Hello Everyone,

I'm Carolyn From CERT-Los Angeles. I see most of you are on the Maryland area. I'd like to know what you guys are up to on the East Coast. CERT-LA has a pretty extensive website that keeps us posted of events in our area. 

I'm Rob Hopkins.

I'm the kind of person who can't walk away from a starving critter, or a hungry child, or anybody I can help. A lot of Emergency Medicine training, plus a hobby of tracking all my life, plus a lot of woodsrunning. Degree in Technical Communication, wrote books for a while, now I'm helping people prepare for stuff that happens. I'm currently building rainwater catchment systems for people, I'm finishing an 800 gallon barrel system for irrigation for one house. I grow a lot of our food, I'm working on the SAR training, at which I have some personal experience in Tennessee. I work out, run, and bicycle a lot also. Sierra Club outings leader.

Hi, David

I am a CERT team captain in the Crescenta Valley in So. CA. I am CERT 2 trained, well equipped, very prepared. I keep a trash can outside my back door, with water, food, shoes, clothes, a portable tv, potty, papers, 1st aid kit...I keep tools just inside of my garage and camping stuff in a storage area. I have a pool for water, a propane bbq, and a portable fire place. I need a power converter for emerg. power, fire extinguishers...there is never enough.