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  • Aftermath: The Psychology of Disaster Trauma
    May 22, 2025 Emergency Zone

    Aftermath: The Psychology of Disaster Trauma

    After a disaster, the emotional aftermath can be just as challenging as the physical recovery. Trauma may lead to conditions like PTSD, depression, anxiety, or panic attacks—but healing is possible. This post explores how to recognize symptoms, seek help, and even grow through adversity. Whether you’re struggling yourself or supporting someone who is, understanding the psychology of disaster trauma is the first step toward recovery and resilience.

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  • Family Preparedness 101: A Simple Guide to Protecting Your Loved Ones
    May 21, 2025 Emergency Zone

    Family Preparedness 101: A Simple Guide to Protecting Your Loved Ones

    Emergencies can strike without warning—from natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes to unexpected power outages or evacuations. Being unprepared can turn a manageable situation into a crisis. That’s why family preparedness is essential. It’s about planning ahead to keep your family...

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  • What I Learned About The In-Between Things
    September 1, 2019 Emergency Zone

    What I Learned About The In-Between Things

    Are there disaster situations where you would want to save non-essential material possessions? Probably so.

    Working for Emergency Zone, I spend plenty of my waking hours thinking about how to prepare for emergencies and what to do if one strikes. When a natural disaster came to my own doorstep, I found out that no amount of preparation and studying the subject could simulate the sense of reality...
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  • What Do Natural Disasters Mean for Me?
    February 20, 2018 Emergency Zone

    What Do Natural Disasters Mean for Me?

    By Madison F. Natural disasters have been around long before man. They are natural occurrences of the earth. Places flood. The earth shakes. There is nothing inherently wrong with these events until it disrupts life. Thousands of earthquakes aren’t felt,...

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  • Hope for the Best, but Plan for the Worst
    January 27, 2018 Emergency Zone

    Hope for the Best, but Plan for the Worst

    Natural disasters are going on all around us, even if we are oblivious to them.

     

    How many of us knew that Paris is flooding, that California had deadly mudslides, or that Albay in the Philippines is getting ready for a possible three-month emergency!

     

    Theriver Seine is rising in Paris. It has forced over 650 people to evacuate their homes, so they can be safe. The end isn’t even in sight.

     

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  • 7 Reasons to be Grateful for Hurricanes
    July 1, 2015 Emergency Zone

    7 Reasons to be Grateful for Hurricanes

    By Ryan M.   You may have heard the phrase "you have to be cruel to be kind" before, but probably not in relation to hurricanes. What most people don't know is that despite being capable of massive destruction, they...

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