Checklist

Thanksgiving Countdown 3 Weeks To Go

5 November 2010

It’s just three weeks to Thanksgiving. If you are having it at your house it is a good time to start getting ready. There are going to be a whole lot of last minute things to do, better to get started now.
Have you sent your invitations? Nowadays it might be by email, phone or text [...]

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Weekend Project: Getting Ready for Winter Checklist

24 September 2010

The Fall Equinox has arrived and it is time to get ready for winter.
Since Daylight Savings Time was moved it isn’t all that useful any more for changing smoke alarm batteries and the like, so I am now using the Spring/Fall Equinox instead. This way when those Public Service Announcements start running you can be [...]

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What’s On Your Getaway Checklist

10 August 2010

When faced with a crisis you’re not going to remember everything you need to take with you. Use a checklist to remember for you.
Checklists are way more powerful tools then you might think because we are familiar with them. During WWII, not so much. The new B-17 bomber was struggling in testing, it had all [...]

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Readiness Checklist: Water

8 February 2010

You know, sometimes you just want something easy and the easiest thing in the world is having a checklist to follow.
Not having water can kill you in just a matter of days and contaminated water can kill you faster.

You need 1 gallon per person per day for drinking, and another gallon for bathing, hygiene and [...]

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The “If There’s Time” List

20 January 2010

Hundreds evacuated as storms batter Calif. – USATODAY.com: “Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are preparing to go door-to-door Wednesday morning to order people out of their homes as another powerful storm moves toward foothill communities at risk of mudslides and flooding.”

Are you ready to leave your home because it may be destroyed.
A 72 hour [...]

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Checklists for Safety

11 December 2009

Annals of Medicine: The Checklist : The New Yorker is an old article and the ideas in it are hardly new. I have run lots of things in my life on checklists since I was a Boy Scout. Real life is pretty complex and there are a lot of things need to be done but not [...]

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