Monthly Archives: April 2012

Illustration of a disaster response scenario part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge: The robot on the right uses a power tool to break through a wall, and the one on the left turns a valve to close a leaking pipe. Image: DARPA//
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)  announced yesterday an ambitious robotics program [...]

....you're never quite ready."
That's the conclusion from officials in Fayettville North Carolina after a day of  eight tornadoes ripped through nine counties in the Cape Fear region April 16, the worst one-day outbreak in nearly 30 years. 144 homes were destroyed along a half-mile swath in Fayetteville and  1,336 more were damaged. Eight people were [...]

Ch ch check out my latest find with the hippest title in the sometimes dry panorama of preparedness sites out there....it's Salt -n-Prepper.
As you may know our LDS (Mormon) friends are all about preparedness with the loads of pithy reminders like this gem: It's better to prepare years too early than a day too late [...]

Emergency officials are now saying that taping windows during a hurricane is not helpful. Your windows will still bust and  in fact the tape could make shards larger and more dangerous.
Great Hurricane Blowout.Org says:
      The best protection for your window and glass doors are tested and approved
      impact-resistant coverings like shutters or windows or doors [...]