicholson | Dec 1, 2015 | Carbon Monoxide, Cube Stove, Emergency Preparations, Food Storage, Heating, Solar cooking, Sun Oven
About the time you decide how to keep your family warm without electricity, stomachs will begin to growl. What to do and how? Deal with water first. Now you get to use that stored water you’ve put aside. When the power goes off, you may lose access to well water...
by Billie Nicholson | Dec 1, 2015 | Carbon Monoxide, Electricity, Emergency Preparations, Family preparedness, Fire, Food Storage, Heating, Preparedness, Severe Weather, Survival skills, Water, winter storms
7 “C’s” for Keeping Warm – Last month’s article on preparing your home for winter reminded us of the importance of repairing doors and windows to eliminate drafts. Now we’ll address ways to stay warm during an extended electrical power outage where no generator...
by Billie Nicholson | Nov 9, 2015 | Apples, Composting, Dehydrating, Emergency Preparations, Food Storage, Gardening, Preparedness, preserving fruit, Thanksgiving
This is the time we begin to reflect on all the events we’ve experienced during the past year – some good and some which could have been better. Have you had an opportunity to be thankful for some of your preparedness activities? Recently traveling to see...
by Billie Nicholson | Sep 11, 2015 | Emergency Preparations, Family preparedness, National Preparedness Month, Neighborhood Preparedness
If you consider the national emergency management as a pyramid, you the CITIZEN are the base of this pyramid. You are responsible for yourself and your family by knowing what to do before, during, and after a disruptive event. For example: BEFORE • Know...