When the Black Community gets Un-Plugged Emergency Preparedness (Pt 3)

Recently, there were major cellular outages in our area that affected AT&T, Verizon, and TMobile customers across the country.

- Khabyr Hadas

In response, the reported cause of the outages was strong atmospheric solar flares. We also have to consider possible internal and external cyber-attacks--rogue hackers have the uncanny ability to tap into any operational system.

We have become increasingly dependent on technology--technological advances are developing rapidly every day.

Three/fourths of people living in the U.S. have no landline phone service.

There are grown, professional, independent adults who simply cannot remember one phone number of a family member or close friend.

Cell phone use has made our thinking extremely lazy. Cell phones have become our brains, and people have

been known to absolutely panic and experience extreme anxiety if they find themselves without this device.

Millions of people in the U.S. go to sleep with their smartphones and wake up with their smartphones.

Your personal information and intellectual property, continuously is extracted and parlayed to countless conglomerate business entities that absolutely exploit and attract your interest every chance they get.

Survival Mode

Most of us think that a first-aid kit has a couple of band-aid boxes, some aspirin, and alcohol--having a well-stocked first-aid kit can help save a life. The items I am listing can actually fit into a small box and will not be expensive.

These items are: non-adhesive dressings (gauze), antibacteria soap/ointment, medical tape, tweezers, scissors, disinfectant wipes, aloe vera gel, CPR pocket mask, electronic thermometer, eye wash, bleach, throat lozenges, hand sanitizer, glucose monitor, tampons and any medication you or a family member will need.