You know that substance that falls throughout a good part of the year and makes mud, turning floors into dust rinks and dog undercarriages into shake-triggered couch-destruction devices?

When a disaster occurs, the first thing people want to do is find out what happened, get a sense of what will happen, and make sure the people they care about are okay. This month we focus on communication.

Preparing for emergencies can be expensive. When it comes to building an emergency food supply, the high cost is exacerbated by the fact that food expires more quickly than other resources. Add to that the rising cost of food in 2025 and 2026, and you might be tempted to ignore the issue altogether.

Prepare in a Year 26 starts now. You can take care of all of your worries about being prepared for disasters by following our monthly readiness program, which tackles one topic per month.

The Dumpster Fire of 2025 is coming to an end. We can hope for a better 2026, but there will certainly be more natural and unnatural disasters near and/or far in the upcoming year.

The two most important things you can do to prepare for emergencies are to ready your household and connect with your neighbors.

After our series of atmospheric rivers, we are now being gifted with blizzards in the Cascades and Olympics. Try not to travel through the mountain passes, but if you must then be sure to add these items to your vehicle.

With the wind whipping us all over the place today, it seems like a good time to remind everyone about Bainbridge Island Fire Department and Puget Sound Energy rules regarding downed wires:

Nothing says I love you and care about you quite like the gift of emergency preparedness. Show your family and friends this holiday season that you’re thinking about them by giving them something they actually need and that might just save their life.

Our Prepare in a Year program helps you get ready for disasters, like large-scale earthquakes that isolate us from outside help for weeks or longer. By tackling one simple task per month, you can get your household in good shape by the end of a year.

The task for December is to work on increasing the resilience of your neighborhood and community.

Our Prepare in a Year program helps you get ready for disasters, like large-scale earthquakes that isolate us from outside help for weeks or longer. By tackling one simple task per month, you can get your household in good shape by the end of a year.

The task for November is to is to learn key skills.

It’s that time of year when the winds pick up and, if combined with soggy ground, trees fall. So let’s get ready for power outages.

With everyone back at school and back at work from summer vacations, it’s the perfect time to enjoy a great deal for commuters from one of our partners, Cascadia Ready.

Our Prepare in a Year program helps you get ready for disasters, like large-scale earthquakes that isolate us from outside help for weeks or longer. By tackling one simple task per month, you can get your household in good shape by the end of a year. The task for October is to make sure you have quick and easy access to documents that could be inaccessible after a disaster or destroyed by it.

Our Prepare in a Year program helps you get ready for disasters, like large-scale earthquakes that isolate us from outside help for weeks or longer. By tackling one simple task per month, you can get your household in good shape by the end of a year. The task for September is to make sure you are prepared for three specific types of disaster: earthquake, wildfire, and tsunami.

Bainbridge Island–based EcoAdapt recently released their Bainbridge Island Sea Level Rise Project Summary Report 2022-2025. The cover of the report shows Manitou Beach at high tide when the water level is just a few feet below the road surface.

Our Prepare in a Year program helps you get ready for disasters, like large-scale earthquakes that isolate us from outside help for weeks or longer. By tackling one simple task per month, you can get your household in good shape by the end of a year. The task for August is to make sure you have an emergency plan for your pets and any livestock. This plan must include the following:

In the past two years, the number of people coming to Helpline House food bank doubled. This spring, Helpline lost 40 percent of their funding to buy meat, dairy, and fruit and all of their funding to buy from local farms.

Just a reminder as the sweat pools behind your knees: Extreme heat can make you sick. Stay healthy by paying attention to the forecast and preparing accordingly.

Bainbridge-based EcoAdapt has just released a resource to help people with septic systems navigate the Climate Change–related effect of sea-level rise.