If your memories extend way back to the summer of ’06, by gum, then you might recall ReallyReady.org, the Federation of American Scientists’ effort to improve on a certain U.S. Department of Homeland Security website with a similar name. All built by a summer intern.

The Washington Post wrote it up here. The momentarily most famous summer intern in America wrote her own, fuller version of the story, too.

You remember all this, right? Good.

Well, there’s another entrant in the race for most compelling online source of emergency information: the website of Israel’s Home Front Command, conveniently available in four languages. Drop-down boxes (on the left side of the page in the English version) lead to straightforward explanations of what to do in case of earthquake, fire, flood, terrorist attack, or ballistic missile warning. Not necessarily in that order.

Also very handy is this map indicating how much time there is to reach a protected space after a missile warning, depending on locality. There’s even a version with cheery little clip-art figures that you can print out, carry around, or perhaps stick on the fridge. All very practical.