If you’ve purchased a ready-made kit of emergency supplies, you may have a face mask, an N95 respirator, or both on hand. What’s the difference? Briefly, both are made for one-time use. If you are ill with a disease, such as influenza, that is spread by airborne droplets, both types will help prevent you from…
Tag Archive: H1N1
What is your survival type?
It seems to me that there are different “survival types”, various ways that we as humans respond to threats both real and potential. Some people believe in taking ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES. It doesn’t matter whether the proposed remedy has any demonstrated benefit; the APM crowd just doesn’t want to take any chances, and they don’t…
Swine flu – the first and last post, I hope
This site is devoted primarily to preparations that help you protect your family, your business, and your things from loss due natural disasters and theft. This week’s news, however, has been dominated by another kind of emergency, swine flu. This morning’s twitter feed brought this message from “skydiver”, aka PR genius Peter Shankman: “Dear news:…