What a deal! The following blog could have been categorized as either Then & Now or Emergency Preparedness. This coming Wednesday, (4/18) will be the 106th Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that caused severe damage in Santa Rosa. Some stories related to this historic event have already appeared [...]
Yesterday’s news included an earthquake report that included two quakes that occurred seven seconds apart, one mile from El Cerrito, on the Hayward Fault. The Press Democrat stated that although these quakes were minor and short in duration, they were felt from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz. Many Californians might [...]
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 [...]
Last month was FEMA's 8th Annual Emergency Preparedness Month, and this Emergency Preparedness "preacher" posted seven articles related to this annual campaign to help citizens to be better prepared and ready to cople with a major disaster like an earthquake. If you go to the right and click on September [...]
Every since I was a youngster, I remember hearing how the American Red Cross volunteers would come to the aid of disaster survivors. In today's Press Democrat 9/1/2011, B5, the headline for the "Close to Home" column by Eileen Adams, chairwoman of the board of directors of the American Red [...]
Each member of "The Trio" (Me, Myself & I) woke up, once again, at 3 a.m., wondering what they might do differently this year in connection with FEMA's annual National Emergency Preparedness Month. Hammerhead asked them in order to "hit the nail on the head," How might we communicate our [...]
"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 [...]
At approximately 10:51.03 a.m. (our time - EDT), USGS reported that a 5.9 Mag. earthquake struck an area 4 miles from Mineral, VA (in Louisa County) which is 41 miles from Richmond, VA and 83 miles from Washington, DC. Parts of the Pentagon, White House, and Capitol were evacuated. Earlier [...]
The following message from CERN is "for your information." It is a site that anyone can subscribe to so that they may receive updated Emergency Preparedness announcement. Please remember, it's not a question of IF but WHEN. California Emergency Radio Network (CERN Messages In This Digest (1 Message) Earthquakes can [...]
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 [...]