News, info and tips for living with multiple sclerosis

Is your MS ready to handle a hurricane?

What does a hurricane have to do with my multiple sclerosis (MS)? Watching the season’s first major hurricane blow its way up the east coast of the U.S. a couple of weeks ago, and now in the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season, I’m thinking back three years to Hurricane Ian. In September, 2022 Ian slammed into southwest Florida, its eye passing right over the community where my wife and…Continue Reading

Time to Get Your Disability Ready for a Disaster

Storm satellite image

BULLETIN Potential Tropical Cyclone Two Advisory Number 2 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022019 400 PM CDT Wed Jul 10 2019 …HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF LOUISIANA… …HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST… With a serious storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast I’m re-publishing a post which I wrote a year ago.  Hurricane season began…Continue Reading

Is Your Disability Ready for Disasters?

Red Cross disaster shelter

Hurricane season began on June 1 for the area watched over by the National Hurricane Center. For people living along the coast, as I do, it’s time to plan for moving quickly. For people with mobility problems planning is essential since, as you know, moving quickly isn’t something that we do. I wrote about this last November, but it’s time to review some updated tips and suggestions. They’re good for…Continue Reading