Disaster

[close] This group is for the open and honest discussion of books about emergency and disaster prepping including SHTF and Doomsday prepping. Political/Religious discussion checked at the door. This is about prepping.

[close] To answer more than the obvious question of "What was it like?", Amy Rohde will answer questions about her experiences as a double hurricane evacuee and about her new book, The Katrina Diary, from July 15, 2010 until August 31, 2010.

[close] Whether you are the leader of your family, your church, community group, nonprofit or other business - or even of yourself, if you want to learn how to be resilient, or help others chose resiliency over being stuck, longing for a past that has gone, maybe forever, this is the place for you! The most successful teachers know, that they teach what they want to learn more about! While animal books from W Bruce Cameron will be our North Star, we will be covering books from all categories, as long as they help us to understand resiliency and how to use t to make our lives, (or the lives or others better. After every disaster, people emerge in a "honeymoon " phase - just happy to have survived and ready to get back to their norm. Frequently, their "Norm" is gone, sometimes forever! There is a decent into helplessness, hopelessness, depression, despair, even thoughts of suicide. This can last up to years! People from vulnerable populations get overwhelmed. Do YOU want to make a difference? January 2022 to May is going to be our Phase 1. Please be flexible as we learn how to do this the best way. June through Early August will be our Phase 2 where we will bring in many more personal experiences of dealing with the challenges of loss and bringing in Resiliency. In late August through December 2022 We are going to deal with integrating Bruce's Study Guides for Children and Adults, extending Disaster Preparedness Month from September through January 8, 2023.

[close] RJ SMITH is an optioned screenwriter and published author. The Santa Claus Killer - FBI Serial Killer Task Force (2013) Cataclysm - (2014) Monsters in the Woods - (2017) - WIP Beach Bodies - FBI Serial Killer Task Force #2 - 2018 The Good Friday Killers - 2020 Born in New York and raised in the streets of Manhattan and Long Island, he’s written for numerous media outlets reporting on stories such as the Murder of Gianni Versace, the Miami Riots to Interviewing Celebrities and Political personalities in New York - Los Angeles – and the South Florida markets. His exclusives have been shot around the globe, are an affiliate of a global entertainment conglomerate and working closely with executives in the entertainment industry. His novels are represented by Manhattan’s JRK Literary Agency and his representatives work closely with the intellectual property vault that is JSI of Los Angeles. RJ has been honored by the Page International Screenwriting Awards, Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Studios and Sundance. Spending most of his time travelling between LA, NYC and Florida, he’s in the business of development and acquisition of thriller properties and original SPEC scripts optioning within the Motion Picture Industry. His recently completed horror book, The Santa Claus Killer, releases Fall 2013 and soon follows by the much anticipated summer disaster thriller, CATACLYSM. Both WGA-affiliates have film rights attached to a development deal. In 2013 RJ formed RJ Smith Productions, an independent intellectual property vault, offering assistance to unknown amazingly talented writers and creatives seeking cooperation. That concept merged with Storyteller Entertainment, LLC, home to a handful of talented writers from around the world who create quality tales for sale to the entertainment community. ______________________________ REPRESENTATION LITERARY: J.R.K. Literary Agency J.S. Integrity, Los Angeles, USA Robert Snow, UK Storyteller Entertainment, LLC