http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Lorrie+Streeter Advice Lorrie Streeter Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=380674&ca=Advice If you own a vehicle, as most of us do these days, it is important to keep an emergency survival kit in it at all times. It should be kept someplace where it can be easily accessed (perhaps under the front passenger seat). Since you are usually located within close proximity of your vehicle, you can... Advice Lorrie Streeter Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=373340&ca=Advice Hurricanes are powerful, violent tropical storms whose winds revolve counter-clockwise around a center of low pressure. Hurricanes can be as large as 1000 kilometres (600 miles) across or only a few hundred kilometres (miles) across. They can bring high winds, heavy rains and widespread flooding to... Advice Lorrie Streeter Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=369128&ca=Advice A flood is an overflow of water past its normal boundaries that submerges the land around it. Flooding may result from a body of water (a lake rising too high) or a river (when it flows out of the river channel). It can also be caused by a significant and unexpected event (a dam breaking) or as a re... Advice Lorrie Streeter Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=366762&ca=Advice Most people at some time in their life will be faced with an emergency situation. It could be the result of a fire in their home, a river or lake flooding, lightning or sever electrical storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, mudslides, an avalanche or various other forms of disaster situations. Every house... Family Concerns Lorrie Streeter Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=362948&ca=Family+Concerns Each year there are many residential fires resulting in the loss of life and damage to property. The majority of fires are caused by incidents of smoking, cooking, children playing and the deliberate setting of fires. Most of them could have been prevented if proper precautions had been taken. A few... Advice Lorrie Streeter Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=355440&ca=Advice Natural disasters (or acts of nature) are considered to be the consequence of a natural hazard which affects human activities. They are termed a disaster if they cause financial, environmental or human loss due to lack of planning or lack of appropriate emergency management. Acts of nature come in m... Advice Lorrie Streeter Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=355468&ca=Advice An earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, can be due to either a natural phenomenon or human activity. This energy release creates seismic waves reading from 1 – 10 on the Richter scale. Those with a magnitude reading of 3 or lower are almost unnoticeable. Earthqu...