Preparedness

Preparedness Resources

Contact Information:

Please go to www.churchofjesuschrist.org and Sign In for complete membership directory and Ward/Stake calendar. You can ask the Ward CLerk to print a Ward Directory for church use. You can also use the Tools mobile app.  A user account is required. If you do not already have a church user account, you can create one by going here.

Ward Welfare and Self-Reliance Specialist for Preparedness:

Sister Lynne Davidson

Why Emergency Preparedness?

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

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


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.

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Around the World in 8 Days

Beginner’s Guide to Survival Gardening

Church's Stake and Ward Emergency Preparedness Guide: 

Church's  Temporal Preparedness Resources page:

Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness

EAST vs WEST – What ARE the differences?

Emergency Preparedness  and ZOMBIES [ & Hurricanes & Flooding ]

Financial Preparedness

Flooding:

Groundhog Day - Add Groundhog to Your Emergency Food Supply

Helping Children Deal with Disasters

Hurricane  Preparedness Checklist - 2021


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

March Winds, Power Outages and Portable Generator Tips

Microsoft OneDrive folder that contains stake and ward emergency plans: 

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

Noah the First Prepper

North America North East Area Temporal Preparedness Guide:

PlanRVA - Emergency Management Alliance of Central VIrginia

Power Outages - VA Emergency Prep

Safe guard Critical Documents and Valuables

Security Tip (ST04-019) - Understanding Encryption

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

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

Storing Critical Documents For Disaster Recovery - December 2021

Tornadoes - March Winds Brings Tornadoes

Tornadoes and Hurricanes - and more...

Virginia Flood Awareness Week - March 13–19

Weather Aware - July 2023

Winter Is Coming

Winterize Your Home

Mount Vernon Stake's Prepare Every House

This page has a link to the Mount Vernon Virginia Stake Emergency Preparedness website.  We express our appreciation for their willingness to share their hard work with the stakes in the Mid-Atlantic Region.  Most of the information contained on the Mount Vernon site is applicable to all members of the Church.  We, the Gayton Ward, do not have any editing capabilities for the Mount Vernon site. 

When  prompted to sign-in, use guest@mavsr.org username with a password of Pioneer47. The password is case sensitive.​​​

Richmond Regional Emergency Preparedness Facebook Page:

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

Local Home Storage Center

Are you looking to start putting aside food storage for a rainy day? Come in to our store to purchase long-term food storage and supplies in bulk quantities or by the can. We have everything from staple foods like wheat, rice, sugar, and beans, to peanut butter, and hot chocolate. We also sell water-purifying water bottles and other supplies so you can be prepared for any emergency. 

Location:

8110 Virginia Pine Ct

Richmond, VA 23237

Phone: (804) 275-1460

Fax: (412) 831-0691

Hours of Operation: 

SATURDAY - 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM only

Call to verify hours or set an appointment.

Home Storage Center Order Form

This order form can be used as a pricing sheet to help with your food storage planning. Occasionally an item may be added or removed.

View or download the form in PDF format

The Home Storage Center Page

Click here to go to the Church's Home Storage Center Page.

This website is NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.