by dnl426 | Aug 1, 2023 | Preparedness
Not Just Blowing Smoke Having trouble catching your breath these days? I have asthma, and I’ve learned that it’s up to me to do whatever it takes to get through each day as best I can. That includes monitoring the smoke in the air from the Canadian wildfires so I can...
by dnl426 | Jun 20, 2023 | Preparedness
A Resource Center For Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Individuals You might wonder what a Resource Center for people with hearing loss is. Disability Network Lakeshore has received a small grant to start a Resource Center that allowed us to purchase assistive technology...
by dnl426 | May 4, 2023 | Veterans
The Pact Act and Burn Pit Exposure Between 2001 and 2010, over a million and a half troops were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. While there, many of them were exposed to burn pits – fires fueled by toxic materials. Exposure to fumes that smelled like burning plastic...
by dnl426 | Mar 17, 2023 | Preparedness
A New Way of Life Doesn’t it feel like we are past the worst of the COVID-19 crisis? We are all relaxing now and, to be honest, I think most of us have let our guard down and aren’t all that concerned about contracting COVID anymore. Yesterday I started feeling like...
by dnl426 | Feb 27, 2023 | Preparedness
Disaster Scams It’s unfortunate that there are people who prey on the weak and injured, yet in our society, they exist. Individuals who take advantage of people who have been involved in a disaster often portray themselves as government representatives with important...
