Still a month left in the Atlantic hurricane season: It’s a good time to check your supply kit So far, so good for Central and South Florida this hurricane season (touch wood). Not so for Northwest Florida, the panhandle of our state, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael last month. Especially now that we’re experiencing […]
As Eastern Seaboard braces for tropical storms, rest of continental U.S. must prep, too Here in Florida, we well know what June 1st means: the first day of Atlantic hurricane season. It used to be that when we saw our “neighbors to the north” dealing with dozens of storms in the summer, we were talking […]
Survival prep isn’t only “bugging out” to the boonies A few months ago here on my ULTIMATE ERROR blog, I wrote about the burgeoning real estate submarket for disaster preppers. Perhaps not surprisingly, places like rural Montana and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are leading the way. However, the capitalist cheer of “different strokes for […]
Miami recorded its hottest May ever, and Savannah topped its 128-year high I read a tweet earlier today about how “liberals” are “fighting weather” while conservatives are fighting terrorism. “#londonbridge,” the tweeter added. How very simple. “Weather is nice, terrorists are mean,” is another way of stating her point. And all too often, certain political […]
Government opportunists: “The world is dangerous! Do what we say, and we’ll help you.” The master-of-disaster governors of the U.S. states love nothing more than a photo op—except perhaps a sales-tax holiday. “Help people shop, and voters will beat a path to your door,” is their cynical motto. Of course, the pomp and circumstance requires […]
News of cold freshwater flowing from melting glaciers in southern Greenland into the North Atlantic, thus disrupting ages-old ocean currents; reports of record droughts in California and record floods in Texas, Kansas, West Virginia, South Carolina, and Louisiana; announcements of the birth of yet another “Super El Niño” in the Pacific, bringing more extreme weather […]
In recent days, on my ULTIMATE ERROR blog here, I focused on current-event disasters and the global warming trends that caused them. Today, though, I’d like to refocus on preparedness. Whatever the disaster, wherever it may occur, following recognized, best-practice protocols can save the lives and livelihoods of our families and our neighbors. The place […]
“Appalling” lack of preparedness draws expert’s ire “Foolishness.” That’s the succinct opinion given to Washington, D.C.’s WTOP.com by an American Automobile Association (AAA) Mid-Atlantic representative when discussing some area residents’ insistence on attempting to drive through flooded streets. Two drivers died in precisely that manner during recent flash flooding in neighboring Maryland. The AAA rep […]
Montana provides the isolation – and amenities – doomsday folk want The real estate market in the rural Northwest continues to boom, at least as it relates to homes for “preppers” (preparation-oriented people also sometimes called survivalists). The news website NPR.org recently ran a story which focused on a real estate agent in the area […]