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I'm just curious

interactiveleaf wrote in making_a_plan Oct 20, 2009 11:29

So, do y'all store emergency water at home? If not, why not ( Read more... )

water, sanitation, stockpile, household planning

Question

busyme wrote in making_a_plan May 02, 2009 17:43

I read a story online about a pandemic. The story was purely fictional, but I'd love to read it again. There were probably 20 chapters.

Does anybody know the story I'm speaking of?

Fluuuuuuu!

interactiveleaf wrote in making_a_plan Apr 28, 2009 11:42

I was going to write an entry that discussed What To Do and How To Prepare if you get sick, but then I found that it had been done for me, three years ago. Replace "avian flu" with "swine flu" or, really, any other human transmissible illness ( Read more... )

Vegetable gardens

kementari2 wrote in making_a_plan Apr 14, 2009 14:54

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food

FEMA

menarejerks wrote in making_a_plan Mar 01, 2009 12:46

If you are living with an x spouse after a disaster, regardless of your estrangement, you are by FEMA LAWS RULES AND GUIDELINES, considered "FAMILY". This makes you ineligible for housing reimbursement.

Depending upon the state in which you NOW reside, this issue pertains to your children. Regardless of your previous estrangement from an x spouse, ( Read more... )

state, fema, evacuation tips

Bike power!

neonnurse wrote in making_a_plan Jan 17, 2009 23:54

Here's an interesting project for the handyperson/renewable energy aficionado. The following links lead to two cool articles from The Mother Earth News Online, which were published in 1981. They tell how you can adapt a bike to produce pumping power (like for water) or even electricity ( Read more... )

Inauguration Day

kementari2 wrote in making_a_plan Jan 14, 2009 13:45

Inauguration Day is this coming Tuesday. Millions of people are expected to attend - twice as many as can actually fit on the Mall, according to some estimates (allowing for a standard 5-foot square playing grid ( Read more... )

terrorist attack, crowds, urban, local planning

La Palma Mega Tsunami

kementari2 wrote in making_a_plan Jan 05, 2009 01:15

Yoinked from wtf_nature. Do you have an evacuation route away from bodies of water that are prone to flooding?

The "Mega Tsunami" predicted to wipe out the east coast:

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In short, Cumbre Viejo, a volcano on the island of La Palma in the canary islands, is predicted to shed its Northeast flank into the ocean. Geologists figure this will be due to water or magma ( Read more... )

weather related events, evacuation tips

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nefri wrote in making_a_plan Sep 29, 2008 01:35

How can it be that as the global economy melts down, this community is strangely quiet??

Anyhow, does anyone know what kinds of batering currencies are out there? I heard that the Liberty Dollar has been stopped by the FBI.

things i dont take on the plane

nuwishas_tail wrote in making_a_plan May 25, 2008 02:54

this is all the stuff i take out of my bag, and off my person to go to an airport

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