Y-O-Y-O, You Are On Your Own

Unfortunately it keeps proving its self true over and over with every local, national and worldly disaster we encounter.  Help will be there but will it be soon enough?  Let’s face it, trained emergency responders such as firefighters and police officers make up less than 1% of the population.  It’s not hard to figure out that they can not be everywhere needed during a large scale incident.  So, you’re on your own.  Are you prepared to help yourself, your family or neighbors?  If you haven’t … [Read more...]

Tornado Warnings and Power Outages in Rochester

On Thursday, August 19th the Tornado Warnings and Tornado Watches were sent out by the National Weather Service and Nixle in the Rochester area.  The picture attached was taken by Journalist Dan Stickradt of North Oakland Sports while attending a four-way football scrimmage at Oakland University in Rochester Hills. Stickradt reported, "The cloud movement was amazing. You could see the clouds going up and down and also in a circular, rotation pattern. On three different occasions, a small cone … [Read more...]