Riding Out a Hurricane

Should a hurricane be headed to your home and you can safely stay there, there are some things to remember to do before the storm arrives. Before the hurricane arrives First fill your bathtub. If water lines could be affected (or sewage treatment plants) this water...

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Tornadoes

What is a Tornado and it’s warning signs? Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, they can cause fatalities and devastate a neighborhood in seconds. Tornadoes appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a...

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How Are You Doing?

Eight Month Preparedness Assessment We are eight months into the year long Project Noah preparedness lessons. How are you doing? Have you completed the items discussed in the past months’ issues? Preparedness is not something that just falls together with a twitch of...

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Pet Disaster Checklist

This pet disaster checklist is provided by US Dept. Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. DOCUMENTS ❑ Photocopied veterinary records ❑ Rabies certificate ❑ Vaccinations ❑ Medical summary ❑ Prescriptions for medications ❑ Most recent...

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Morale Boosters

Moral Boosters are very important during an emergency.  Maintaining high morale is one of the single greatest factors in successfully coping with a major evacuation emergency or disaster.  Having a few diversionary items on hand will help to fortify a person’s mental,...

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Collecting Vital Records

Vital records are records of any important, valuable, irreplaceable or cherished papers, pictures and statements.  These records should be compiled together in a notebook and kept with you 72 hour emergency flight kit in a waterproof container.  We recommend storing...

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Project Noah – Month 8

Project Noah is a yearlong food storage and emergency preparedness program designed to help you set and obtain goals in the area of family preparedness. The program is divided into twelve monthly assignments touching on lots of short and long term preparedness...

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Expanding Your Food Storage

By storing more than just basic cooking items, you will be able to extend the variety of foods available for your family. Consider the basic items we have discussed as long term food storage items. Look at what additional recipes become available as we add these...

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Hand Sanitizers – Under Review

Hand washing is an easy way to prevent infection. It only requires soap and water or an alcohol based hand sanitizer - a cleanser that doesn’t require water. As you touch people, surfaces and objects throughtout a day, you accumulate germs on your hands. As you touch...

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Project Noah – Month 7

Project Noah is a yearlong food storage and emergency preparedness program designed to help you set and obtain goals in the area of family preparedness. The program is divided into twelve monthly assignments touching on lots of short and long term preparedness...

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