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Weekend Read: Disaster Diaries

Sep 17, 2016Susan K. StewartGet Ready, Reviewdisaster, preparation, prepare

I confess. I like to read apocalypse fiction. Sometimes it’s for the humor of it: Doesn’t everyone understand the impossibility of an earthquake so massive that Las Vegas becomes a beach town? Other disaster stories make me think: What if I were in that situation? How would I respond? That’s the mindset Sam Sheridan had

Are you ready? 10 easy steps to get ready

Apr 25, 2016Susan K. StewartGet Ready, Preparationdisaster, emergency, get ready, plan, preparation, prepare, PrepareAthon

A recent tv series about people who prepare for disaster soon became the source of comedy for office water coolers and late-night television. It’s all too easy to dismiss the idea of preparing when it seems like a joke. Really we all prepare for something: work, vacation, a new baby. Preparing is nothing more than