Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Are Viruses on the Rise or Does It Just Seem That Way?
The world we live in now, with its changing climate, burgeoning population and constant travel, is introducing us to all kinds of viruses, scientists say.
PrepareNowStore.com 3/25/2015
We
in the Midwest have a great selection of national parks with wonderful camping
and hiking opportunities. While Yosemite is one of the most beautiful places I’ve
ever visited, we do have great places closer to home.
1.
Badlands National Park,
Interior, South Dakota
This 244,000 acre park contains one of the richest fossil beds in the world. It also has plenty of live animals roaming the plains, from prairie dogs to buffalo. Personally I think for camping the nearby Black Hills are better. The badlands are an amazing site but it’s not my kind of camping.
This 244,000 acre park contains one of the richest fossil beds in the world. It also has plenty of live animals roaming the plains, from prairie dogs to buffalo. Personally I think for camping the nearby Black Hills are better. The badlands are an amazing site but it’s not my kind of camping.
2.
Ludington State Park, Ludington,
Michigan
This park offers beautiful forests, marshland, and over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline with great hiking and camping opportunities.
This park offers beautiful forests, marshland, and over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline with great hiking and camping opportunities.
3.
Devils Lake State Park, Baraboo,
Wisconsin
Devils Lake is filled with natural wonders including a sandstone bridge, gorges, and an incredible lake for boating and fishing.
Devils Lake is filled with natural wonders including a sandstone bridge, gorges, and an incredible lake for boating and fishing.
4.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,
Honor, Michigan
The dunes, hills, valleys, and lakes at Sleeping Bear can be traced back to the Ice Age. The shoreline provides great camping spots.
Official Website
The dunes, hills, valleys, and lakes at Sleeping Bear can be traced back to the Ice Age. The shoreline provides great camping spots.
Official Website
5.
Hocking Hills State Park, Laurelville,
Ohio
This park has everything from caves and bridges to waterfalls and gorges with great hiking trails and campgrounds.
This park has everything from caves and bridges to waterfalls and gorges with great hiking trails and campgrounds.
6.
Indiana Dunes State Park,
Chesterton, Indiana
In addition to some of the best beaches in the Midwest on 15 miles of shoreline this park has more than 70 miles of trails through prairies, forests and dunes. I’ve been there several times and loved it.
In addition to some of the best beaches in the Midwest on 15 miles of shoreline this park has more than 70 miles of trails through prairies, forests and dunes. I’ve been there several times and loved it.
7.
Voyageurs National Park, International
Falls, Minnesota
This is the only national park in Minnesota and it’s located on the border of the United States and Canada. Four unique lakes give way to 344 square miles for water sports.
This is the only national park in Minnesota and it’s located on the border of the United States and Canada. Four unique lakes give way to 344 square miles for water sports.
8.
Brown County State Park,
Nashville, Indiana
Indiana’s largest state park has plenty of rolling hills and waterfront for biking, hiking, swimming and fishing. Having grown up in Indianapolis I’ve been to Brown County many times. Brown County is so different from what people expect Indiana to look like. They expect corn fields, not the rolling hills of Brown County.
Official Website
Indiana’s largest state park has plenty of rolling hills and waterfront for biking, hiking, swimming and fishing. Having grown up in Indianapolis I’ve been to Brown County many times. Brown County is so different from what people expect Indiana to look like. They expect corn fields, not the rolling hills of Brown County.
Official Website
9.
Blue Bell Campground in Custer State
Park, Custer, South Dakota
Scenic views are everywhere at this campground inside one of the country’s great parks, which is filled with rock formations, green meadows, brooks, vistas, and lots of buffalo. We spend several years living in South Dakota back in the 1990s and visited Custer State Park. Great history and yes lots of buffalo.
Scenic views are everywhere at this campground inside one of the country’s great parks, which is filled with rock formations, green meadows, brooks, vistas, and lots of buffalo. We spend several years living in South Dakota back in the 1990s and visited Custer State Park. Great history and yes lots of buffalo.
10.
Hayward KOA, Hayward, Wisconsin
Families will especially enjoy this spot with a 300-foot waterslide, a Jumping Pillow bounce house, mini golf and two playgrounds, all next to the Namekagon River. No my thing but for families it can be great.
Families will especially enjoy this spot with a 300-foot waterslide, a Jumping Pillow bounce house, mini golf and two playgrounds, all next to the Namekagon River. No my thing but for families it can be great.
11.
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park,
Ashland, Nebraska
This state park is a modern camping spot which has a family-friendly aquatic center, a lodge and restaurant. The park also has a nature center.
This state park is a modern camping spot which has a family-friendly aquatic center, a lodge and restaurant. The park also has a nature center.
12.
Silver Dollar City’s Wilderness,
Branson, Missouri
Between the Silver Dollar City amusement park and popular Table Rock Lake, you can find scenic campgrounds in the Wilderness. It’s the Las Vegas of the Midwest without all that other stuff. But I still like the real Las Vegas better.
Between the Silver Dollar City amusement park and popular Table Rock Lake, you can find scenic campgrounds in the Wilderness. It’s the Las Vegas of the Midwest without all that other stuff. But I still like the real Las Vegas better.
13.
Shades State Park, Shades,
Indiana
Enjoy the quiet along the sandstone cliffs as you overlook Sugar Creek and hike to the Pine Hills Nature Preserve at this spring and summer camping destination. Again I grew up in Indiana and this is another great Indiana park.
Enjoy the quiet along the sandstone cliffs as you overlook Sugar Creek and hike to the Pine Hills Nature Preserve at this spring and summer camping destination. Again I grew up in Indiana and this is another great Indiana park.
14.
Walnut Point State Park,
Oakland, Illinois
Although bird and animal watchers love this park, the real attraction is the trees You’ll find sassafras, maple, oak, hickory, and walnut around the 59 acre Walnut Point Lake and hiking trails.
Although bird and animal watchers love this park, the real attraction is the trees You’ll find sassafras, maple, oak, hickory, and walnut around the 59 acre Walnut Point Lake and hiking trails.
15.
Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin
Just outside the 468 campsites available at this Door County park is a golf course, beach, lighthouse, bike trails, and high bluffs that are part of the Niagara Escarpment.
Just outside the 468 campsites available at this Door County park is a golf course, beach, lighthouse, bike trails, and high bluffs that are part of the Niagara Escarpment.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Tornado Season Is Here!
Don't become complacent about preparing for severe weather.
PrepareNowStore.com, 3/23/2015
BEFORE A TORNADO:
1. Be
prepared and informed. When weather is
predicted to be severe, listen to the news so you'll know if your area is at
risk and when to take action. Take action before the weather gets severe, don't wait.
2. Buy a Tornado Emergency Kit and hand crank weather radio and make sure everyone knows where they are stored.
3. Talk about tornadoes with your family. Explain the warning signs
since tornadoes can strike before any official warning is issued. Signs include
dark, often greenish clouds, large hail, a cloud of debris; and finally a funnel
cloud or a roaring noise.
4. Know the
disaster plans of your children’s school or
child care center.
5. Practice
tornado drills with your family.
Nothing drives home a preparedness plan better than drills.
DURING A TORNADO
1. Seek
immediate shelter in the safest place
you can find. The safest place in a home is the interior part of a basement. If
you do not have a basement, go to an interior bathroom, closet, or hallway on
the lowest floor.
2. If outside
or in a mobile home, seek cover in a designated
shelter or nearby sturdy building. If there is no building nearby, lie flat in
a low spot, making sure it is not a drainage area that could flash flood.
3. If you
have a helmet (or any hard head protection) this is the time to wear it. Wearing any kind of hard head protection can really help
since tornado related head injuries are common.
AFTER A TORNADO:
1. Stay informed after a tornado strikes by continuing to listen to a radio
or TV for updates. This is where the hand crank weather radio can
be a real life saver.
2. Involve your children in clean-up activities if it is safe to do
so. It is comforting to children to see life begin to return to
normal and to have a job to do.
3. Listen to your children. Encourage them to express feelings of fear, show understanding, and offer reassurance.
Tornado Watch means
that tornadoes are possible in and near the watch area. People in a watch area
should review their tornado plans and be ready to act if a warning is issued or
they suspect a tornado is approaching.
Tornado Warning means that a tornado has been sighted or indicated by
weather radar. People in a warning area should go immediately to their safe
room. If they are in a vehicle, they should get out of the vehicle and go to
shelter in a nearby sturdy building or lie flat in a low spot away from the
vehicle.
Buy a Tornado Emergency Kit at
PrepareNowStore.com.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Government Is ‘Delusional’ in Overlooking Biological and Chemical Defense, Tom Ridge Says
Panel warns that the U.S. is unprepared and lacks infrastructure to detect attacks.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
So You Just Drove Your Car Into A River, Now What?
PrepareNowStore.com
3/17/2015
OK so your day isn’t
going well and you and your car are in the river and the water is coming up.
First: Unbuckle your seat belt, find the door handle and unlock the door. Even electric door locks will most likely work for a short while. Otherwise reach over calmly and manually unlock the door. Your first task is to get your seat belt unbuckled and make sure the door is unlocked. Don’t be in a panic to open the window because that will cause the car to sink. You have to try to stay calm; panic will not help you. You’ve seen this enough times on TV to know that the car will not sink instantly. You very likely have several minutes before the car sinks. Now if you have an emergency car window breaking / seat belt cutting tool reach for it now and hang onto it. I can’t say it enough times an emergency car window breaking / seat belt cutting tool is less than $10 and it can make the difference between life and death.
Second: As the car begins to fill with water, lower the window and exit the car.
Three: Now we get to the hard part. If the window doesn’t open:
If you have the window breaking tool in your hand use it now.
If you don’t have the tool, you have to wait for water to fill the car. That will help equalize the pressure and make breaking a window easier. Try to kick out one of the side windows. Realize that as long as there is air inside the car, water pressure will hold the doors closed and opening them will be almost impossible. This takes us to our last possible chance to escape; hopefully after enough water has filled the car you just might be able to force the door open. After this there is nothing.
Buy a car emergency kit with an emergency car window breaking / seat belt cutting tool. Don’t leave the tool in the trunk with the emergency kit, have it within easy reach inside the car.
Shop PrepareNowStore.com for all you emergency preparedness supplies.
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