International Preparedness Network

  By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director “Submitted for your approval” — a short breakdown listing of our upcoming September National Disaster Preparedness Month activities in NYC!  Scan through it, choose your event, then — come meet up with us and get ready-for-anything!  To join any of the posted events, contact: rsvpevents@readyforanything.org. Select the specific [...]

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By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director This September, I’m excited to launch a national self-reliance & preparedness initiative that I call “Get With The Program NOW!”   The title sums up exactly what everyone in our nation, and the world needs to do — immediately.   Sadly, as it stands today, on the fifth anniversary of the Hurricane [...]

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By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director The mountainous Tibetan plateau of western China was hit by a spate of earthquakes in the Qinghai province in western China this morning with the most powerful measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale.  The Chinese state media has reported that over 10,000 people have been injured by falling debris, [...]

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By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director At 5:15 a.m. (2215 GMT) this morning, in Jakarta, Indonesia, a powerful undersea 7.7 magnitude earthquake 125 miles (205 kilometers) northwest of the coastal town of Sibolga rumbled across Indonesia’s northwest island of Sumatra early Wednesday.  This was roughly the same area that was hit by the huge 9.0 [...]

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By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director A 7.2 earthquake struck Baja, California at 3:30 local time rocking buildings in Los Angeles and producing damage to structures along the nearby Mexico/US border. Five significantly sized  aftershocks followed the first major rattler. The first was a 4.5 magnitude quake hit at 4:09, 62 miles east of Tijuana, [...]

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By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director A heavy rainstorm hit Port-au-Prince hard yesterday.   The homemade tents hastily constructed by the earthquake survivors two months ago were no match for the driving rain.   Thousands were knocked down forcing the terrified people living inside out into rushing flood waters filled with dangerous debris, and human [...]

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