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Disaster Preparedness Manuals

Kevin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:24:27 +0000

Disaster Preparedness Manuals, also known as survival manuals are often overlooked by preppers and survivalist. There is a wealth of information out there, but you have to have the books in hand for them to do you any good. Over the past few weeks I picked up 6 new disaster preparedness manuals: Homeland security field guide Quick Series guide to public health emergencies Quick Series emergency preparedness for persons with disabilities and medical conditions Janes Chem-bio handbook Chickens by Dereck Hall I also have Chickens for Dummies on the way, it should be here next week. Homeland Security Field Guide, a pocket reference for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) & terrorism response: One thing that stands out about this manual, the different sections have tabs that you can see without having to open the book. Need information about decon, find the decon tab, open the book to that section. 102 pages Categories include: First in response Command considerations

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Texas starts their Disaster Preparedness campaign

Kevin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:14:04 +0000

The Texas Department of State Health Services along with state and local officials today launched this year’s Ready or Not? multilingual public education campaign to encourage Texans to prepare for emergencies. “Whether it’s a hurricane, tornado or flood, a disaster can strike when we least expect it, and we want people to be prepared,” said…

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Snow knocked out power to small town in East Texas

Kevin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:02:12 +0000

On December 4th, 2009 East Texas received an early (and unexpected snowstorm). It was not really a “snowstorm”, as compared to what the northern states get, more like some snow flurries. But for East Texas, an area that rarely gets snow, it was more like a snow storm. In all, may 1/4 inch of snow…

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Generators and disaster preparedness

Kevin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:51:34 +0000

Picking the right generator to power your house during a power outage can be a tricky job. If your serious about getting the right generator for the job, then its time to call in a professional. For this video, Billy Williford of Doug Williford & Son AC and Heating was interviewed. Billy installs Generac generators…

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Hurricane season and disaster preparedness plans

Kevin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:50:31 +0000

June 1 starts off the 2009 Hurricane season. For those of you that live in areas that might be affected by a hurricane, now is the time to make sure your plans and supplies are in place. Lets just review some basic disaster preparedness plans. Have a primary and a backup evacuation route. This includes…

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Complacency and disaster preparedness

Kevin — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:10:50 +0000

After a few false alarms, people become complacent with their disaster preparedness plans. Meaning, that they do not think that anything serious is going to happen. When you let your guard down, that is when the real disasters strike.

Becoming complacent with disaster preparedness

Kevin — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:37:54 +0000

As Hurricane Rita was making its way through the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, the projected path was towards the Houston and Galveston, Texas area. An evacuation was called for parts of Harris and Galveston counties. Which is where the cities of Houston and Galveston are located. The way evacuations are "supposed" to work, the areas that are nearest the Gulf of Mexico are evacuated first. Which is Galveston, and lower Harris county. That is how its supposed to work in theory. In reality, how does one of the largest cities in the USA evacuate? They dont. There were stories of people spending 18+ hours on the highway and not even going 10 miles. There are 2 major highways going north out of Houston - HWY 59 and HWY 45. Going east and west, there is Interstate 10, 1960, old HWY 90 and 105. HWY 105 is north of the Houston area. It goes from Beaumont, through Cleveland, Conroe and finally hits HWY 6.

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World Health Organization releases information on Swine Flu

Kevin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:00:15 +0000

The World Health Organization has posted a Swine Flu questions and answers PDF file on their website. Some of the information that the file covers – What is swine influenza, What are the implications for human health, Where have human cases occurred,,, and several other key points. Go on over to the Swine influenza page…

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Our fragile infrastructure

Kevin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:47:35 +0000

If memory serves me right, sometime around 1998 somone in the Atlanta, Georgia was using a tractor with a post hole digger to put in a new fence. The post hole digger cut through a major fiber optic line that provided service to Atlanta, Georgia and several outlying areas. Estimates at the time were that…

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Good quality ice chest

Kevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:40:39 +0000

After a disaster – such as a hurricane – part of the relief efforts usually include bottled water, MREs or canned goods and ice. The ice is supposed to help people preserve their cold or frozen foods. But, this ice is of little good if the person getting the supplies to does have a good…

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