disaster preparedness News

Report: 75 Percent of U.S. Workers Don’t Think Employers are Prepared for Disasters

An overwhelming majority of Americans do not feel their employers are well-prepared for, or might not recover quickly from, a natural disaster, according to research by FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers. FM Global’s new Business …

Alabama Governor Names Tornado Recovery Council

Gov. Robert Bentley has chosen the president and CEO of Protective Life Corp., Johnny Johns, and the publisher of The Birmingham News, Pam Siddall, to lead his Tornado Recovery Action Council. Bentley announced the creation of the council Monday in …

More Colorado Residents Opt to Prep for Disasters

Four families in Yoder are building a sand bunker and stockpiling ammunition and weapons. A Black Forest resident has erected a geodesic dome on her 5-acre spread to grow vegetables, keeps horses for emergency transportation, in case she can’t get …