Natural Disasters
What Will Happen When The ‘Big One’ Hits California?
On Monday, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake threw the city of Los Angeles into a bit of a tizzy. The ground shook, people screamed and news anchors ducked under their desks. But it was just a 4.4 magnitude earthquake. So what would happen if the “Big One” hit California? What would happen if an earthquake hundreds […]
Pandemic Survival
The population of mankind has been suffering from the onset of pandemics since the beginning of mass civilization. In 430 BC, an early version of typhoid fever killed a quarter of the Athenian population in a matter of four years. Beginning in 1348, the Black Death struck Europe in the form of the bubonic and […]
When Disasters Strike Part 2
Unfortunately some life altering disasters are man-made. They may be even more devastating than natural disasters because we’re often accustomed to the natural ones. The man-made disasters can catch us completely unawares and often have no contingency plan for dealing with them. 1. Climate Change One area that many people say is largely a man-made […]
When Disasters Strike Part 1
Depending on what part of the country you live in, you are most likely to be very familiar with the typical types of disasters that could strike. For example, if you live on the west coast you’re aware of and hopefully prepared for an earthquake. If you live in the mid-west, you’re aware of and […]
