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Disasters Change Things, or, How to think like an emergency planner
Making good decisions in a disaster situation is hard, because “Disasters Change Things” says an article in Emergency Management magazine. “Normalcy bias” causes people to reject what they see and...
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King County emergency news by e-mail
If you like getting emergency alerts by e-mail (and who doesn’t?), check out the King County Emergency News blog at www.kcemergency.com. You can subscribe via e-mail in a widget in the sidebar.
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Comprehensive, specific quiz on household prep
You can find out if your household preparedness is up to snuff with this comprehensive, specific quiz. You can even score yourself, if you want. Or ignore the quiz and use this as a checklist for To-Do...
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Get your Wallet Card here!
Every member of your family should carry an Emergency Information Wallet Card. The information that you put on this card will help your family members to recall important contacts in a time of stress....
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Hubs catchup: drills, equipment, and meetings to come
We’ve been active lately, but not that visible. Here’s to catch you up! Drills & Exercises The three PhinneyWood Hubs held a joint drill September 16 at Phinney Center. We tested some equipment we...
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Building Blocks
If you are in trouble after an earthquake, your neighbors are the people who will help you. An earthquake disaster is intensely local, because communications and transportation are damaged. In the...
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A Nerd’s Dream: Neighborhood Radio Net!
Motorola MS350r FRS/GMRS radios. Available online or at REI. There are less expensive models, too! A nerd’s dream: At the top of Phinney Ridge sits a person in a tent. All around them is silence and...
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Public Meeting: Monday, January 25
New Date: Monday, January 25, 7:00 – 8:45 PM New Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church (not Phinney Center), 7500 Greenwood Ave. N (map), in the Fellowship Hall, downstairs. Please join us, Monday,...
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Block meeting blazes trail for neighborhood organizing
Joan Benner and 20 of her neighbors got together for a “Disaster Skills Workshop” Saturday, January 9, on a block in Phinney Ridge. I was there (David B.), and I observed a trail-blazing effort that...
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Three workgroups to create “Unified Neighborhood Response”
If you have been wondering how to “plug in” to the neighborhood preparedness effort, we are starting to have a decent answer for you! Here’s a bit of background: We’ve just published a plan called...
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Quick meeting report from Jan. 25
Our public meeting January 25 was successful. About 40 people attended – half new, half returning. There was a lot of “savvy” in the room, and the discussion was high-level! We had good reports from...
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The Big Drill: Saturday, June 11
We’re planning an all-neighborhood earthquake drill for Saturday, June 11, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., to practice how to respond to a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. The drill will include...
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Chronicle of a Block, Foretold
I am setting out to organize my block of neighbors to practice earthquake response. I haven’t done this yet, despite my constant preaching that block organizing is the most important thing we have to...
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Heavenly Herd: The Radio Game
Imagine this… You are a graceful, majestic Unicorn, prancing about the etherial realms with your fellows in the Heavenly Herd. Suddenly, darkness falls like an anvil in a cave! You and your companions...
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Radio Game report
We had 11 people at the “radio games,” Monday, February 15, which was a perfect number. If there were more people, I might not have been able to lead a good meeting because, honestly, I didn’t know...
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Chronicle of a Block – 2
The meeting for my block is scheduled for Sunday, March 6. So far, four households plus me have said they’ll be there. I sent 40+ emails to an existing block list: 4 yes, 3 no, most not responding. The...
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Helping Blocks take the first step
I have been asked to make a presentation to a block of neighbors who have good social cohesion, but who have not yet had a meeting about disaster preparedness. This request forced me to think carefully...
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Join the Net: Walkie-talkies on the air, Sat. Feb. 27, 11 am
Grab your walkie-talkie (or borrow one of mine) and get on the air! I will set up the “Phinney Base” GMRS radio station on the top of Phinney Ridge, this Saturday, February 27, at 11:00 a.m. Tune to...
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Radio Net report: OMG! What fun!
Neighborhood Net: Feb. 27.Click for live Google Map. Wow, did we have fun! We practiced serious skills and learned serious lessons, of course, because we are grave and serious civilian emergency...
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Chronicle of a Block – 3
The meeting I called to organize my block was very small! Me, plus 4 people from 3 other households. They were great people, and we actually accomplished some important things, but of course I would...
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