Emergency Preparedness

Hi, Everybody:  Our EP Meeting for April is this Saturday, April 8th, 9:00 to 11:00 AM at the Flyaway Bus Terminal in the Community Meeting Room on the 2nd Floor.  Take the elevator INSIDE the building, or the steps OUTSIDE. The Flyaway is located at 7610 Woodley Ave., (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley) in Lake Balboa.  Plenty of FREE PARKING in the spaces closest to the street. DAN T...
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Did you hear on National News this week that the San Andreas usually experiences a "big one" every 100 years or so, and that it's been about 160 since the last big one on the southern end? We're talking in the realm of a 7.2.  Have I gotten your attention? Well, you're in luck!  it's time for another great Emergency Prepared- ness Meeting, this Saturday, March 11th, 9:00 to 11:00 AM, at the ...
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Happy New Year, Everybody! We've got a great program for our EP Meeting this Saturday, 1/14/17, 9:00 - 11:00 AM in the 2nd Floor Community Room at the Flyaway Bus Terminal, 7610 Woodley Ave. (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley), Lake Balboa, CA 91406.  Plenty of FREE PARKING out front in the short-term lot in the spaces closest to Woodley.  GO INSIDE and take the elevator at the north end of the ...
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Hi, Everybody:  This Saturday, December 10th, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, we'll hold our last Lake Balboa NC EP Meeting of the year at the Flyaway Bus Terminal in the 2nd Floor Community Room.  That's located at 7610 Woodley Ave., (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley) in Lake Balboa.  Plenty of FREE PARKING out front in the spaces closest to Woodley Ave.  GO INSIDE and take the elevator at the north en...
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Hi, Everybody: Come to our EP Meeting/EP Communications Meeting meeting this Saturday, October 8th, 9:00 AM, at the Flyaway Bus Terminal, Community Meeting Room on the 2nd Floor.  Go INSIDE -- take the elevator at the north end of the building (or the steps outside the building.)  7610 Woodley Avenue (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley in Lake Balboa.  FREE PARKING in the short term lot out front...
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Hi, Everybody:  There will be NO LBNC EP Meeting this month due to the CERT 30th Anniversary Conference in Los Angeles September 8, 9, and 10 at the Sheraton Universal.  We'll resume our meetings on Saturday, October 8th, the Saturdayafter the 9th Annual Disaster Preparedness Fair on Saturday, October 1st!  The Fair will be held from 10:00 am to 2:00 pmbehind Fire Station 87, 10124 Balboa Blvd. (j...
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Hi, Everybody: This Saturday, June 11th, 9:00 to 11:00 AM, is our Emergency Preparedness Meeting at the Flyaway Bus Terminal, Community Meeting Room on the 2nd Floor (take the elevator INSIDE at the north end of the building, or the steps outside), at 7610 Woodley Avenue (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley).  Plenty of FREE PARKING in the short-term lot out front in the spaces closest to the stre...
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Hi, Everybody:  Time for our monthly Emergency Preparedness Meeting, this coming Saturday morning, May 14th, 9:00 to 11:00 AM, at the Flyaway Bus Terminal, 7610 Woodley Avenue (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley), Community Meeting Room on the second floor.  Plenty of FREE PARKING in the short-term lot out front in the spaces closest to the street.  Take the steps outside the building or GO INSIDE a...
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Hi, Everybody: Due to a snafu in the scheduling of the Community Room at the Flyaway, and for this month ONLY, our LBNC EP Meeting, this Saturday, March 12th at 9:00 AM, is at a DIFFERENT LOCATION! SOS Survival Products, Training Room 15705 Strathern Street, #11 Lake Balboa, CA 91406 (800) 479-7998 To reach SOS, go north on Woodley Avenue from the Flyaway where we usually meet (or south ...
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Hi, Everybody, and Happy Valentines Day (almost!): This Saturday, February 13th, 9:00 AM, is our LBNC Emergency Preparedness Meeting at the Flyaway Bus Terminal, in the 2nd Floor Community Meeting Room.  (Take the INSIDE elevator at the north end of the building, or the steps outside the building.)  The Flyaway is located at 7620 Woodley Avenue (NE Corner of Saticoy and Woodley.  Plenty of FREE...
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The Valley Disaster Preparedness Team, in conjunction with the Southern California Preparedness Foundation, is already planning the next Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair, which will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Fire Station 87 in Granada Hills. As you know, preparing the community for disasters is key to our survival when an earthquake or other disaster becomes reality. Last year, E...
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Hi Everybody -- We all know that communications are going to be hit really hard during a major disaster, and at the same time are so very, very important!  Cell phone towers will go down, land lines will be way overloaded, and tv and radio may be out as well.  And sadly, not all of us have the desire or inclination to become ham (amateur) radio operators.  So, how WILL you communicate with neighbo...
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Hi, Everybody:  I was delighted to see so many of you at the 8th Annual Disaster Preparedness Fair last Saturday!  Wasn't it great?!?  I hope you were all able to pick up one of the Family Starter EP Kits, and that you found the items and literature inside interesting and thought provoking.  These kits are not meant to be an "end all" in your preparations, but instead to get you to think about the...
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Hi, Everybody:  Gosh, how did it get to be September already?!?  Here we are at another National Preparedness Month!  So, what have YOU done to prepare since last September?  Got those water barrels filled and secure?  Or at least a good collection of water bottles and jugs on hand?   Have you stocked your pantry really well with several weeks worth of groceries?  Checked your First Aid Kit to mak...
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