Cordova Prepared: Have a ‘To Go’ kit ready in an emergency
Were you READY when the 7.9 earthquake hit, early morning January 23?Some people were REALLY ready. Others, many others, were not.Fourteen members of our...
6 weeks to better health — Cordova style
It’s that time of year!
We have that wonderful bright sunlight, and some people, including me are thinking about getting in shape for all our...
Cordova Prepared: Have your ‘To Go Kit’ ready to go
Are you READY yet?
The earthquake is still in our recent memory. Good intentions still have time to come to fruition. Have we put together...
Cordova Prepared: Be ready if the tsunami actually comes
Go to high ground! Tsunami!Hopefully, Cordovans will not hear the sirens announcing such news — again — any time soon. However, Cordova experienced a...
Celebrate 20 years with the Copper River Watershed Project at the Wild Food Feast
Wild foods, wild foods, wild foods.Forage, forage, forage.Harvest, harvest, harvest.We’re rapidly approaching that time of the year when this mantra is weaving its way...
Cordova Prepared: Lessons learned from a storm
Flash flood warning!It was April 14 and we, the Behrends family, were on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii. In the eye of the...
Cordova Prepared: What was ‘The WAVE’?
This was a drill! We had 10 minutes to get everything out of the fire hall before the wave hit. And we all had...
Make your own family disaster plan
Nine years ago, this community began to prepare. Nine years ago, we ran this article, and nine years later, it is still relevant. This...
Two shots of protection against shingles
Q: Is the shingles vaccine a good idea?
A: Short answer: Yes, if you are over 50 years old.Long answer: Shingles is a disease cause...
Recovery for our times and our town
In my village travels recently, as we talked about village problems, one of the Anvik teachers Betty Amos said something that really impacted me.Betty...
