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Tag Archives: Types of emergencies

Types of Emergencies – Floods

Flooding emergency

Historically, floods have killed more people than any other type of disaster. One moment everything is fine. The next you can find yourself swimming for your life. You must include flood preparation in your plans. This could mean food and water supplies to wait out the inconvenience of street flooding or a bridge being out or full evacuation plans to escape rising flood waters coming into your home.

Countdown to a Disaster

What To Do When You Know A Disaster Is Coming If you have to live through a disaster or emergency the best possible scenario is when you know it is coming.  For us, hurricanes come to mind but other storms are also somewhat…

Types of Emergencies – Unemployment

Unemployment is the most common type of disaster for any individual or family to endure. It most often comes as a surprise and does catch most people unprepared.

This article will get you thinking about your plans for this disaster and what you can do now to lessen the blow when it comes..and it will come.

Types of Emergencies – Acts of Terrorism

Terrorism is a Daily Reality We live within 90 miles of each of these: A nuclear reactor. Entertainment complexes where hundreds of thousands of people gather daily. NASA and Kennedy Space Center Tampa, McDill AFB, the headquarters for the US war on terror.…

Types of Emergencies – Marshall Law

What to Expect During Marshall Law A state of Marshall Law or where the government tosses out or totally ignores the Constitution of the United States and denies citizens of their rights. This could also mean the enforcement of Presidential Executive Orders that…

Types of Emergencies – Local Unrest or Riots

Riots Can Come On Quickly Think back to the riots and local unrest in Ferguson, MO in 2014. People were upset over the shooting of a black man for assaulting a police officer. The officer was cleared of any wrong doing but the…

Types of Emergencies – Hurricanes or Weather Related

Hurricanes and storm surge. Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast

The majority of damage done by hurricanes is not wind. It is water. Tidal surges cause the most death and destruction in hurricanes. We live inland where cities do not get the tidal surges.  However, significant rain events will cause localized flooding.  Heavy…