ARTICLES / LINKS. Are you prepared? Here are 5 disaster prep checklists. Everyone has unique needs. Take 5 minutes and peruse these lists. Highlight things you have in one color, highlight the things YOU DON’T have in another color. Then, go to Hassett Hardware and buy what you need! Here I have curated 4 disaster/emergency […]
Want an “Are You Prepared?” Memorial Day Shelter-in-Place Disaster Prep T-shirt or Hoody?
T-SHIRTS & HOODIES. Thanks to Joe Angelini of Farmers Insurance for subsidizing the T-shirts! Want an “Are You Prepared?” Memorial Day Shelter-in-Place Disaster Prep T-shirt or Hoody? Wear them around town as a conversation starter! T-shirts ~ Xsmall, Small, Medium, Large = $10 ($12 for Xlg up) Hoodies ~ Xsmall, Small, Medium, Large = $20 ($26 for […]
Are You Ready? Memorial Day Shelter-in-Place Disaster Prep Weekend 5/25-26/2019
ARTICLE / LINKS. 7.3 the Coast Goes Flat! This is a self-participation event. At the very least, talk to every adjacent neighbor. We want to teach people how to prepare before disaster and how to shelter in place after a disaster. Earthquake: STORE WATER (1 gallon/day/per person) Fire: CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE around your house, AND […]
Video of Public Meeting with PGE, Comcast, Cal Trans, ATT ~ Wed. 4/25/19 @ 7pm @ HMBHS
VIDEO. Around 100 people showed up, but we know that a lot more people want to hear from these people regarding power and connectivity outages. Thanks to Senator Jerry Hill for organizing. Watch for yourself. You will learn a lot about how power, communications and agencies work on the coast. From the City of HMB: […]
Power Report By City of HMB Vice Mayor Adam Eisen
ARTICLE. Last week, we had a 60KD (60,000 volt) transmission line that had an insulator that cracked (there are usually a few on each transmission line). Due to our location with the salty air, which speeds up the corrosion of the equipment, and rough storms the insulator broke. When one cracks, you must replace them […]
Learning from the 1989 SF EARTHQUAKE ~ by Stewart Brand (Spring 1990)
PHOTO-ESSAY. This article—which first appeared in much briefer form in the Chronicle—is an attempt to reconstruct the confused events of that first two hours at Divisadero and Beach, and to distill some advice that might be useful to anyone wishing to survive a disaster and to help others to do the same. The article is dedicated […]
Mayor Debbie Penrose Gives the 2018 State of the City Address
VIDEO / PODCAST, If you want to know what they city has done in the last year, watch / listen to the out-going Mayor’s address. There are a few powerpoint visuals, but largely one can listen. Saves time. Listen while you drive or do chores. Stay in tune with what is going on in HMB! […]