Lockdown, a novel, & the earthquake files
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 11:52AM 
Canadian readers there are nine days left for your chance to receive a free copy of my novel Lockdown:
Log into your goodreads account and look for Lockdown to get in the running:
This offer closes May 30, 2014
Good luck!
Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 8:12PM My novel, Lockdown, is now available for pre-order here from my publisher.
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Earthquake Preparation!
Are you participating in the Great British Columia Shake Out? Why would you do that? From the ShakeOut website:
"While potential earthquake hazards depend on your location, everywhere in British Columbia is considered at high risk in relation to the rest of Canada. For example, on January 26, 1700, a magnitude 9 earthquake (similar to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake off the coast of Japan) shook the entire province as well as Washington, Oregon, and California, and generated a massive tsunami.
What we do now will determine our quality of life after our next big earthquake. Are you prepared to survive and recover quickly?"
Get more information here: ShakeOut BC
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Photo from UBC archives via Wikimedia Commons: Virgin Forest in Stanley Park 1912 by Rosetti Photographic Studios
Monday, June 24, 2013 at 10:00PM 
Okay so you’ve prepared yourself for disaster. If you’ve ticked each of these:
Maslow, with his Hierarchy of Needs would probably give you an A-plus for meeting the two bottom levels of his pyramid. Those levels are physiological necessities and personal safety.
Most emergency prep instructions only address these two core levels. Some add the other important component:
Should there be another level to emergency preparation? You know that old game ‘if you could only take one book with you to a desert island, what would it be?’ Maybe you should put a copy of that cherished entertainment into your pack. Maybe these items should be added to the checklist:
One thing we will have to cope with after a major disaster is the troubling uncertainty of life around us. Perhaps our packs should have meditation CD’s and Tibetan singing bowls? Impractical for sure but you get my point. We don’t have to be just physically prepared for disaster, we have to brace ourselves psychologically as well.
The dog in this picture is wearing an Anxiety Wrap that uses maintained pressure and acupressure to end thunderstorm fear, separation anxiety, noise phobias and more. I don’t know if it works or not but if it does, I wonder if the technology couldn’t be applied for humans? If so, we could all pack an anxiety wrap in our bug-out bag.
Are you good with sudden and dramatic changes in your life? How does a person prepare themselves for the unthinkable? Is there any point in trying or should we just go with the flow should worse come to worst?
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Photo from Wikimedia Commons by: www.anxietywrap.com
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I have an earthquake app on my iPad. That’s why I can tell you that within the past twenty-four hours there have been eight earthquakes within 1,050 kilometres (652 miles) of Vancouver, BC. From Alaska to Northern California they ranged from magnitude 2.5 to 4.5. Some quakes have happened offshore but most were on land.
Every time a quake registers somewhere on the globe, my iPad chimes an alert. Sometimes the proximity to where I am is scary but having information makes me feel a little bit more in control, not that I can do anything about it.
I use Quakes – Earthquake Notifications by TAWCS to monitor this information and watch the updates with great, if a little morbid, interest. There are a lot of other earthquake applications out there too, along with apps that will alert you to tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes and just plain ‘severe weather.’ I haven’t investigated those other apps as they aren’t the focus of my novel but it makes me wonder what disaster do we prepare for?
Are you disaster-ready? What external threat worries you the most?
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