I want to take a minute to give a shout out to Ms. Evan Hosie, POPgadget's clever gear reviewer. Not only did she survive the earthquake that shook L.A. on Tuesday, July 29, but she used the experience to alert her readers to the necessity of being prepared for natural disasters (after all in between earthquakes, California is constantly burning).

They say we can expect "the big one" in the next 30 years. Scary! Evan's article highlights some products worthy of stocking near your home's staple First Aid kit; including Coghlan's Survival Kit in a Can. I have one heading her way as we speak and threw in an Emergency Kit in a Bottle for good measure.

Here's why I love working with talented writers like Evan- not only does her work get picked up all over the world, even as far away as Australia and Japan, she actually goes out of her way to provide me the links to sites that pick up her review! No wonder I want to hook her up as much as possible.

Thanks, Evan and POPgadget, for making my job that much easier!