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>

$221 Billion of Homes Are at Extreme Wildfire Risk - See Where

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

See the real estate value of houses at wildfire risk by state, city and metropolitan area. <Read More>

U.S. Drought Monitor and California Wildfires this Year

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

The drought monitor speaks volumes about wildfires. <Read More>

Evacuation Warning, Evacuation Order, or Shelter in Place - What's the Difference?

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

California OES alerts and warnings for wildfires are now standardized throughout the state. <Read More>

The Richter Scale Explained in Dollars

Jul 22, 2019 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

The Richter scale is "logarithmic". Here's a look at what that means in terms of dollars. <Read More>

Amazon … As Disaster Relief Partner

Jul 22, 2019 Posted by: Karina Warshaw Being prepared,  Did you know

The Disaster Relief by Amazon Team partners with non-profit and government agencies all over the world so, when disaster strikes, Amazon sends requested supplies to the disaster area. <Read More>

Are Preemptive Power Shutdowns in California Worth the Risk?

Jul 22, 2019 Posted by: Stuart Warshaw Did you know

Are preemptive power shutdowns worth the risk? <Read More>

Baltimore is Hacked. How Much Trust Should We Put in Our Government and Agencies?

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

How much trust should we put in government officials? Odds are most public entities we rely on to keep us safe do the right thing. But it's not always the case.

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