The only thing more frightening than being between a bear and her cubs... would be to obstruct an infuriated mom fighting for her kids!

Welcome to the forum, I'm sure I'll learn plenty from you. (My own disaster preparedness is ... let's just say, on the way to improvement...)

lol- thanks harmless! that's a great way to look at it, I get angry just thinking about a threat to my kids.
We may still be learning, but at least we've made the step to try and learn more! most people wouldn't bother.

Welcome aboard, Krista.

HI!
WELCOME!

Welcome,

While you may feel that you are here to learn (and there are a lot of knowledgeable folks here willing to share and help out), I am sure we can also learn from you as well. Sharing your experiences, both good and bad can give other members the chance to evaluate their situation and glean ideas for improving their preparation plans. Disaster/Emergency preparation should be viewed as dynamic and each individual/family should take a regular accounting of their situation and what they can reasonably do to improve their preparedness.

On a side note, my daughter and son-in-law live in Wilmington, NC, so I have a vested interest in the area. My son-in-law is in the Coast Guard and is currently assigned to Station Wrightsville Beach.

Pete

Hi Krista,
First - welcome, pull up a log, kick back and relax. I'm the Dad of a girl who becomes a teen next week - Oh boy. (and a guy who turns 9 later in the month)

As someone above said, there mere fact that you've thought about this puts you head and shoulders above 99% of the folks out there

From what I've seen from friends who are "in", there seems to be a fairly good support network among the families, which is a good thing, and I would NOT be surprised if there was a set of SOPs that either your husband, or the spouse (I'd say wife, but that would be sexist) of one of his higher in the chain could show you/talk to you about

Being prepared is "smart". I'm glad to see you here.

Welcome.

Yep, just bookmark it. Unfortunately your mobile device does need to be connected to the internet to access my website. It's not a stand-alone app, I'm not smart enough to make one of those.

Sidenote: I'm looking for a programmer to help me turn it into an app.

-Blast

Krista, glad you've joined up! This is a great, if not sometimes a little goofy, place with really intelligent and thoughtful (and polite) contributors. The information flows in all directions so please post more about your experiences on the never ending road of preparedness.

Zoombies are the chief inside joke here, just our way of having a little fun.

I was vey lucky to have survived two teenage daughters and more blessed than I can say with the wonderful young women they've become. But talk about journeys...

Thank you too for your family's service.

Come back often!

Those dammed zoombies. Just like a real zombie buy WAY faster!