Emergency Preparedness – www.seniordirectories.com Feel like you are getting older and you can’t do much about it? 75-80 million Americans will reach retirement age in the next 10 years and services for the aging will increase. If you don’t need them now, you will – or someone you know will (mom, dad, uncle Harry, your Home Teaching or RSVT widow). Foresightful Senior Directories is the first Utah publication to make available a listing of State, Federal, and…
Emergency Preparedness – Command and Control Have you ever been so upset that you couldn’t find words? As stress escalates, the powers of reason and communication diminish so much so that to find relief some will fixate on something totally removed and unrelated to the immediate need. This response mechanism can be good or bad, . . . fight or flight. A combat pilot, exiting his craft wearing his survival vest, pointed to a zippered front pocket…
The sports world is always reaching for new highs in pain. “No pain, no gain,” we are told. A popular athletic shoe ad says “sometimes you just have to break the rules.” Some sports today push limits so far as to be near death experiences. The pain is so great, if you aren’t dead, you will wish you were. Pain is a great teacher because it leaves no doubt as to when we have surpassed limits or broken…
Let’s review the elements of water storage. Consider each of these essentials: 1. Containerization. “Food safe” polyethylene plastic vessels transfer no flavors and should be airtight and heavy gauge to insure against leakage or breakage. 2. Filling. A “food safe” plastic hose must also be used. If a garden hose is used, it’s hosey taste will be amplified over time to render the stored water unfit to drink. 3. Decontamination or sterilization. Boiling or adding 1/4 tsp. chlorine bleach per…