Above Normal Hurricane Season

The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season is predicted to be above normal. The weather guys at the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service predict a 60% chance of an above-normal hurricane season. A 30% chance of a near-normal season. And a 10% chance of the below-normal season. The Atlantic hurricane season runs … Read more

ARC Checklist Evacuation Routes

I can guarantee one of three things will happen during a disaster or emergency. You will hunker down to ride it out. You will leave immediately for a safer place. You will hunker down to ride it out and discover it is not safe to stay in place and be forced to leave. Listen to … Read more

ARC Checklist Part II

Now that you have accomplished the “CONVERSATION” and have completed the evacuation plan for your home, let’s move on to bigger things. Pull out your copy of the American Red Cross Emergency Checklist. Listen to the accompanying podcast here: On page one, the top left-hand column under; “Call Your Emergency Management Office or American Red … Read more

Check List Follow-Up

Hello, happy Saturday. We will follow on with the last post regarding checklists. You can also listen to this related Podcast here: In the last post and the accompanying podcast, I mentioned the American Red Cross emergency planning checklist. Let’s get started. If you haven’t already downloaded the checklist you can do so from here: … Read more

Fathers Day 2020

Happy Father’s Day. This is one of those interesting days when we fathers are being honored and recognized. This is kind of unique because if you look at mainstream media and modern television most fathers are blithering idiots. We don’t know our asses from a hole in the ground. And we are fortunate to have … Read more