Natural Disasters

Quad State Tornado

The “Quad State Tornado” hit hard yesterday. A rare December tornado ripped through multiple states yesterday leaving utter devastation in six states. My heart goes out to those impacted 🙁 While there were several tornados in the cluster, the National Weather Service is investigating whether a single twister—which is being called the “quad-state tornado”—traveled more […]

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Shake Out!

Heads up – October 21st is International Shake Out day! Earthquakes aren’t just in California. For those interested in earthquakes, the USGS provides information here: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/significant.php In 2021, there have been significant earthquakes in Hawaii, Alaska, South Carolina, Maryland, Nebraska, California and various places around the world. Learning about earthquakes and preparing for them in

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Return Home Safely After a Disaster

Recently CalFire (ReadyforWildfire.org) sent out information about how to return home safely after a fire. This helpful information could also be used after other natural disasters (ie, tornado, flooding, hurricane, earthquake, et al). It’s important to stay informed as things “heat up” this year. NOAA.gov keeps track of Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters. The below

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People and Kits

Disasters strike with little notice. People and kits are two things we can prepare in advance. It’s been an interesting week and weekend in Southern California. Excessive heat, two “swarms” of earthquakes and fire activity. Other areas of the country face other weather and non-weather related issues (cicada’s 🙂 Cost of Climate Disasters in the

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Evacuate

Ok gang, it is early November.  Veteran’s Day is here.  Thanksgiving is on the way.  And, in California, we’re literally on fire 🙁  In the blink of an eye, a town in Northern California is reduced to ashes.  Thousands received the call to Evacuate.  Per It is devastating.  In Southern California, a fire jumped the

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Insurance Itemization

Natural disasters hit the US hard in 2017.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates the economic impact from these natural disasters was $306 Billion dollars. Individuals impacted by the hurricanes and wildfires faced the daunting task of beginning administrative tasks of filing claims, often with no physical record of their belongings.  During personal tragedy,

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Take Inventory

Year End is approaching.  It is a time of reflection and of action.  We scramble to conclude projects by year-end, to take inventory and establish plans for starting the New Year off with a solid foundation. In California, there has been widespread devastation from fires in the past weeks.  Communities are responding, People are responding.

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Starting from Scratch

It is humbling to watch the power of a hurricane.  This weekend, we see evidence of this with Hurricane Harvey in Texas.  This hurricane grew to a Cat 4 as it slammed into the east Texas coast.  It’s continuing impact is reeking havoc due to the deluge of rain and continuing winds.  Watching the coverage

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