Shelter in place

Looking for the top guidelines for how to shelter in place? This guide lays out the best practices for doing just that.

An important primer on how to safely shelter in place with plenty of circulating fresh air to keep you breathing in a healthy manner.

The need to protect your home during a disaster or mass civil unrest could become very real in a hurry. The goal of fortification is to deter conflict and prying eyes and prevent forced entry. We’re going to teach you how to barricade your apartment the right way.

Start preparing for a natural disaster by putting together 72 Hour Kits and Emergency Supplies for you and your family. Being prepared helps me to sleep a little better at night! What about you?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips to Shelter in Place Graphic: docstoc Even if you live in the boondocks these tips are really something you should know about. There is no guarantee that disaster will strike while you are at home. You could be off to the city for the day and find yourself ...

A good deal of the tasks that are done during the course of a normal day will still have to be accomplished during a power outage. For the sake of this article let us assume the crisis that caused the power outage is not an immediate threat to you and your family, and that you […]

A pandemic or some other worst case scenario might require you to shelter in place. Here are some tips for staying sane.

The recent tornadoes in the Midwest have reminded all of us that evacuation is not always the wisest choice for anyone facing a disaster. This is important to remember, since our natural “flight or fight” response may urge us to flee when sheltering in place may be the better move. Emergency management professionals have long …

In Seattle, Amazon is now sharing an eight-story building with a homeless shelter serving 200 people. [Photo: courtesy Mary’s Place]

With over thirty programs across Southern California and Arizona, our goal is simple: to end the cycle of homelessness to all who enter our care. We do this through outreach, permanent housing, and emergency shelters

The stockpiles in your house won’t do you any good if looters or FEMA get their hands on them. Don’t be a target in the first place, DO THIS instead:

Dozens of people live in tents on a patch of concrete in downtown Everett. The county does what it can to help.

What would you do if you had to make a home with whatever you found around you? What would it look like? You can often find the answer by looking at the constructions of homeless people, who take 'live locally' to its root level, repurposing the detritus of their community. Or take a look at the work of artists Oliver Boberg and Peter Bialobrzeski whose photographs of buildings in poor urban neighborhoods of the Southern hemi- sphere illustrate incredible inventiveness and resourefulness…

I was walking down a street in one of Seattle's toniest neighborhoods with my 25-year-old daughter and another young woman. We were part of Seattle/King County's One Night Count of the homeless, a massive effort to document the number of "unsheltered" persons on a random winter night.

Shelter is one of the primary needs of all people, secondary only to water and food. Shelter is needed to keep you safe from wind and weather, and also to provide a warm, dry place to rest and recu…