In this episode of the Good Growing podcast, we sit down with University of Illinois Extension educator Carrie McKillip to talk about disaster preparedness and things we as residents in storm-prone Illinois need to consider. Carrie is a Community and Economic Development educator who specializes in helping communities prepare and respond to disasters. We chat about how she does that, keeping an emergency kit, should we be worried about earthquakes in Illinois, and preparing for the disaster we are most likely to face. Plus we answer actual questions that came into the Extension office during past Illinois disasters. How do you get debris out of the lawn following a tornado? What should you do about trees that are damaged during storms? Can you eat produce from a flooded vegetable garden? How can we fix our lawn after being flooded for weeks? Should we knock the ice off of branches during an ice storm? How can you make your yard more sustainable from drought? Native plant list from Indiana/Illinois Sea Grant https://iiseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-ILLINOIS-NATIVE-PLANTS-FOR-THE-HOME-LANDSCAPE.pdf Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/uYxLlpKnASM ___ Any products mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion of these products.