Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Safety on the Homefront”
“I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed, and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs 215 pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside….” –Jason Bourne, The Bourne Identity Wouldn’t …
For me, it started with Mapquest. I am famous among my friends for getting lost on city streets, so for me, the advent of an online mapping website was a godsend. How awesome that I could punch in a starting address and an endpoint, and voila! I knew exactly how to get to my destination…and I knew how long it …
Today, I will be addressing emergency preparedness in the context of a sensitive topic. Specifically, I will be looking to the lives of the homeless and examining the creative solutions they have devised for a life on the streets…because if you think about it… In the wake of a major disaster, a lot of people will find themselves HOMELESS! During my …
Water, water everywhere…but is it safe to drink?? You’ve thought it. I’ve thought it. We’ve all thought it. If there were ever a major catastrophe that caused a long-term disruption in the water supply, your plan is to use your swimming pool’s (or your neighbor’s pool) water to get through the crisis, right? I know that had been MY assumption …
