Disaster Preparedness 6 min
Protect and Survive
Protect and Survive - Last-minute prep for people who wait until the last minute to prepare.
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Disaster Preparedness 1 min
Ten For Survival - What Do You Know?
Presented by NBC in 1958, "Ten For Survival" was a ten episode series about man and the atomic age. This rarely-seen episode "What Do You Know?", hosted by Chet Huntley, examined public perception of the survive-ability of nuclear war. Two "average citizens" give opinions concerning various Civil De
Disaster Preparedness 3 min
PDS Tornado Watch: The Particularly Dangerous Situation That Wasn't
On April 26, 2016 the Storm Prediction Center issued a PDS Tornado Watch that included a large portion of the North Texas area. This is a special kind of watch issued only in a Particularly Dangerous Situation. That is to say when computer models are predicting the possibility of extraordinarily sev
Disaster Preparedness 4 min
EMP 102: Details Missing From Discussions On EMP
EMP or Electromagnetic Pulse seems to be a pretty hot topic among disaster preparedness enthusiasts these days. For those who don't know, EMP happens when a powerful electrical disturbance in the upper atmosphere races towards ground (more precisely, THE ground), causing massive power surges in elec
Disaster Preparedness 2 min
What do the Sirens Mean?
Tornado sirens, civil defense sirens, outdoor warning sirens, call them what you will. What to the sirens mean when they sound? And what SHOULD they mean?
Disaster Preparedness 7 min
Re: 'UNSURVIVABLE!' New tornado warnings aim to scare
The National Weather Service seems to believe there is a way to fix stupid. In a test that starts Monday, five weather service offices in Kansas and Missouri will use words such as "mass devastation," 'unsurvivable" and "catastrophic" in a new kind of warning that's based on the severity of a storm's expected impact.
Disaster Preparedness 8 min
One More Bad Bomb Shelter
Make sure you're educated enough in bomb shelter design to know the good designs from the bad ones.
Disaster Preparedness 1 min
Storm Chasers as Rockettes
I'm watching the weather today since severe storms are in the forecast. TornadoVideos.Net's Dominator is currently in Fort Worth, getting into position as are quite a few other storm chasers. I got a good laugh looking at imap.tv , seeing the storm chasers all lined up along I-35 like Rockettes!
Disaster Preparedness 1 min
Tiny Prefab Free Plans
Michael Janzen at Tiny House Design re-released his free Tiny Prefab plans in the wake of the recent tornado outbreak.
Disaster Preparedness 3 min
Stormchaser Andy Gabrielson 1987 - 2012
Andy Gabrielson, founder of FindTheTornado.com, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 in a car accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was hit in a head-on collision due to a wrong-way driver near the town of Sapulpa.
Disaster Preparedness 6 min
Announcing First Nationwide EAS Test
FEMA FCC NOAA NWS Homeland Security Emergency Alert System (EAS) nationwide test on November 9, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Disaster Preparedness 3 min
Pot-In-Pot Evaporative Refrigerator
The pot-in-pot or "Zeer Pot" evaporative refrigerator is an astoundingly simple but effective device.