Episode 1: Natural Disasters - Will I survive and how?

Andra and Jana Schmeiding (Rutherford Falls) talk with Vivian Eason (Thurston County Emergency Management) to learn how to survive a natural disaster. They discover how to make an emergency kit, how to map your neighborhood, and also how important (and terrifying) it is to talk with your neighbors.

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Jana Schmieding is a Lakxota writer and actor who currently plays Reagan on Rutherford Falls on Peacock. She's on twitter and instagram @janaunplgd and you can find her podcast "Woman of Size" here.

Tell Me I’m Ok is produced by Andra Whipple, Mervyn Deganos, and Lucas Whipple. Music by Gail & Tim Whipple.

Time Stamps

• 0:53 Jana Schmieding

• 0:55 Rutherford Falls

• 1:45 Cheynne River Reservation

• 4:50 Vivian Eason & Thurston County Emergency Management

• 6:53 Two Weeks Ready & How to build your own disaster kit

• 8:14 disaster prep on a shoestring budget

• 8:50 24 week preparedness calendar

• 9:04 Prepare to stay home

• 9:15 How to make an Emergency Go Bag

• 11:30 Disaster Prep for Pets

• 12:54 Map Your Neighborhood- there are lots of different places to find info depending on your county- search your location + Map Your Neighborhood

• 14:41 LuAn Johnson’s Map Your Neighborhood Youtube videos

• 15:28 Mutual Aid

• 18:33 How to hold a map your neighborhood meeting

• 21:44 How to purify water with bleach or boiling

• 21:55 La County Emergency Preparedness

• 24:50 How to say “Water” in Armenian

• 27:10 How to prepare for earthquakes

• 28:00 how to prepare for a fire

• 29:40 How to become an emergency manager

• 34:37 Mutual aid in Los Angeles

• 37:46 Jana’s Twitter

• 37:54 Jana’s podcast: Woman Of Size

• 38:05 Andra on Jana’s podcast

• 40:00 Follow the show on twitter, Follow Andra on twitter, Subscribe on apple podcasts, subscribe on spotify