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When it comes down to it, for me, it’s about protecting my family, first and foremost …protecting my friends…protecting those around me that matter.

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A report on extreme weather events in the United States demonstrates the importance of disaster preparedness, said the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).

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If this early tornado season can teach us anything, it’s that our warning systems are simply not enough.  Developing a safety plan with your family can save time, and lives.

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UNDERWOOD, Iowa -- All three schools in Underwood are on lockdown because of a report of a suspicious man.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States, which is set to provide food aid in return.

“Stories like this just make us so sad. It makes us realize that we just cannot grow fast enough” says CivilDispatch.com’s Facebook page in response to Monday mornings school shooting in Ohio. “It’s times like these when we realize how unprepared we can be. As parents ourselves, we can only hope that they had a plan of communication in place.”

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(CNN) -- Four students were wounded when a gunman opened fire in the cafeteria of a suburban Cleveland high school just as the school day was beginning Monday, law enforcement officials said.

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Lawmakers in Wyoming have introduced a bill that would compel the state to prepare for a complete collapse of the federal government, laying plans for an alternate currency, a standing army raised via a military draft, and an aircraft carrier.

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Unmanned military aircraft have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asia. Their civilian cousins are now in demand by police departments, border patrols, power companies, news organizations and others wanting a bird’s-eye view that’s too impractical or dangerous for conventional planes or helicopters to get.

What have past acts of destruction taught us about what will happen to mankind after the apocalypse? Is it inevitable that disaster will someday strike America on an unprecedented level? How has history prepared us?