emergency
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Check If Your Power Is Out by Activating Your Smart Devices
You never know if you’re going to be one of the unlucky ones who loses power in a storm, but if you are away from home when the storm hits, there’s an easy way to check if you’re still connected from afar ” provided you own a smart device that links with an app on…
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Create A Childcare Plan For Emergencies
Quick: You have two kids with you, one gets hurt badly enough to have to go to the hospital, but the other one isn’t allowed to ride along in the ambulance. What do you do? Or! You slice your finger up real good while prepping dinner and you know stitches are necessary but the kids…
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What To Pack During An Emergency Evacuation
Over the weekend, devastating fires in Northern California forced an estimated 200,000 people to evacuate—the single largest evacuation in Sonoma County in its history, the Washington Post writes. Meanwhile, just a few hundred kilometres south, the Getty Fire has already engulfed at least 200 hectares in the Los Angeles area and forced thousands of others…
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Where To Hide If A Nuclear Bomb Goes Off In Your Area
This is advice I hope you never need but should know anyway. A nuclear attack is everybody’s worst nightmare, and the immediate aftermath is just as bad, if not worse, than the explosion itself. Here’s what you should do if you survive the initial blast.