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Why Most Parents Aren’t Ready for Tornado Season If you’re a parent, you’ve likely done some storm prep. You’ve gathered flashlights, stocked bottled water, maybe even stashed a few granola bars. That’s a good start, but is it enough? According to FEMA’s 2020 preparedness survey, 81% of Americans say they’ve gathered emergency supplies, and 65%…

Worry.  It’s something many of us do on a daily basis.  And we fret over a variety of reasons—our children, our finances, our jobs, the weather—the list is overwhelming and oftentimes endless.Worry steals our joy, our peace, and our time.So how can we stop the awful trend of worrying?  Some people turn to spirituality, some…

Fact: Bad things happen.Fact: Bad things happen to good people.For example, on this day in history, in 1963, four young African-American girls were killed in a Baptist church bombing during a Sunday Service.  In 2001, President George W Bush identified Osama Bin Laden as the prime suspect in the 9/11 attacks against the US.  America…

As humans, we have an innate desire of being protected from natural and/or man-made disasters.  Our first instinct is to circle our wagons and protect our families and our loved ones.  Pet owners always include their furry family members in this circle of protection.  And why not?  Just like our children and other dependents, our pets rely…

Reaching out to others.  That’s the hope.  And yet, we also feel the need for protection.  Of ourselves.  Of our circle—family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and so on.  So how does that work?  Well, for starters, we need to understand what we need protection from, and for whom?  Do we want/need protection from tornadoes?  Or from…

Summer of 2016 is drawing to a close.  Schools have started back all across the nation.  Now is the time we begin to refocus our efforts on the best way to protect our most important asset as a nation:  Our children.  They are our future, and we are their heritage.  What have we left them? …

If you have yet to purchase your very own above ground safe room, there is no better time than now.  Peak season for tornadoes is typically in the spring, and then a second season rolls through in the fall months.  Since the spring season was unusually quiet this year, rumor has it that we might…