Preparedness

Preparedness Fatigue: If The Mayans Were Right, Mix Me A Martini

Debra Ollivier | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Mayan End Times, Mayans, Preparedness, Urban Survival, Off the Grid Survival, 2012 Apocalypse, Robert Richardson, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

By the time I was in my early twenties my purse was filled with paraphernalia for chapped lips, chapped hands, unruly fingernails, allergies, parking lot thugs, cuts and bruises, bad hair, bad weather, bad breath and bad karma. When I became a mother, my purse ballooned to the size of Mont Blanc. It took awhile to realize that I was lugging around not just a lot of useless stuff; I was lugging around the what-if-you-never-know culture and anxiety of Preparedness.

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My Wife's Purse, The Mini-Series

Lawrence Shulruff | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Women's Purse, Bruce Jenner, Preparedness, Supplies, Picnic, Comedy News
Lawrence Shulruff

No matter the situation my wife's always prepared. Like the time we were having a romantic fondue picnic when we ran out of sterno. Simple solution: she took her solar-powered Bunsen burner right out of her purse.

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How Open To Opportunity Are You?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Career Change, Luck, Preparedness, Opportunity, Retirement, Abraham Lincoln, Enthusiasm, Thomas Edison, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

Have you ever made a radical change in outlook and expectations to create a better life? If I could wave a magic wand for you, what would you have happen?

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Making an Impact in Chile

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operation USA, Tsunami, Preparedness, Haiti, Chile Earthquake, Impact News
Richard Walden

The damage from an 8.8 will be massive but it could have been far worse without Chile national program of disaster preparedness.

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No Hurricane Worries? Not So Fast

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coast, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Category, 2010, Preparedness, Philip J. Klotzbach, Cone of Uncertainty, Gerald Campbell, Katrina, Experts, Mississippi, National Hurricane Center, Season, Miami, Knight Center for International, Depression, Florida, Zone, Complacency, Louisiana, Wind, Develop, Forecast, El Nino, William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Office of Emergency Management, Water, Storms, Atlantic Ocean, Bill, Bill Read, Hurricane, Ocean, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Here's the bad news about the quiet, almost peaceful hurricane season in 2009: Right away, people start thinking this is the norm. They start to relax and maybe even make fun of hurricanes.

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WHO Take Note: Acute Pandemic Fears Should Not Overshadow Broader Concerns

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pandemic, Swine Flu, Preparedness, Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Foreign Affairs, H1N1 Influenza, Flu, Swine Flu Mexico, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization, Flu Pandemic, H1n1, Advocacy, World News
World Vision

WHO decision-makers would do well to balance the H1N1 pandemic with their broader responsibility to set the right agenda for establishing better health care systems in developing countries.

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