What's the Difference Between an N95 and a KN95 Facemask?

Jan 24, 2021 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Did you know,  Emergency supplies

N95 or KN95 - what's the difference? <Read More>

A Stay Bag!

Jan 24, 2021 Posted by: Karina Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know,  Emergency supplies,  First aid

So far, we’ve not had to use any of the GO-bag supplies but never having gone through a pandemic, it was comforting to know we had the essentials in our GO-bag if we needed them. <Read More>

Are Your Electrical Outlets a Fire Hazard?

Jan 24, 2021 Posted by: Karina Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

Safety precautions for avoiding electrical outlet fires. <Read More>

The Go-To Website for Emergency Preparedness: Ready.gov

Mar 01, 2020 Posted by: Karina Warshaw Did you know,  Real emergencies

Whether you’re a preparedness geek like us or just started getting ready for emergencies, ready.gov provides a comprehensive go-to site. <Read More>

Wash Your Hands People!

Mar 01, 2020 Posted by: Karina Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

From cold and flu avoidance to other virus avoidance, there’s one easy, totally accessible, simple thing we can all do. Wash hands! <Read More>

Organization - It's What Marie Kondo and VLES Have in Common

Mar 01, 2020 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

A place for everything and everything in its place. <Read More>

Is Austin Texas the Next Mega Fire Risk?

Mar 01, 2020 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Did you know

Not much has to change for Austin to be vulnerable to having a mega fire. <Read More>

The VLES Water Bottle - Dark but Not too Mysterious

Jan 05, 2020 Posted by: Karina Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know,  Emergency supplies

Wondering why our water bottle is so big and dark? Well, wonder no more. Here’s the story. <Read More>

How to Use Breathing to Maintain Your Cool in an Emergency

Oct 23, 2019 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

Tactical breathing, also known as combat breathing, is a technique to maintain your cool and your composure in a high stress situation. <Read More>

The Richter Scale is Dangerously Misleading and Should be Changed

Oct 23, 2019 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Did you know

The Richter Scale makes no sense in communicating the magnitude of an earthquake, unless of course you're and engineer or mathematician. <Read More>

Find Out if You Live in an Earthquake Hot Zone

Oct 23, 2019 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

If you're interested in finding out if you live in an earthquake liquefaction zone, the California Conservation Corps has an interactive map that shows where these zones are. <Read More>

Megathrust - The Cascadia Subduction Zone's Potential Devastation

Sep 20, 2019 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Did you know

This almost deserves a warning for children or sensitive people, except it's reality and a megathrust in the Cascadia Subduction Zone needs to be understood. <Read More>