Who We Are

Why Me? Perhaps the best explanation for why I created AcatastrophicEvent.com was to answer a question I read in Amanda Ripley’s outstanding book, The Unthinkable. Why is our society not doing a better job promoting survival skills to our citizens? The question has haunted me over the last few years as I watched America’s infrastructure fall apart, growing shortages of medicine and other critical necessities, and a society becoming more divided by the day. 

I know there were several times in my life that I wish I had known before a momentous event what I learned by going through it. For instance, in 1996, Spokane experienced a severe ice storm, initially knocking out power to over 100,000 people and leaving myself and my family without power for over a week in mid-November. By the time Avista restored our electricity, it was a balmy 38⁰ in our house. 

Another time was when I went to a grocery store during the COVID lockdown in early April 2021. I had never seen anything like it: hundreds of people emptying the shelves of a huge WinCo grocery store. 

I was fortunate that both instances were inconvenient, but neither was a tragedy for me. But what if things had gone differently like my power not returning for 14 days or longer? What if I had an empty pantry and needed more than the bag of flour I bought? More than that, what would happen if I had a medical emergency at home and help couldn’t arrive for a while? How do you handle a natural gas leak, stovetop fire, or other emergencies that happen daily across the country? 

While this information is available, it requires searching and is not always available or reliable. So, enter ACatastrophicEvent.com. Our goal is to talk to experts in various fields and offer their suggestions to you in an easy-to-understand and work-through manner. 

So, join us as we embark on an informational journey to help prepare you for the unthinkable.