A: We became vulnerable gradually. We realized it suddenly. Papa described it perfectly: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises. (1926) In 1850 – nine years before the Carrington Event and 12 years before the Civil War – the population of the…
Category: Community Prepping
Emergency Preparedness: Souhegan and Derry CERT
Emergency Preparedness for Disasters, Power Outages or the Zombie Apocalypse. Presented by the Souhegan and Derry Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). Power Outages, Pandemics – What Do You Need To Know? Is your family prepared for a power outage lasting for weeks, months or longer? It is not a matter of “if” – it is…
The cavalry is not coming
The cavalry is not coming On November 6, 2019 Secure The Grid Coalition’s Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is not coming” to IAEM-USA Region 1 (International Association of Emergency Managers) in a webinar on long-term power outages and how emergency managers can promote individual preparedness. On August 15, 2019 Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is…
Building a Culture of Preparedness
Note: Last year, I wrote a letter to FEMA about building a culture of preparedness by bringing back civil defense. This year, I wrote a letter to FEMA… Click Here for a PDF Copy of Letter March 28, 2019 Pete T. Gaynor, Acting Administrator Daniel Kaniewski, PhD, Acting Deputy AdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street…
Guide to Developing a Community-Based Civil Defense Organization – CDVA
Guest Post By Civil Defense Virginia Click here for a printable PDF version Guide to developing a community-based Civil Defense organization in your community Introduction The current emergency management process has not worked very well for Americans over the past few decades. It has completely missed the boat when it comes to including…
Letter to FEMA on building a culture of preparedness
Letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long on building a culture of preparedness [Click Here to read the PDF version of my Letter to Brock Long] March 7, 2018 William B. “Brock” Long, AdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street S.W.Washington, D.C. 20472 Goals:1. Building a culture of preparedness in the United States 2. Bringing back “civil…
Interview on the Conservative Chic Chat Show WSMN 1590 AM (03/02/2018)
Listen to my March 2, 2018 interview on WSMN 1590 AM with Karen Testerman and Lynn Briggs! Click Here to listen: The Conservative Chic Chat show https://www.chicchattin.com/march-2-2019/
(EM Weekly) Blackout: What We Learn From Electric Grid Failures
Blackout: What we learn from electric grid failures What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history I’ve always loved this quote from Benjamin Disraeli. But it occurs to me that perhaps what is more dangerous than not learning from history, is learning from history. What most Americans have…
What Is Civil Defense? What Is Civil Defense Virginia?
Guest Post: By Preston Le Roy Schleinkofer Introduction to Civil Defense and Civil Defense Virginia Ever since the demise of the U.S. Civil Defense Administration in the 1990’s, the community has been largely excluded from the process of emergency management. But since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the increasingly serious threats to…
What we should take from the Hawaii false missile alert
Hawaii false missile alert: “Nobody knew what to do” CBS News, in its reporting of the Hawaii false missile alert, quoted a Honolulu resident: “Clearly, there is a massive gap between letting people know something’s coming and having something for them to do. Nobody knew what to do.” Well said. Besides the fact that there…