08/01/2025
Read our latest "In Good Health" article: Storm Preparation.
In September, 2022, my daughter Rachel started law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax. During the orientation, she was at a presentation where the speaker said “If we get a hurricane…” Rachel laughed out loud and then looked around to see everyone else nodding and paying attention. Oh, they weren’t kidding! This wasn’t in the school’s brochure advertising the program!!!
Later that month they did have a hurricane and lost power for several days. Rachel was to learn that Halifax frequently experiences major storms and the residents prepare themselves appropriately. Her landlord had a barbeque that could boil water on a gas burner during a power outage. People shop in anticipation of storms, as those that wait until it hits will usually find the store shelves empty when they try and get supplies. An east coast potato chip company capitalizes on this phenomenon, selling “Storm Chips”, that are a must have to indulge in while hunkering down to wait out the current storm.
Why do I bring this up during our “In Good Health” article as a wellness topic? We will all go through various kinds of storms in our lives. Health and life challenges will impact us or our loved ones that we support. If we wait until the storm hits, it can be very difficult to start to develop strategies to manage the storm. Last week I was invited to speak for a church group on zoom on the subject of my book, “Living Through the Storms of Life”. There were more than 90 people that logged on to learn more about storm preparation. It’s an important topic.
Today, August 1st, we are at the “half way point” of the summer. I hope you have gotten some good time relaxing and taking it easy, or if you haven’t yet, that you make some time to do that this month. I also hope you can take some time to do a little “storm prep”, as the best time to prepare for a storm is during good weather!
Four things you can do to prepare for a future storm are...
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https://wellnessfamilycare.com/wellnessdev2/storm-preparation/
