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H1N1 Vaccine Free For NYC Kids

The City’s Department of Health is offering free H1N1 vaccinations to school kids. The shots will be available during school hours and at Saturday clinics in every borough. For schedules, locations and consent forms click here.

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Wed, November 11 2009 » Disease » 1 Comment

50 Emergency Uses for Your Camera Phone

Have you ever wondered about the hidden uses for those things you normally take for granted but which could actually save your life? In an emergency situation, your camera phone can make all the difference in the world!

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Tue, November 10 2009 » Emergency, Equipment, Uncategorized » No Comments

News Roundup-Birthday Edition

These articles and posts gave me lots of food for thought. Leave a comment if you read any of them I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Mon, November 9 2009 » Emergency, Money, Survival, Uncategorized, Weather » No Comments

Cheap Preps Checklist Week Ending 11/6/09

Free or Cheap Preps

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Fri, November 6 2009 » Check Lists » No Comments

Why Store Food?

Even if I had the room and the money to go out and buy all of that stuff I wouldn’t eat it until I had too and in an emergency who wants to try to figure out what to do with dried meat and canned butter? Even if you don’t have a mega-food storage plan there are still plenty of good reasons to keep some extra food even if there’s no emergency:

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Thu, November 5 2009 » Food Storage, Money, Organization » No Comments

Getting Ready for Storms

There’s no one-size-fits-all prep plan that works for everybody. Prepping for bad weather is like every thing else the more information you have the better off you’ll be. If you’ve lived in your neighborhood for a while you know if your area floods when it’s rainy.

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Wed, November 4 2009 » Organization, Weather » No Comments

How Would A Storm Affect Me?

I got it together after I asked how would a really bad storm affect me and my daily routines?

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Tue, November 3 2009 » Survival, Weather » No Comments

What could happen in New York City?

For the next few weeks  I want to look at hazards that can affect New York City. I had no idea that there were so many. I guess since they don’t happen often or even all at once they don’t come to mind unless they’re happening.

Come to find out our city is subject to: [...]

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Mon, November 2 2009 » Survival, Uncategorized » No Comments