Category Archives: Information

Making a Facebook List to Receive SHA updates

Facebook has started limiting how they send status updates to people’s news feed, hoping to make a buck on businesses paying for it. It used to be that if you ‘liked’ a page and said ‘send all updates’ you received … Continue reading

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In case of emergency: Training to ‘prepare, survive, thrive’

Story and photos by Clay McGlaughlin/The Times-Standard 05/13/2012 02:36:23 AM PDT When the Oct. 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake struck, Judith Warren was “half in and half out of a dress” in one of the changing rooms at the Emporium-Capwell … Continue reading

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Extreme Weather Hits North Coast

From KymKemp.com Kym Kemp / April 12, 2012 @ 10 p.m. / Weather UPDATE 12:39 A.M.: CHP now reporting that the slide on 101 by Leggett is now covering half of the roadway and there is snow on the mountain … Continue reading

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A California Superstorm – some food for thought

I recently read a post by Ernie Branscomb talking about a California superstorm …some food for thought. “Imagine a rainstorm so large that it would be like hurricane Katrina hitting every day for a month.”

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SoHumAwareness Facebook Page is One Year Old

One year ago today, the Facebook Page, SoHumAwareness was created, spurned on by similar weather related problems as we have seen today. This incident is what started it all: Briceland Road is Gone. Let’s hope we don’t have as serious … Continue reading

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Emergency & Preparedness Links

This is an ever growing list of emergency and preparedness websites and phone numbers. How to Prepare Regional Training Institute/ Community Disaster Preparedness Prepare Disaster Supply Kits How to Prepare Humboldt County OES Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services Emergency … Continue reading

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Prep for the Big One – With These New Tsunami Maps

This post is by Hank Sims and is copied directly from his site at: Prep for the Big One — or Wednesday’s Drill — With These Cool New Tsunami Maps These maps really are very attractive, and — if you’re … Continue reading

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