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Severe Weather Awareness Week: Lightning

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared Feb. 19-24 as Severe Weather Awareness Week to encourage people to make their own personal preparations long before severe weather strikes. On average each year in the US there are 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,000 tornadoes, and an average of 2 hurricanes making landfall. “The key is readiness,” Governor […]

Filed Under: Boating Safety, Disaster Preparation, Working Outside February 21, 2012 By SLS

Severe Weather Awareness Week: Thunderstorms

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared Feb. 19-24 as Severe Weather Awareness Week to encourage people to make their own personal preparations long before severe weather strikes. On average each year in the US there are 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,000 tornadoes, and an average of 2 hurricanes making landfall. “The key is readiness,” Governor […]

Filed Under: Boating Safety, Disaster Preparation, Working Outside February 20, 2012 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Only You… You’re House & Wildfires

When we wrote our last Safety Sunday article on campfire and outdoor fire safety, there were 33 large wildfires burning across the US which has since dropped down to 31. Both Alaska & Arizona have dropped down to 3 fires each, while Florida on the other hand has jumped from 5 active fires up to […]

Filed Under: Around the home, Disaster Preparation, Fire Safety Tagged With: firewise, Safety Sunday June 12, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: You’re Business

With the numerous disasters that have impacted many locations like Japan, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Memphis, Oklahoma… many business owners are looking around & wondering – What If, Am I Ready, Are We Ready? In reality I have to say, there is no way of knowing until after the dust settles, but with some foresight & […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation Tagged With: Small Business Disaster Preperation May 22, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Visualization & Role Playing

STOP – DROP – ROLL; In case of emergency, stand and move in an orderly fashion to the nearest exit; In case of smoke, touch the door with the back of your handbeforeopening it…  I am pretty sure most everyone reading those words will automatically picture where they learned them (practiced / heard) and maybe […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation Tagged With: Safety Sunday May 15, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Boil Water Notices & Advisories FAQ’s

Fortunately for many individuals affected by the tornados, the local water utilities were able to keep everything up to snuff eliminating the need to issue to a Boil Water Notice or Advisory. I only recall hearing about three communities / regions affected were they were issued. One of those communities is actually were my wife […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Water Related Tagged With: Safety Sunday, Water May 8, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Do’s & Dont’s for Portable Generators

As many of you know the South was hit by a wave of tornados that devastated some communities, and left many of us feeling either really lucky, blessed, or in a complete state of shock (or all three). At this moment as I write this, I am sitting on the front porch listening to the […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation, Tool & Shop Safety Tagged With: Camping, RV April 30, 2011 By SLS

Hurricane Season – 5 Steps to being prepared

Today is the start of Hurricane Season that has been predicted to be busier than usual. Based on the ocean temperatures and the changing weather conditions, they might just be right this year. With that in mind, below is our 5 steps to being prepared. If you happen to own pets, we added an additional […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation June 1, 2010 By SLS

Disaster Preparation for small business owners

Even though Hurricane season started back in June – it has been a very quite year so far. Now we have three named storms within just a couple of days. Granted two are still out in the Atlantic and the third one is basically nothing more than a rainstorm  now, but all of a sudden the news […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation Tagged With: Small Business Disaster Preperation August 17, 2009 By SLS

Review your Policy now; before you need to file a claim

Before the need arises to file a claim you should review your current insurance policy to make sure it covers your needs. Below is a quick list of insurance coverage’s shown on the Declaration Page and what it means in plain English. We recommend that you review your policy each year with your agent and […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation, Insurance, Miscellaneous Articles June 8, 2009 By SLS

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