The Importance of Washing: A Tale of Two Diseases
By: Nancy Ooki, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The recent attention to the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus serves as an excellent opportunity to …
Plan to Communicate
I was interviewed yesterday by a young lady for a class assignment. We talked about several things, all of which pivoted on this year’s theme …
Youth and Disasters
Post by Lynette Black, 4-H Youth Development Faculty, Oregon State University
When it comes to the effects of disasters, children are a vulnerable population. Understanding …
Seven Reasons to be Prepared for Disaster
Do you think a disaster won’t happen to you? Or, do you think it might, but there’s nothing you can do? This article is for …
Derecho — Weather Wednesday
Early this week, on July 13, a possible derecho, or at least what the National Weather Service is currently calling “a Derecho-like event,” raced across …
Weather Wednesday – Killer Heat
The July issue of Chicago Magazine serves as the inspiration for today’s post on killer heat. It features a recap, told in the words of …
Weather Wednesday — Lightning Safety — Special Monday Edition
We’ll keep things short this week as your author needs to hit the road for visits to our Chicago-area Extension offices.
In some parts of …
Weather Wednesday – Tropical Depression Bill and Flooding
It’s often said in areas of drought in the southern U.S. that it takes a tropical storm to reverse the situation. This year, as we …
