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How Safe Are Your Children’s Schools?
I have been writing for Meridian Magazine for more than fifteen years. We have reviewed natural disaster, pandemics, civil unrest, budgeting, firestorms, food storage, kits and so much more. Much has...
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What is Your Preparedness IQ?
September is national Emergency Preparedness month. According to the WMO* Economic losses due to natural disasters have increased sevenfold from the 1970s to 2019. The reported losses from 2010–2019...
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Becoming an Emergency Manager One Day at a Time
We talk about emergency preparedness but what we really strive to achieve is self-reliance and emergency management. What is self-reliance? Self-reliance is the ability to depend on yourself to get...
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What is the Church’s Recommendation on Food Storage?
To read more from Larry, visit LDS365. Throughout the history of the Church, leaders have counseled us to prepare our families for emergencies. It began in the mid-1800s, when food storage was a...
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Making Airline Travel a Pleasure Not a Nightmare
We have all heard the reports of delayed and canceled flights, thousands some days. Travel is expected to become even more problematic as the holiday season approaches. There are several reasons for...
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But Are You Spiritually Prepared?
With General Conference a few days away, let’s think seriously about our testimonies and just how we might strengthen our family against the evils in the world. “Brethren [and sisters], we need to do...
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Helping Following a Disaster
A few comments first. We watched helplessly as lives were lost and homes and livelihoods destroyed in Florida the past two weeks. I have been asked many times why I began giving Christmas ornaments and...
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Fires Can Happen to You Too
I clearly remember the Oakland Hills fire in October 1991. It was truly one of the most frightening scenes I have ever witnessed. We watched on live television as house after house literally exploded...
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Give the Gift of Preparedness this Holiday Season
Christmas is coming but with inflation and now a recession looming how can our goal to be self-reliant remain on track? How can we help our family and friends with their preparations? Why not make this...
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The Holidays are Here: Are You Inviting a Burglary?
Happy Thanksgiving! Christmas is coming and we need to do some things now to make it a merry one. Crime rates are climbing everywhere. In some places, home invasions and burglaries are at all-time...
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Stay Safe During the Long, Cold Winter
It’s that time of the year again, winter. This year, winter has arrived early and with a vengeance. Add to that the shortage of heating fuels and we could be in for power outages from weather-related...
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Helping People Feel Remembered, One Ornament at a Time
It’s time to grab a hot cocoa and a box of tissues and enjoy a Christmas story or should I say, miracle. You may wonder how this is related to Emergency Preparedness so let me tell you the story of...
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A Recession: What Can We Do Now?
As we watch, read or listen to the news, most experts agree a recession is here. Most predict the recession will last at least thru 2023. As we talk to neighbors and friends, we hear how they have...
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Create a Self-Reliance Posse
In a recent experiment, nonprofit Commonwealth and fintech company Esusu found that when saving money in a group, members sock away more: 66% of participants saved more per month on average at the end...
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Billion Dollar Disasters Every 20 Days – Make a Plan
President Ezra Taft Benson taught: Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who...
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What Stumbling Blocks Are Keeping You From Getting Prepared?
With billion dollar disasters occurring every 20 days, it may be time to once again address those things that may be sabotaging our preparedness plans. We have visited this subject before but it’s time...
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Time to Answer Your Questions
It has been quite a while since I took the opportunity here to answer questions. Please remember no question is foolish or stupid or too small to ask. I guarantee if you have a question, someone else...
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If Flooding Comes to Your Neighborhood
Noah was warned of an impending flood and was told to build an ark. Although his neighbors mocked him, Noah was prepared, and his family survived. Noah listened. Are we? This winter has brought record...
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Your Own Personal Recession Doesn’t Have to Defeat You
Right now, experts can’t agree as to whether we are in, approaching or safe from a recession. Opinions vary greatly. What is a recession? The definition is: two consecutive quarters of declining GDP...
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Making Sense of Emergency Kits
Recently, I have been bombarded with a question I did not expect. What is the difference between a Five Day (120-Hour) Kit formerly known as a 72-hour kit, and a Grab and Go Kit? I did some sleuthing...
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