Seven Steps Week 21
As most of us wake up this morning in our nice, safe, homes there are 36,000 people in Iowa who have been evacuated from their homes due to flooding. As they return home the next few days and weeks what will they find? Many will have months and even years of clean-up and rebuilding ahead of them. Those waters are now pouring into the Mississippi raising concerns that more levies will break and more flooding occur...Pass the Word Now
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI truly feel like a nag today but as I continue to hear about flooding I am more and more frustrated that I have not heard anything about how people should prepare to evacuate or what they should do before, during or after the flood. Why is no one helping to prepare families so their losses can be less and their families safer? The flooding is not over. A levy in Wisconsin broke...
Posted by Carolyn on Jun 12th, 2008 in Natural Disasters, Survival Tips, Uncategorized | Comments Off
What a Sad Day
This is a sad day for me as I hear about the tornado and floods in Iowa. I have wonderful memories of my days at school in Pella and remember visits to Cedar Rapids. As the mother of 2 scouts and a former den leader it breaks my heart to hear of the death of the boy scouts as a result of a tornado. My thoughts and prayers are with all of them and their families today. I am so proud of the way the survivors forgot...Saving Money on Groceries
Our Money Saving Wednesdays have been on hiatus for a while now as I have had so many people ask me about getting their food storage stared. I hope you have taken advantage of some of , if not all, of the tips and begun your hedge against inflation. I heard today some analysts on TV say people are hoarding food and they were very critical. Hoarding is storing more than you can use during a time of scarcity. We are...
Posted by Carolyn on Jun 10th, 2008 in After a Disaster, Before the Disaster, Natural Disasters, Survival Tips | Comments Off
