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Why Emergency Preparedness?

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72-Hour Kits - What Is a 72-Hour Kit and Why Do I Need One?

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A New Weather Pattern: What are El Niño and La Niña?

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Are You Ready for the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse?

Provided by Sister Lynne Davidson

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/

While Richmond isn’t on track for the full viewing of the totality event, we will experience about 82% of the effect at around 3:15 p.m. For those who can travel, a good map of how much of the eclipse will be visible around the country, and when, is at: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8

Want a trial run? Try the March 25 Lunar Eclipse. (See: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/)

 Eye Safety During a Total Solar Eclipse

[Don’t forget to purchase ISO-approved glasses for each member of your family who will be participating. Cameras and telescopes also require special – but different – filters.]

Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing.

Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury.

When watching the partial phases of the solar eclipse directly with your eyes, which happens before and after totality, you must look through safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times. Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun. Safe solar viewers are thousands of times darker and ought to comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard. NASA does not approve any particular brand of solar viewers.

Always inspect your eclipse glasses or handheld viewer before use; if torn, scratched, or otherwise damaged, discard the device. Always supervise children using solar viewers.

Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury.

If you don’t have eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer, you can use an indirect viewing method, which does not involve looking directly at the Sun. One way is to use a pinhole projector, which has a small opening (for example, a hole punched in an index card) and projects an image of the Sun onto a nearby surface. With the Sun at your back, you can then safely view the projected image. Do NOT look at the Sun through the pinhole!

Do NOT use eclipse glasses or handheld viewers with cameras, binoculars, or telescopes. Those require different types of solar filters. When viewing the partial phases of the eclipse through cameras, binoculars, or telescopes equipped with proper solar filters, you do not need to wear eclipse glasses. (The solar filters do the same job as the eclipse glasses to protect your eyes.)

Seek expert advice from an astronomer before using a solar filter with a camera, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device. Note that solar filters must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics.

Here are some important safety guidelines to follow during a total solar eclipse.

• View the Sun through eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer during the partial eclipse phases before and after totality.

• You can view the eclipse directly without proper eye protection only when the Moon completely obscures the Sun’s bright face – during the brief and spectacular period known as totality. (You’ll know it’s safe when you can no longer see any part of the Sun through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer.)

• As soon as you see even a little bit of the bright Sun reappear after totality, immediately put your eclipse glasses back on or use a handheld solar viewer to look at the Sun.

America's No. 1 Weather Killer Is Not Tornadoes, Flooding, Lightning or Hurricanes

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Around the World in 8 Days

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Beginner’s Guide to Survival Gardening

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Church's Stake and Ward Emergency Preparedness Guide: 

• Stake and Ward Emergency Preparedness Guide

Church's  Temporal Preparedness Resources page:

• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/life/temporal-preparedness-resources?lang=eng

Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness

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EAST vs WEST – What ARE the differences?

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Emergency Preparedness  and ZOMBIES [ & Hurricanes & Flooding ]

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Financial Preparedness

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Flooding:

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Groundhog Day - Add Groundhog to Your Emergency Food Supply

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Helping Children Deal with Disasters

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Hurricane  Preparedness Checklist - 2021

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• How to Prepare for a Hurricane

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Welcome, Welcome, Hurricane Season – June 1 to November 30

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March Winds, Power Outages and Portable Generator Tips

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Microsoft OneDrive folder that contains stake and ward emergency plans: 

• Microsoft OneDrive shared folder.

Mysterious White Dust Falling from the Sky in West Virginia Has Been Identified

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Noah the First Prepper

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North America North East Area Temporal Preparedness Guide:

• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/english/life-help/Temporal-Preparedness-Guide-NANE-Area-Guide.pdf

PlanRVA - Emergency Management Alliance of Central VIrginia

• Make a Plan

• Build a Kit

• Stay Informed

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Power Outages - VA Emergency Prep

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Safe guard Critical Documents and Valuables

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Security Tip (ST04-019) - Understanding Encryption

• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-019 

Stake Preparedness, Home Storage Center & Bishops' Storehouse web page: 

• Preparedness, Home Storage Center & Bishops' Storehouse.

Stop Telling Kids to 'Be Careful' (and what to say instead)

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• https://lifehacker.com/stop-telling-kids-to-be-careful-and-what-to-say-instea-1848762621 

Storing Critical Documents For Disaster Recovery - December 2021

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Tornadoes - March Winds Brings Tornadoes

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Tornadoes and Hurricanes - and more...

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Virginia Flood Awareness Week - March 13–19

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Weather Aware - July 2023

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Winter Is Coming

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Winterize Your Home

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Richmond Regional Emergency Preparedness Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/rrepgroup/

The Home Storage Center Page

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