Prepared- Ever wanted to jump from a building into a dumpster?

Today’s lesson…Ever wanted to jump from a building into a dumpster? I suppose I shouldn’t say “wanted”. I should probably say “needed”. Jumping from buildings into dumpsters isn’t just a movie thing. It’s a good skill to understand, because you never know when you might need it. There are a lot of perfectly good reasons …

Prepared- What if someone detonates a dirty bomb or a nuke?

This is a scary potential event that has been around since August 6, 1945 when the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Atomic bombs and nuclear bombs are two completely different things, but we kind of lump them together in our minds because of the amount of devastation and the …

Prepared- Are You Ready for Invisible Emergencies Like Cyberattacks?

Today’s lesson…Are You Ready for Invisible Emergencies Like Cyberattacks? You can plan, plot, and prep all you want for hands-on physical emergencies like natural disasters, active shooters, and plain old accidents at home, but it’s hard prepping if all your money’s gone. That’s why I wanted to talk about an invisible crime for this lesson…cyberattacks. Everyone …

Today’s Lesson…Important Update on Several Previous Lessons

I originally created the last three lessons with a horizontal configuration for the one page round-ups, but a few folks pointed out that all the others were vertical and these latest ones didn’t work as well. So I redid them in a vertical orientation. And they do look better. Even though I’m admitting I didn’t …

Today’s lesson… Be sure you have good smoke AND carbon monoxide alarms!

Sign up to receive the weekly lessons plus extra goodies: http://eepurl.com/imZrrg   Today’s lesson is a weird one. First, pretty much every house has a smoke alarm. Second, most of you ignore them or don’t know anything about them. It’s just one of those ubiquitous items that’s always there, always been there, and you only notice …

Thank you to everyone who joined my Prepared(*) newsletter list!

I just wanted to thank everyone who joined my Prepared (*) newsletter list during my launch last week. My goal is to… give away a ton of free content provide access to resources direct you to the experts …that will help you stay safe in emergencies and know how to protect others as well, especially …