Teaching Kids Preparedness Preparing ourselves and our families is a must do for everyone. Those that feel that they are always safe and it only happens to ‘other’ people are doing themselves a true dis-service. Mother nature knows no borders, no economic limitations, and doesn’t discriminate. Just because it didn’t happen to you this …
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Prepping for a Chemical Emergency
Prepping for a Chemical Emergency Appropriately stored and safely used chemicals play a large part in producing products we use everyday for cleaning to medications. Unfortunately if mishandled accidents can happen and those same chemicals can become poisonous and be harmful. Depending upon the chemical involved and the amount spilled or mishandled the danger can be quite serious …
DIY Root Cellar and Storm Shelter
DIY Root Cellar and Storm Shelter Having a root cellar on the property is an awesome advantage for storing the years harvest or your preps. That it doubles as a storm shelter is just awesome! This is a really nifty design that is doable by just about everyone and can be done with lots of …
Earthquake Proof your Pantry
Earthquake Proof your Pantry So you have stored enough food and supplies to get you through just about any emergency situation. Now the emergency hits, a hurricane, a tornado, an eruption, or an earthquake and all you’ve stored is now broken, smashed, and or contaminated. After making sure you were prepared you find yourself just like …
Life After a Disaster
Life After a Disaster Lessons from a Hurricane and a Tornado This particular article was written in 2013 however, the lessons learned from the experiences are valid today and year after year as tornado and hurricane seasons reoccur year to year. There is no better teacher than the past and no one better to teach it …
Preparing for a Volcanic Eruption
Preparing for a Volcanic Eruption Preparing for a volcanic eruption basically boils down to prepping for evacuation at a movement’s notice if you live in a blast, lava flow or lahar zone or prepping for volcanic ash if you live in an ash fall zone. There is also the possibility of volcano related earthquakes so even …
Turning Off Your Main Water Service
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Turning Off Your Main Water Service In an emergency situation you may need to stop the flow of water to your home. Everyone always tells you to shut off the water at the main source but no one ever tells you how! Since it may take some time for …
Ferro Rods – Alternate Strikers
Ferro Rods – Alternate Strikers By now, many folks have come to understand the importance of ferrocerium (ferro) rods for making a fire. Ferro rods often come with strikers attached or that are included with the packaging. But what if the striker is lost, broken or just too worn for use? After long term usage like any other …
Up a Creek W/Out a Bottle-Carrying Water in Crisis
Up a Creek W/Out a Bottle Carrying Water in Crisis When SHTF, or if life just throws you a curve-ball and you find yourself in a survival situation without your preps, one of the first things on your survival to-do list is to find water. Once you’ve found a a source, though, there are two important …
7 Actions to Take Immediately Following an EMP Strike
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 7 Actions to Take Immediately Following an EMP Strike An electromagnetic pulse can range from a minor inconvenience to a civilization-killing event. It just depends on how powerful it is. But in the worst case scenario, we could be facing a situation where our electrical grids have been fried, there …