My name is Craig Sobolik and I am an experienced and certified professional that has worked with some of the most renown companies in the world. The website and blog posts I've created is intended for individuals and families who are wary of potential disasters and events that may impact their household, their family and their assets. I'm here to help!

Although my professional career has been involved with a number of the world’s worst disasters (think Hurricane Katrina, the 2008 earthquake in Haiti, the potential breach of the Wolf Creek Dam impacting tens of thousands of Kentuckians, etc.) there have been many incidents in my personal life that have challenged my preparedness.  Can you imagine what you would do if a local incident impacted one of your family members and you did not know it that family member was safe or not?  When the I-35 bridge collapsed, I was unable to contact my daughter who worked in downtown Minneapolis for several hours.  I just need to know if she was safe. 

An anxious dad, full of concern and apprehension, could not connect because I did not have a family communication plan in place.  The cell phone towers in the metro area were swamped after the bridge collapsed and all I got was the message “All circuits are busy” for hours.   I could not even leave her a voicemail message!   Finally, I get a call from my daughter saying she was safe.  Lesson learned?  My family and her family now have a robust family communication plan in place, should a similar incident like that ever happen again.

This website was created to help families and individuals that would like how-to information to prepare their families from the threat of disasters and other misfortunes.

We invite our readers to sign up for our occasional, short blog postings that explains how and why a prepared family or individual can better protect themselves and loved ones, their living quarters, and their possession.  Since most families are unprepared for the next disaster (60% of American families), this blog and website provides general information about how to prepare.  In addition, the website provides ‘tiny, inexpensive courses’ for preparing for specific disasters and also for protecting individual family members and assets.

Most families have worries and fears that should one of over 50 potential disasters (or hazards as they are often called) impact them, would they know what to do?  Most unprepared families do not know where to start protecting their family.  Yet, it is so easy and affordable to prepare a family for the worse, that most families do not even realize how easy it is to become prepared.

All you need to do is to create two recommended preparedness plans!  Yes, there are only two courses of action that need that will prepare a family for those 50 potential hazards!  One half of the resources you need are already in your household.  The other half can be added within a few days with one or two trips to the appropriate store.  An alternative and one of the easiest options is to make a small investment by purchasing one or two pre-made preparedness kits – kits that will not break the bank and requires a $100 or $200 investment in most cases.

This blog can provide you with guidance on how to prepare and what to do if your family is faced with a disaster or incident. For those of you wanting in-depth information that can be consumed within 30 minutes, then our inexpensive tiny courses are the perfect option for you and your family.  We invite you to check out our website and our school of tiny preparedness courses.  Welcome to https://family-preparedness.com!