Category: Hurricane

Breaker 1-9 for a copy! on The Prepared Canadian

This week on The Prepared Canadian, we take a look back to the times of Smokey and the Bandit. Yup, you guessed it…CB radios. We look at the benefits as well as the pitfalls of using CB’s as a source of communications as well as how to get set up. Also, why and how to…
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June 1, 2013 0

Hurricane season is on the horizon! Are you prepared?

For The Prepared Canadian hurricane season is on the horizon!  Every year, Canada experiences the effects of several storms that many of us consider hurricanes.  In fact, there are many terms used to describe these storms such as tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and extra tropical storms.  This week, we will take a look at these…
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May 25, 2013 0

Is that a train you hear? Well, unless you live beside a railway line, it just may be a tornado!

One might think that preparing for tornadoes in Canada would be pretty low on the priority list.  After all, isn’t tornado alley in the US?  The number of tornadoes in Canada as well as the breadth of the danger zone may surprise you.  On this Episode of The Prepared Canadian I’ll give you a few…
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April 20, 2013 0

Hurricane Sandy, A Resident Interview!

Were you prepared for Hurricane Sandy?  My guest on this airing on “Prepping With GoatHollow” this Wednesday will be “Ed from Pennsylvania”.  He’ll talk about how he prepared ahead of time, how those preparations helped him cope with the storm, and what lessons he learned.  Prepping isn’t only for the end of the world!  It…
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November 7, 2012 1

Hurricane Sandy and the fiasco!

Karen with ” In Time of Disaster” and the Hurricane Sandy and fiasco! After the 35+ years in disaster and emergency services I’ve come to the conclusion that Ugly is only skin deep, whereas stupid runs all the way to the bone. After watching the fiasco that is the aftermath of hurricane Sandy and watching…
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November 7, 2012 0

Post-mortem of the response to Hurricane Sandy. Conclusions and object lessons.

“The Prepper’s Poitin Hour”, join your host Chris as he decides to postpone the topic of the Debt Ceiling and looks to use his emergency management experience to work in a post-mortem of the response to Hurricane Sandy.  He expects to irritate, anger, and surprise some people as he shares his conclusions and object lessons. …
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November 5, 2012 0