Editorial and sourcing policy

Which sources we use, what we never publish, how we correct errors and what role AI plays in our writing.

Updated on September 9, 2026

This site gives guidance people may follow in an emergency. That demands a higher standard than a blog, and these are the rules we hold ourselves to.

1 · Source hierarchy. For safety, health and emergency topics we use, in this order:

  1. Official agencies of the country concerned (civil protection, weather services, health authorities).
  2. International scientific agencies of record: NASA, NOAA, USGS, WHO, and specialist networks such as IVHHN or IAWN.
  3. Universities and research centres with public output.
  4. Never: social media chains, unsourced blogs, or figures we cannot trace to their origin.

2 · Every section shows its sources. At the end of each block of a guide there is a "Official sources for this section" panel with a direct link to the document the recommendation comes from. If a claim has no source behind it, it does not get published.

4 · Visible dates. Every guide shows when it was last updated. Emergency guidance changes, and an undated guide is one you cannot rely on.

5 · Corrections. If you find a wrong figure, write to lianawebs8@gmail.com naming the page and, if you can, the correct source. We fix it and update the date. We do not quietly delete errors.

7 · Independence. No advertiser, brand or affiliate programme decides what we recommend. Products shown in a guide are chosen for their usefulness in that specific crisis, and are labelled as affiliate links when they are. If we cannot find a product worth recommending for a section, that section stays empty: we prefer a gap to filler.