Readiness Watch for the Week of 13 June 2011
Readiness Watch is a weekly publication intended to provide current, relevant, and actionable readiness information to people determined to be ready for whatever comes next, and especially for those...
View ArticleBe ready now: 3 things you can start doing this week to be ready for whatever...
Be ready now is a weekly post about things you can do right now to get ready for whatever might come next courtesy of Dennis L Hitzeman’s Readiness Weblog. You can find other posts in this series in...
View ArticleReadiness Watch for the Week of 20 June 2011
Readiness Watch is a weekly publication intended to provide current, relevant, and actionable readiness information to people determined to be ready for whatever comes next, and especially for those...
View ArticleChange to weekly readiness posts
Due to a combination of lack of time and lack of response, I am changing the format of my weekly readiness posts to monthly posts. Further, the “Be ready now” posts will become part of the “Readiness...
View ArticleSome thoughts on Irene
Hurricane Irene has come and gone, leaving a swath of destruction in her wake. The latest reports indicate 21 people died, millions are without power, and the high winds and flooding have probably...
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One Second After
One Second After by William R. Forstchen I just finished reading One Second After by William R. Forstchen (in fact, I read it in one sitting last night), and this is a book I must recommend to anyone...
View ArticleIntermediate Readiness
Intermediate readiness represents an order of magnitude of greater complexity than immediate readiness. Planning for intermediate readiness means being ready for events that could last weeks to months...
View ArticleDecember 31st, 2012
Have you been putting of getting yourself and those you care about ready? Have you been looking for evidence or incentive to start? Well, look no further. On December 31st, 2012, most of the nation’s...
View ArticleEast coast snow hurricane
Are you ready yet? If not, why not? Be ready now. Immediate Readiness DLH
View ArticleBeing ready no matter what happens
When I sat down to write this post, I intended to write about what I see as the disconnect I see between the demands for firearms control and readiness and how so many people who demand such regulation...
View ArticleGet ready now
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve gotten comfortable recently and slacked of my own readiness plans, but we had multiple tornadoes touch down in our area last night, and it reminded me that disaster can...
View ArticleRun to where? Taking an honest look at getting out of Dodge.
One of the central themes of a lot of readiness thinking and training is the notion of bugging out when a disaster strikes. There are a lot of reasons for that fact, mostly driven by people living in...
View ArticleWe need to be thinking about how to GTFH too
I’ve been thinking about readiness a lot more recently. It’s easy to get complacent, especially when you “feel” ready, but the fact is even the best prepared among us are never as ready as we think we...
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