School Safety: How is Your School Doing?
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Unfortunately we have become all too aware of school safety concerns the last few weeks. Now is the time to ask the question, “How safe are my...
View ArticleHow-to Series: Finding Creative Spaces for Your Food Storage
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Editor’s note: This is the first in a new how-to series of articles featuring content and information from the Church’s “How To” YouTube...
View ArticleWhat to Do if a Family Member Ingests a Harmful Substance
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, approximately forty six percent of poisonings occur in children younger than 6 years old....
View ArticleProtecting Yourself From Civil Unrest
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE We have the choice to prepare for the worst, or to pretend that we are somehow immune from the violence. During the past several months I have...
View ArticleGround Shaking Vacation
It will soon be vacation time. Are you prepared to survive and thrive after an earthquake should your vacation become more of an adventure than you planned? You may be surprised how many areas of the...
View ArticleKeeping Your Family Safe During Summer Fun
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Now is a time to consider the dangers we all face during the summer months guaranteeing our summer can be a time we reflect on with joy and not...
View ArticleMore Important Tips for Keeping Your Family Safe This Summer
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following is part two in a short series. To read the previous article on this topic, click here. You may be wondering why we are...
View ArticleDealing with Uninvited Guests: A Preparedness Plan for Home Invasion
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE We have all seen movies and television shows portraying home burglaries that filled us with horror. The idea of someone coming into our home...
View ArticleThe Refiner’s Fire: Losing Our Dream Home to Lava
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following was written in cooperation with a guest author, Katherine Morgan. It was thirty years ago that my husband and I flew over to the...
View ArticlePreparing for the Possibility of Evacuation
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Cover image via CBS San Fransisco. Editor’s Note: The following is an article that was published here on Meridian several years ago. We are...
View ArticleCreating the Calm After the Storm
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Author’s Note: This morning I am following the fires in California. It is almost impossible to comprehend the destruction. As I listen to those...
View Article66 Amazing Emergency Preparedness Uses for this Everyday Item
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Bandanas are inexpensive and easy to carry in your emergency kits. They are useful in many, many ways. Purchase a few at a time until you have...
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Spared from the Flames: Miracles at Camp Liahona
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Authors note: Writing this article has brought with it many emotions, as this Camp Liahona is the camp where my daughters and their friends...
View ArticleDo You Have Enough Faith to Prepare?
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Author’s note: September Is National Preparedness month. What a great time to review goals and get family and friends on board. Do you lack...
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How You Can Prevent Next Year’s Wildfires
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE This week I had the opportunity to visit Camp Liahona, Clark Fork. The area is still an active fire zone meaning we needed a permit to visit....
View ArticleHow to Prevent a House Fire From Ever Breaking Out in Your Home
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Last week was National Fire Prevention Week. We have explored how we can help prevent wildfires but what about fires in our homes? Did you know...
View ArticleThieves Love the Holiday Season
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Thieves love the holiday season. They can do all their “shopping” in one place as we place gifts under the tree, leave them on counters to wrap...
View ArticleDisaster in Paradise: How You Can Help Those Who Have Lost Everything in the...
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Authors note: This week has been devastating for over 7,000 families who have lost their homes to California fires and especially for the...
View ArticleWhat to Do When You’re Stranded in Winter Weather
To all Readers: What other publication in the world understands you and your context like Meridian Magazine? Will you please help us keep publishing? It’s our annual voluntary subscription campaign:...
View ArticleTraditions and Preparations to Help Make Your Christmas more Peaceful
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Author’s Note: If any of you are still interested in helping the survivors of the Paradise fire please message me for the information where...
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