by Billie Nicholson | Sep 20, 2018 | National Preparedness Month
Ready.gov National Preparedness Month (NPM), recognized each September, provides an opportunity to remind us that we all must prepare ourselves and our families now and throughout the year. This NPM will focus on planning, with an overarching theme: Disasters Happen....
by Billie Nicholson | Dec 12, 2017 | nuclear disaster, Preparedness
A nuclear blast is an explosion with intense light and heat, a damaging pressure wave, and widespread radioactive material that can contaminate the air, water, and ground surfaces for miles around. A nuclear device can range from a weapon carried by an...
by Billie Nicholson | Dec 12, 2017 | Land navigation, Preparedness
Kevin Estela Wilderness Learning Center Many emergency situations would not become survival situations, if you did not become lost. Many people carry compasses without knowing how to use them. The path of least resistance when traveling is usually the best. A map and...
by Billie Nicholson | Oct 8, 2017 | Emergency Preparations, Mental & emotional security
Being Ready for an Uncertain Future Contributed by: John Adams, PhD. Emeritus Professor and Retired Program Chair Saybrook University Significant changes to the established ways of living that we learned during the 20th century, and today think of as normal, will...
by Billie Nicholson | Oct 7, 2017 | community preparedness, Neighborhood Preparedness
As I worked through all the information in last month’s Every Needful Thing, I realized that there was way more than one month’s time and effort needed to digest all the information available at the linked sites. In addition, I received emails from readers that...