Meanwhile... with all the horrifying news coming out of Japan (10,000 missing, no tools/supplies to rescue those who are trapped, shortages of everything, not the least, energy, and now the threat of a nuclear disaster) people in our part of the world -- specifically the P.N.W. and Seattle, are looking at disaster preparedness. The scary part: there is a fault line that runs directly under the city, many of the buildings were built prior to the creation of an earthquake building code, much of the city is built on fill and is low lying enough to be innundated by Tsunami waters should a quake cause one... and, of course, a truly large and devastating quake is a distinct possibility. When the reporters were talking with the Mayor of Seattle, he made a cogent point: While individuals cannot do a lot about city preparedness, they can prepare themselves. To that end, the boys and I are going to work together on putting together a 'disaster' kit and we will be making a blog with links to information about Seattle, the risks facing the area and the tools available online for creating a disaster kit for individuals. Seems like a good time to study local geography, first aid skills and... Ham Radio operations. Yep, a new item to be added to our list of skills we want to learn. I will post a link to our Seattle Disaster and what you can do Glog once it is up and running. In the meanwhile... keep safe.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Glogster, take 2
I mentioned my new favorite tool in my last post. Here then is a link to a webinar on how to use Glogster and Netrekker:Glogster and Netrekker together Webinar
Meanwhile... with all the horrifying news coming out of Japan (10,000 missing, no tools/supplies to rescue those who are trapped, shortages of everything, not the least, energy, and now the threat of a nuclear disaster) people in our part of the world -- specifically the P.N.W. and Seattle, are looking at disaster preparedness. The scary part: there is a fault line that runs directly under the city, many of the buildings were built prior to the creation of an earthquake building code, much of the city is built on fill and is low lying enough to be innundated by Tsunami waters should a quake cause one... and, of course, a truly large and devastating quake is a distinct possibility. When the reporters were talking with the Mayor of Seattle, he made a cogent point: While individuals cannot do a lot about city preparedness, they can prepare themselves. To that end, the boys and I are going to work together on putting together a 'disaster' kit and we will be making a blog with links to information about Seattle, the risks facing the area and the tools available online for creating a disaster kit for individuals. Seems like a good time to study local geography, first aid skills and... Ham Radio operations. Yep, a new item to be added to our list of skills we want to learn. I will post a link to our Seattle Disaster and what you can do Glog once it is up and running. In the meanwhile... keep safe.
Meanwhile... with all the horrifying news coming out of Japan (10,000 missing, no tools/supplies to rescue those who are trapped, shortages of everything, not the least, energy, and now the threat of a nuclear disaster) people in our part of the world -- specifically the P.N.W. and Seattle, are looking at disaster preparedness. The scary part: there is a fault line that runs directly under the city, many of the buildings were built prior to the creation of an earthquake building code, much of the city is built on fill and is low lying enough to be innundated by Tsunami waters should a quake cause one... and, of course, a truly large and devastating quake is a distinct possibility. When the reporters were talking with the Mayor of Seattle, he made a cogent point: While individuals cannot do a lot about city preparedness, they can prepare themselves. To that end, the boys and I are going to work together on putting together a 'disaster' kit and we will be making a blog with links to information about Seattle, the risks facing the area and the tools available online for creating a disaster kit for individuals. Seems like a good time to study local geography, first aid skills and... Ham Radio operations. Yep, a new item to be added to our list of skills we want to learn. I will post a link to our Seattle Disaster and what you can do Glog once it is up and running. In the meanwhile... keep safe.
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