Friday, October 26, 2012

San Jose & Santa Clara County Street Atlas 2012 by KMG ~ NEW!





The 2012 San Jose & Santa Clara County Street Atlas by KMG is street detailed and utilizes a simple page and grid system with a easy to reference street index.

This newly released street atlas of San Jose & Santa Clara County shows zip codes and boundaries, block numbers, points of interest and much more!

The San Jose & Santa Clara County Street Atlas is published in a portrait style, printed in full color, and has a spiral binding.

Communities Covered Include:

Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, and neighboring communities.

Buy it today at:

http://www.mapbooks4u.com/product/14815-28

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San Francisco, Marin, & San Mateo Counties Street Atlas 2012 ~ NEW!





The 2012 San Francisco, Marin, & San Mateo Counties Street Atlas by KMG is street detailed and utilizes a simple page and grid system with a easy to reference street index.

This newly released street atlas of San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo Counties shows zip codes and boundaries, block numbers, points of interest and much more!

The San Francisco, Marin, & San Mateo Counties Street Atlas is published in a portrait style, printed in full color, and has a spiral binding.

Communities Covered Include:

Atherton, Belmont, Belvedere, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, Corte Madera, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Fairfax, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, Pacifica, Portola Valley, Redwood City, Ross, San Andelmo, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Mateo, San Rafael, South San Francisco, Saucelito, Tiburon, and more.

Buy it today at:

http://www.mapbooks4u.com/product/14743-28

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Compass Map Street and Road Atlas Map Books

As most of our Northern California customers are aware, Compass Map Company has been out of business since approximately 2007.

We have received so many calls for anything covering the following counties: Butte, Nevada-Sierra, Placer, Reno & Sparks, and Shasta that we have gone to great lengths to get our hands on every available copy for those areas.

We are thrilled to announce that we have obtained some of the older street and road atlases for these counties but they are in VERY limited availability and quantity. Some may have a little shelf wear on the covers but they are all unused map books. All sales are final on these map books.

You may see the Compass Street Atlases that are available here:

http://www.mapbooks4u.com/page/742309/



Compass Map Street and Road Atlases have many features, the most prominent of which is legibility. Each of the Compass Maps street atlas map books includes full coverage of all unincorporated county areas, as well as thorough indexing of all streets and points of interest.

These Northern California street atlases are easy to use and are a must-have reference tool for anyone who does extensive route driving in that region. **Compass Maps has gone out of business and the books here are in limited availability. The available Compass Maps Street Atlases shown are not returnable as these are close out items. Order your Compass Maps Street Atlas now before they are gone!

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Getting Prepared for an Emergency...

It is that time again! Time to be prepared for an emergency! In April we experienced a power outage and cell phone outage here in Southern California that affected San Diego County, part of Riverside County, into Mexico and Arizona.

I was in Carlsbad at the time, having to travel back to Oceanside and watched the chaos that started to unfold...at first very slowly then quicker as the hours ticked by. Lines formed for gas which could not be pumped or paid for without electricity. Banks had to close for security and ATMs stopped working. Traffic lights were out, the 5 freeway started to back up and tempers were so short. Elevators were out and restaurants/bars got rid of what they could while food was hot, drinks were cold. The supermarkets had lines all the way around the building and store employees had to escort a patron one at a time with flashlight through the store to do their shopping and then calculate manually their items.

I'm not trying to freak anybody out, just trying to get the message across that I witnessed all of this first hand, not a scene out of a movie, and wondered if those affected that day would learn something and prepare ahead for the next emergency. Whether you experienced it or not, please prepare your home, your workplace, and your home. Get Disaster Certified and join your Citizen's Patrol for your local area. It would be a wonderful thing to show American True Grit the next time around whether it is a small emergency or a large disaster.

Westways Magazine put together a sort of "how to" on preparing your own Emergency Car Kit. Of course Map Books 4 U highly recommends that you have a Thomas Guide or a Rand McNally Easy-to-Fold Laminated Folded Map included for getting around in an emergency.

You will want to include pliers, an adustable wrench, a utility knife, a Phillips and a flat-head screwdriver, work gloves, antifreeze, a quart of oil, a Swiss Army Knife, weatherproof flashlight or one of those "shake" flashlights, wire cutters, bottle opener, (although you can use your screwdriver if need be), duct tape to make a temporary patch, a dry fire extinguisher, flares, and an ice scraper if you live where the weather is applicable. Reflective triangles are extremely handy for night time breakdowns or emergencies. A quality pair of jumper cables and a first aid kit are must haves.

Perfect additions to your emergency kit are Protein Bars, those small emergency blankets that can be bought in any camping or sport store, and a sealed jug of water. These items will not only help ease your mind in a breakdown but will be help you through a disaster. In California we have earthquakes that can really effect those that have long commutes between home and work. Carrying a Thomas Guide or laminated folded map is a tremendous help in getting you back to your loved ones when those main arteries, (our freeways), are clogged or closed.

Visit Map Books 4 U for discounted Thomas Guides, Road Atlases, Laminated Folded Maps, and Wall Maps.

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Available Thomas Guide Titles...

As most of our customers have become aware, many of the Thomas Guide Map Book titles have been discontinued and sold out. Please shop on our current up-to-date online store:

www.mapbooks4u.com

for the available titles and versions of those titles. To date: All Northern California and Central California Thomas Guides have been discontinued as well as most of the Southern California Thomas Guides. Some of the available titles may not be available as a regular Thomas Guide but may still be available as a Laminated Thomas Guide map book so please check that section as well at:

www.mapbooks4u.com/page/150913

We have also added more Rand McNally Wall Maps, as well as wall maps and street atlases by companies such as American and Kappa. We will continue to add new products and new publishers to enable our customers to fullfill their needs on our Secure Online Map Store.

At this time we are unable to update our old website thomasguidebooks.com and apologize for the confusion in seeing obsolete products listed on it. We will get it updated, completely removed, or the web address redirected as quickly as we can.

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