Now I’m no conspiracy theorist but I am pretty certain aliens are living among us; the swine flu is a communist plot created by the KGB to end humanity; and Elvis, Jim Morrison & DB Cooper play golf every Tuesday morning at the Cactus Country Club out side of Tucson, Arizona. So it strikes me as funny that in the midst of the rising number of global calamities, my colleagues at DadLabs snicker when I enquire about their disaster preparedness plans. Do they not realize that the end is near? Do they not understand that by the time they see the 4 Horseman flash across the sky it’s too late? I’ve got my 50 lb sack of beans in a watertight garbage can in the garage as well as 75 gallons of vodka stowed away under the house because everybody knows vodka will be used as medicine and currency in the post apocalyptic economy. Who’s house do you think those boy’s will come running to when the big one hits?
At least some of my Dad buddies will talk disaster with me. On the latest episode of Cast of Dads we discussed emergency preparedness among other things. Give a listen.
Episode 11: Dealing With Disaster
Topics discussed on this episode:
- Emergency preparedness for families
- Earthquakes, wild fires, hurricanes, tornados & blizzards
- Planning vs. Reacting
- How does your school notify you about emergencies?
- Steve Garfield’s French Toast Level Alert
- The Media fueling panic with weather
- How to deal with kids while going through a weather event
- Technology solutions for disasters
- Generators, Crank Up Radios & Battery Backups
- Drobo
- Getting rid of land lines
- 911 Locations
- What is in your car trunk?
- Growing up on a sailboat
- Remaining calm around the kids
- Fear of kids in cars
- I Saw Your Nanny
- Nanny Cams
- Finding your 13 year old driving
- Fire Alarms & Smoke Detectors
- The possibility of an upcoming “Mime Episode”
Don’t forget to tell your friends about the show and have them subscribe to either our direct feed or via iTunes. Also, please leave us a review in iTunes!
Cast of Dads is a group of podcasting and blogging dads who gather to gab about fatherhood. The cast of dads includes C.C. Chapman, Jeffrey Sass, Max Kalehoff, Michael Sheehan, and Brad Powell, who collectively represent 13 kids from the youngest of babies to full grown adults. Each of them brings a unique perspective to being a father.
