Tag: emergency

Is Your Family Prepared for a Crisis? The Survival Mom Wants to Help

For Lisa Bedford, getting prepared is about worrying less, not more. The suburban mom of two knows well the panic of facing an uncertain future—and realizing the extent of one’s unpreparedness. Following the 2008 recession, she surfaced from her own fear-fueled, first-time deep-dive into the world of survival and preparedness determined to help others like…


Should You Go to the ER? the Correct Choice May Save Your Life

In emergency medicine, it’s called the golden hour. The first hour from the time of injury or serious illness is the most important in a person’s life. It’s in that hour that a person has the best chance of survival—if they can get to the level of care they need. But not every medical problem…


US Asks Tesla About Musk Tweet on Driver Monitoring Function

WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Monday said it was in contact with Tesla about a tweet Chief Executive Elon Musk wrote about a driver monitoring function. A Dec. 31 tweet suggested drivers with more than 10,000 miles using Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software system should be able to disable the “steering wheel nag,”…


More States Take Emergency Measures as ‘Historic’ Winter Storm Puts 240 Million Americans Under Weather Alerts

A powerful winter storm of historic proportions that the National Weather Service (NWS) warned could bring life-threatening conditions has prompted multiple states to announce emergency measures, with over 240 million people under some kind of weather warnings or advisories. The latest bulletin from the NWS’ Weather Prediction Center, issued at around 3 a.m. on Dec….


Air Force Grounds Entire B-2 Fleet After Emergency Landing

WASHINGTON—The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years’ college bowl games. A bomber experienced an in-flight malfunction on Dec. 10, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Whiteman Air…


Democrat-Run Cities Declare Emergencies Amid Illegal Alien Surge as Title 42 End Looms

A number of Democrat-run cities have declared states of emergency or appealed for federal resources to help cope with the influx of illegal aliens into their communities and as expectations build that the human flows will rise sharply when the Trump-era restrictions on asylum applications run out in just two days. With the fast-approaching end…


Biden Sending Federal Aid as New York Digs Out From Huge Snowstorm

BUFFALO, N.Y.—President Joe Biden is sending federal aid to western New York to help state and local authorities clean up from the massive storm that dumped as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow in western and northern New York, the White House announced Monday. The emergency declaration authorizes the Department of Homeland Security…


3 People, 56 Dogs Survive US Emergency Landing

Three adults and 56 dogs survived an emergency landing of their light plane on a golf course in Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to local officials. The passengers on the turbo-prop plane, that went down at Western Lakes Golf Club in the Waukesha County community of Pewaukee, suffered non-life threatening injuries. The 56 dogs, that were…


State of Emergency Declared Ahead of Storm That Could Dump 6 Feet of Snow

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency ahead of a major winter storm that could dump several feet of snow in Buffalo and other parts of western New York. In a statement, the governor declared an emergency in 11 counties after it was forecast that up to four feet of…


State of Emergency Declared in New York Ahead of Storm That Could Dump 6 Feet of Snow

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency ahead of a major winter storm that could dump several feet of snow in Buffalo and other parts of western New York. In a statement, the governor declared an emergency in 11 counties after it was forecast that up to four feet of…