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You may not be aware that September happens to be National Preparedness month. However, with all the recent natural disasters of hurricanes in the East, wildfires all around us, and earthquakes to the north and south you might ask if you are prepared for such a disaster?

Be Ready Utah is partnering with the Disaster Discovery Center, a non-profit emergency preparedness company to establish a permanent location to help Utahns be ready for a natural disaster.

Technology has come a long way from where it used to be.  Today, we can literally carry the world in our pockets with a smartphone or other device. There is vast information and entertainment contained in a smartphone which means we need to be extra cautious when handing them out to our kids. Unfortunately, this connected world poses some distinct new challenges for parents concerned with keeping their kids safe—as we all should be.

LeBron James No Rosa Parks

It took extraordinary courage for Rosa Parks to refuse to move to the back of the bus. LeBron James can just tweet his protests from his seat in first class.  

New Map of Utah Earthquakes and Faults Now Available

Salt Lake City (Sept. 21, 2017) – The Utah Geological Survey (UGS), University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS), and Utah Division of Emergency Management (UDEM) recently published the Utah Earthquakes (1850–2016) and Quaternary Fault Map (UGS Map 277). The new map shows earthquakes within and surrounding Utah from 1850 to 2016, and faults considered to be sources of large earthquakes.

Waterfowl Hunt Looks Promising

Two opening days this year

If you enjoy hunting ducks, geese or swans in Utah, get ready for a good hunt. And give a nod to the snow and rain that fell from the sky earlier this year.

Blair Stringham, migratory game bird coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says dry conditions in 2016 provided little food for birds to eat. “Utah had a hard time holding birds last year,” he says. “Birds arrived, didn’t find much to eat and moved on.”

Use latex gloves,blow them up and stick a glow stick in it.