It has been a quiet year so far, which is a little disturbing. Will there be a hurricane this year? How much snow will we get since this has been such a cool summer?

Now is the perfect time to take a look at your preparedness to keep your family and business safe. Check your supplies, review your plans!


http://www.riskanalysisllc.com/

No motherfucker. Hurricane season is over and the weather people are astounded by the record number of no hurricanes! As for this winter? A cool summer usually means a mild winter, few snow flakes. But THEN AGAIN we didn't get much snow last year and snow always has a way of letting up pay for what we missed out on! So this one is a little iffy, it can go either way!

Semper Fi and shit Wrote:
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> No motherfucker. Hurricane season is over and the
> weather people are astounded by the record number
> of no hurricanes! As for this winter? A cool
> summer usually means a mild winter, few snow
> flakes. But THEN AGAIN we didn't get much snow
> last year and snow always has a way of letting up
> pay for what we missed out on! So this one is a
> little iffy, it can go either way!


Hurricane season ends November 30th.

I bet the Marines are proud to have such a great example. Well-informed and polite. Gee we feel so much safer with people like you holding guns.

Jesus, when did you design that website? 1996?

old timey website Wrote:
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> Jesus, when did you design that website? 1996?


It is a site for people who can read, sorry...

old timey website Wrote:
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> Jesus, when did you design that website? 1996?


LOL I was thinking the same thing about how shitty the site was. Funnnnnnny stuff!

old timey website Wrote:
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> Jesus, when did you design that website? 1996?

I'm an old fart, and even I can tell that site sucks.

Ouch! OK I'll work on it. Just getting started so expect improvement.

Aw, now I feel bad, lol..I was just expecting...something...different

lol they changed it already..lookin a little better..

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> Aw, now I feel bad, lol..I was just
> expecting...something...different


It's all good. Feedback is good, even if it's ugly.

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> Jesus, when did you design that website? 1996?

It's Wordpress, using the raindrops theme.

http://www.tenman.info/wp3/raindrops/

The guy's local; he's running his business out of Springfield.

His experience is here: http://www.riskanalysisllc.com/home/about/people/

Good site. Gonna bookmark it

So, can I get a job?

No need for planning. Fairfax CERT and the Virginia Defense Force are all people need.

Alright, you got me. Yes a local guy trying to get a business running. Spent a lot of time making government stuff safe. Now I'm trying to use those skills in the community.

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> No need for planning. Fairfax CERT and the
> Virginia Defense Force are all people need.


Keep believing Obama and Big Brother will save you!

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doesn't matter WWIII is coming anyway!

gots my water bottles!

Site is OK, not great but OK. be nice ppl

MOst important thing everyone needs to do is have a plan, Sit down with your family members and get your shit organized. Where you gonna meet if not at home, contact information, etc. http://www.ready.gov/make-a-plan

The next thing is to have emergency supplies. There are a lot of emergency kits available but most of them are overpriced and try to sell you crap like a hunting knife, pocket-sized fishing pole, snake bite kit, etc. This website does a great job of offering kits for city-and surburban dumbasses that don't know the first thing about survival. http://www.grabpak.com

Absolutely! Lots of great resources out there! All the information that you need is available and free. All you have to do is put in the time and work.

Virginia Department of Emergency Management
http://www.vaemergency.gov/

Fairfax Emergency Information
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/


Anyone can make their own plans! But its like fixing your car. Anyone can do it, but sometimes it just works better to get some help.

Bring it!!

TORNADO? HURRICANE? TERRORISTS? Bring it on, bitch!



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Is that guy actually threatening a tornado? Where do they find these poeple anyway? Did we run out of bars to put these whackos behind?

Here's some serious, no bullshit advice about the blog section of your website.

Don't post extracts of articles and then link to other websites where the person can read the rest of the article. The reason for this is that you want people to stay on *your* website, reading *your* content, the whole time thinking to themselves, "Boy, this guy really knows his shit! I should hire him to work out plans for my business/family."

You also want your articles to differentiate you from anyone else who might be offering the same type of services.

Don't give away the store, but don't be afraid to give away free samples, either. You can give generalized advice, but make it plain that everyone's situation is different and they should consider hiring *you* to provide them with a plan tailor-made to their circumstances.

If you're not an experienced writer, that's fine. A rule I always use to see if my writing makes sense and sounds good is to read it out loud. If I stumble or pause or it sounds lousy or awkward, it needs rewriting. If you have a wife or domestic partner, read it to her and ask her to be absolutely brutal in her criticism, because you'd rather have her say your writing stinks than have your potential clients think so.

Keep each blog post short and to the point. 300 to 700 words is about as much as someone's willing to read in a single blog post, maybe 1000 if it's a big topic. If you go over that, you need to pare your topic down to something more specific.

Finally, here are two ideas for articles I would find interesting and read:

Should I Get a Portable Generator? - Keep this focused only to portable generators. Discuss fuel types, electric loads, and so forth, but don't recommend any specific models unless there's one that's clearly superior or *you're* selling it. As far as whole-home generators go, If someone's thinking about a whole-home generator, that's a completely different topic and a different article.

Bug Out or Shelter In Place? - Give examples of when someone should consider evacuating their home and when they should just sit tight. Discuss, briefly, how you should prepare for each situation, but remind people that every situation is different and that *you* can tailor plans for them to cover most eventualities.

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> Is that guy actually threatening a tornado? Where
> do they find these poeple anyway? Did we run out
> of bars to put these whackos behind?


Posting on a Sat. nite? A whacko with no bar or friends?

Exactly what are you preparing for?

I guess a generator is a good idea for power outages. Still waiting on the next snow storm. My "new" snow blower is rusting out. Maybe I will crank it up to see if it still starts.

what about gas for the generators? gas don't last forever

Wow! That stressed me out. I thought Honey Boo Boo was moving to Fairfax County

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> forever

Absolutely true, which is why an article about portable generators would be something I would read.

I was very disappointed when I was looking at various portable gasoline-powered generators and they all advertise running times only in the 8-12 hour range at 50% load. That would mean that in addition to the gas I had in the generator, I'd need to have another *20* gallons of gasoline sitting around if I wanted to run it for, say, 36 hours, which was how long my power was out after the derecho last year.

Really, you have Fairfax CERT, the last line of defense against disasters.



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You don't need to run it continuously. Couple hours on, couple off. Keeps food cold. Got thru 3 days of no power on 15 gallons. Saved most of the food.)