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The sunny Southwest U.S., including Southern California, was hit recently by tropical cyclone Hilary,[Read More]
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In this companion video to a recent article, Joe Alton, MD goes into his own[Read More]
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After more than a decade without a major hurricane, South Florida faces the possibility of[Read More]
The Survival Medicine Hour hosted by Joe Alton, MD aka Dr. Bones and Amy Alton,[Read More]
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The recent Louisiana floods (and now Hurricane Harvey floods in Texas 2017) which claimed 11[Read More]
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More deaths from late season tornadoes in Texas makes us ask this question: Do you[Read More]
In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton,[Read More]
In the news, a man named Louis Jordan survived 66 days lost at sea off[Read More]
Every year in the United States, we go through various natural disasters. In spring, tornadoes[Read More]
With the grim news of at least 14 dead in the mudslide that occurred in[Read More]
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It looks like another harsh winter, with ice storms and blizzards already carpeting much of[Read More]
During summer and early fall in South Florida (I used the term “fall” loosely, summer[Read More]
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The Survival Medicine Hour on September 14, 2013 with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss their Wound Care Classes, Flood[Read More]
We frequently discuss the risks associated with storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but not[Read More]
After what I thought was a quiet spring, we have experienced a horrific tornado in[Read More]
I rarely make specific “news” posts but this is a very unusual case. Hurricane Sandy,[Read More]
A lot of people who are watching hurricane Sandy are hurricane newbies. The news is[Read More]
As we speak, a hurricane is slowly churning its way in the Caribbean over to[Read More]
There are few people who haven’t been in the path of a major storm at[Read More]
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