Fire prevention week is October 6-12, 2024. This year’s theme is “Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you”. Living in California, I think of big fires impacting our community when I think about fire. This year, more than 1,400 people, including 43 firefighters, lost their lives to fires in the US. Thousands of acres of […]
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September is National Preparedness Month! Living in Southern California, this is my hot week, which means getting the notifications from the WatchDuty fire app I’ve linked here 😟 CalFire sent out Prepare NOW information if you’d like to take a look! They do an amazing job keeping us safe during fire season. For my friends
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Bloomberg Law reported a huge data leak of extremely sensitive personal information this month, impacting almost 3 Billion people. Social Security numbers were part of the sensitive personal data leaked. A cybercriminal group called “USDoD” exposed a database owned by National Public Data, a background check company, on the dark web. Concerned readers can check if
June 1st marks the beginning of hurricane season. Get ready everyone, it may be a doozy. NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season 😟 NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1
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The deadline for filing a tax return is next month. If you’re filing on behalf of a relative or friend who has died, today’s post will address what to do if filing for a decedent. Knowing what to do and where to start is something I didn’t know when I had to file a tax
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Catchy, isn’t it?! If you haven’t heard about “the right to be forgotten”, today you will! European-established “Right to be Forgotten,” that serves as a legal framework for removing specific information from search results. The GDPR incorporates this principle and the phrase alone says it all for me! Data privacy is a big deal. Our information
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Today is a good day to talk about practice drills. Before I begin, Veterans Day is on my mind. A big thank you to veterans and their families who have served ❣️ Back to practice drills 😉 They are used in the military, in schools, for sports teams, in work environments, in preparation for natural
Estate Planning Awareness Week ends today, October 22nd. From a layperson’s perspective, estate planning is making sure you have the necessary permissions to have people help you when needed. Your state of residence will determine the laws used to guide you when drafting your legal documents. Estate Planning helps you document officially (legally) your end-of-life
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You read that correctly, we’ll have an alert that will blackout all TVs, Radios and cell phones in the US on October 4, 2023! There is no need to opt in, this is a test of all TVs, radios, and phones. Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Here is the official alert from FEMA! Test
September is here! There are 121 days from September 1st and December 31st – where has the year gone?! September transitions us from summer to autumn. September is also National Preparedness month. Here are some important highlights for you to be prepared! ready.gov/september National Preparedness Month The 2023 Ready Campaign’s theme this year is “Take
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