Quite by accident, I "discovered" on the "Discovery Channel" last night, a TV show titled ... (see above.) This 1938 natural event "was one of the most destructive and powerful storms to ever strike Southern New England." It came up the Atlantic coast and on September 21 hit the shoreline [...]
Although we have been "blabbling" (sorry, I mean blogging) about being "ready" and "prepared" for coping with a major disaster, such as an earthquake, since Katrina (2005); the majority of households and neighborhoods in the Bay Area are NOT ready or prepared! Once, again, in order to PREPARE you ... [...]
"Disasterman", Matthew Davis, a social psychology professor at Dominican University, made an excellent presentation to kick off the "Is the End Near" lecture series at the Petaluma Museum last night that summarized his natural disaster courses with a focus on the effect they have on society and individual reactions. This [...]
What do you know? The Petaluma NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) concept; initially announced on an Internet TV program (October 19, 2005), following the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the Gulf Coast region, has slowly circulated around Sonoma County and resurfaced recently in Sebastopol under the title, "Map Your Neighborhood." http://sebastopol.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2011/08/news/sebastopol-creating-neighborhood-emergency-groups/ [...]
Just as Bob Heil changed the theme of his last Ham Nation #2 netcast on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv network at the last minute, because of the current recovery efforts in Joplin, MO; The Trio changed the focus of today's blog due to comments made by Bob's guests as they discussed [...]
I hesitated using the above title for today's blog. Initially, I thought about using, "Oh, no! Not again!" or "Here we go again." After reviewing over 60 blogs that have been posted on this site since September 7, 2006, under the Emergency Preparedness heading, I decided to simply ask, When [...]
As we continue to highlight key emergency preparedness questions, we assume you read the American Red Cross suggestions to the previous blog, "Are You Ready?" This post asks yet, two more basic question, "Are you prepared?" Interpret this question to mean "prepared" as the result of emergency "training" activities you [...]
The 7th Annual NPM sponsored by FEMA has been underway for a week and Petaluma ALERT is registered as one of a few thousand communities in the country that are planning events and activities that are designed to make the public more aware and informed about how to Be Ready [...]
Not to scare you! For the past several week, FEMA and Citizen Corps have been spreading the word about National Emergency Preparedness Month (September). 2010 will be the fourth year that Petaluma ALERT has participated, as a partner, by promoting CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams), NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams) [...]
OK, so we’ve been “goofing off,” and “No, the garage hasn’t been cleaned up … yet!” Can Me, Myself & I blame it on the fact that Eagle-Eyes hasn’t spotted any headlines lately that captured his attention that contained a constructive and positive message? Maybe it’s the fault of Hammerhead, [...]