Monthly Archives: November 2022

Winter Preparedness Is Vital!

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Hello  Everyone,

Yes, we are bombarded with unprecedented storms, hurricanes, and tornados as well as forest fires in some areas of the earth.

The time is now to get ready for all you do to protect yourself, your family, and your home.

Here is a list of things you can do now to get prepared.

  1. The Snow coming:  Get the shovels and salt ready. You can place them in your car and at your home.
  2. Listen to the weather station as often as you can as soon as you hear the alert there and on your phone. (you can sign up for weather alerts on your phone with the various apps to download.  The Google Store is where you check for apps in general. (for those who might not know.)
  3. Pack extra gloves, hats, blankets, and coats in your car as a backup.
  4. Include in your car, healthy snacks, and bottled water. This should ber a go-to for all times.
  5. Extra phone chargers and plugs are wonderful when you need them.
  6. Keep your tank full if you can.
  7. Look for higher grounds if you are in a low-ground area or close to the ocean.  i noticed that with these hurricanes, so many cars were damaged.  If only the push for moving your car to higher grounds was not suggested, let alone yourself! And while we are talking, move the animals to a shelter, even if in another state to protect them.  We must do things differently in the future, because, we just don’t know when and where the next storm will hit.
  8. .  Start sending those pictures to other relatives to preserve your pictures or download them on a disc that has a lot of GB and/or sent to the cloud-include all important documents as well.
  9. Waterproof safety boxes are great and finding a place to either bury in the ground or sent to a safe place is an option.
  10. Medication is important to have ready and in a waterproof container.  List all of your meds, medical contacts, medical history, and anything important to you on paper, take a picture, and include it with the download on a disc. Send a copy to another relative you trust as a backup.
  11. Talk to friends and relatives, about plans of evacuating and possibly moving in with them in the event of an emergency.
  12. Information is everything and your life is important. When they say evacuate, Please Do!
  13.  Helmets make sense to have available considering the number of debree that could hit you outdoors or inside.  Also, wearing boots and changeable clothes will help so if you get on dry ground,  you can get some comfort.
  14. I spoke about placing your personal items in a backpack in case you need to relocate. It frees your hands to hold other things, like your children and pets. Included in your backpack should be PPE we are using in the covid-19  pandemic-gloves, sanitizers, masks and hand wipes. Include a garbage for clothes that might get soil and sandwich bags to store small items.

These are just some reminders that might be useful to think about for the now and the future. Do return for other ideas.

Thank you for visiting my website as I pray for those who lost their loved ones, homes, and livelihood in the recent storms.  My gratitude to all who are on the ground helping in any way they can.  Every little thing one does is appreciated and will help to rebuild their life. Support from others in any form will get many people back to some normalcy if only for a small bit.  Food, water, shelter, and Love are at the top of the list!

By Thelma Harcum

I’m Back! Let’s Reflect Let’s Review Issues in Your Face Today

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I’M BACK! Let’s Talk About It!
Hello All!
Yes, I’m back to writing and sharing news, tips and new insights.
We are certainly living in a phase of life were changes are occurring all around us.

To catch up on what has occurred in our recent lives, while looking towards the future, there’s a lot to talk about.

Some of what I will be talking about are. . .

1. The passing of England’s Queen Elizabeth (this is a lady I’ve adored all my life.) I always thought she looked alike, like my mother. But to focus on what her life did for women in the world is priceless and amazing! To know who she really was, is anybody’s guess, because, I believe we really don’t have the inner touches of her being as a mother, a wife, a leader of a free people, and a supporter of America and many other countries.

2. The power of voting. My grandson just turned 18 and is a senior in high school. said no he’s don’t vote! I gave my account of why it’s important to him as well as everyone who lives in the USA. It’s your power, and for all the fighting my ancestors did just to be free from slavery, he’s got to come better to me with that answer. This is leading me to write all schools to please teach our children something about how our government works, and how it affects everyone-even our animals and environment, etc.
At least teach them who our president is and perhaps, who is our vice president and what they stand for in their bid for their positions in our government. No allowance for my grandson until he can tell me why it’s important to vote. I want him to know what’s on each dollar bill that could connect him to our government. Who are those people on those bills and why and could one day, could his picture be on a dollar bill? Please, everyone, whoever you vote for, at least vote! It is your power in many ways. Help me campaign to bring back civics in schools and even independently as a club, organization, or extra-curriculum course.

3. Crime has gone up and so have drug overdoses. There’s a lot to talk about on that subject. 2 people in my family have died from drug-related activity recently. One person, a young man, my brother, and his wife adopt as a young child, 26 years old died from a drug overdose after finding his biological family and going to their drug-infested world. Also, my daughter’s father was murdered trying to get people to stop selling drugs from his apartment in New York City. Drug activity on the street where I live, and now the
street got shot up a week ago only 5 houses from the police station. The fight against illegal drugs and the effects of drugs is not a good marriage when it turns into criminal activity that destroys neighborhoods, schools, and a peaceful way of life.

4. The other subject of discussion is climate and global warming. Ian’s destruction took down a large part of Florida to the point of wonder about a lot of things-should people rebuild and how, will the insurance payments and how much, and so many other questions. When your infrastructure is gone, there are untold and unimagined gaps that need to be filled to get back. The biggest start for all people is the now. You need food, water, shelter, and your sanity. Support from so many people and continuing support is what works best for anyone in this situation. The love and support in these situations are very much appreciated, and I know that in this country, people do reach out and give from their hearts.
In light of what a hurricane and tornado can do to anyone and anywhere, we all need to prepare for the next storm. I’ve written a bit about preparing for an emergency. Please find that article here. Hopefully, I’ve included a link to related articles. Please keep giving in any way to help people in crisis. It can save a life and give hope to those who have lost so much. Hopefully, there is crisis support to give support to those in need of mental health and their animals (that’s a subject all of its own-what happened to people’s pets! Can you imagine those poor souls, trying to figure it all out? Many owners had to let them go due to that horrific situation. If you can adopt a pet, it would be so appreciated, because pets are loved by those who owned them, but can’t find or care for them. Let’s not forget, that many people, unfortunately, died from this massive storm and will not be there to comfort their beautiful animals/pets. A storm like Ian’s can take a toll on people’s health in general.
Healthy foods, clean water, and medication needs are vital to living and coping with this crisis. Caring is love that extends itself in many ways. Love is medicine itself. So look for those organizations who are there on the ground to assist in this situation. I support the Red Cross,
Central Kitchen, The United Way for what I can do. I am a member of the Red Cross and help out when I can. I send funds every year to them anyway.

Yes, there’s a lot to talk about.
I welcome your thoughts on anything that’s on your mind, by the way, I forgot to include what you think about Twitter taker over by Elon Musk and his offer of the charge per month of an option of verifying who you are as a subscriber. “Do you think a birth certificate on your profile on tweeter will be enough? (smile) I could think of a better way of spending $40 billion dollars-What on people, education, and medical research. Not getting a penny from me.
Yes, I’m back. Looking forward to a beautiful fall and light winter. The heating bills and other utilities will go through the roof. Perhaps this is the next emergency and we’d better have plan 2 in mind to get through it.
Peace, Love, and blessing to all.
Thelma Harcum
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