Last Minute Hurricane Preparations It has been predicted that this year’s hurricane season will be busier than usual. Texas is still reeling from Hurricane Harvey. Before another hurricane hits this time perhaps in your area you need to be ready! What should your last actions be to protect yourself or your home before evacuating or …
Make It Yourself Rhubarb Cherry Wine Rhubarb is a tart veggie that often passes as a fruit. It blends wonderfully with sweet fruits like cherries and strawberries. Most often used in desserts and drinks. Just seeing it in the bottle pictured above makes my mouth water! The combination of the tart rhubarb wit the sweet …
School Terror Drills and Children Bugging Out (2 featured links) When I went to public school, it was one of the safest places a parent could have their child! Now it can be down right dangerous in some cases and in other cases traumatizing to your child. When my own children were in school I …
Prepping for Vices The usual banter on prepping and survival sites is to either ignore vices (yours or those of other group members) or to advise you and your group members to rid yourself of them now before a crisis event. Whether it’s tobacco, caffeine, alcohol, a drug (legal or otherwise), sweets, or any item that at …
Respect and Plan for Your Limitations Preparedness plans are about how we plan to stay alive if disaster strikes. But do those plans respect or make adjustments for our personal limitations? Your age? Your health? Your group member’s abilities? See what 1776 Patriot USA has to say on the topic at our featured link below …
The Forgotten Majority Suburban/Urban Preppers All preparedness sites talk about surviving a major SHTF event with ideas on gardening, livestock, off grid living etc.. But aren’t we forgetting something or more accurately someone? .Suburbanites! It’s a fact that the majority of the population live in suburbs. The urban areas are where the jobs are. Does that mean they are …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 2 DIY Mini Fans – Use Separately or Combined I know it seems foolish to think about a personal fan during a SHTF scenario especially when the little battery operated ones sell so cheaply in today’s world. But after a crisis these little luxury items won’t be available. Nor …
How Your local Grocer is Told to Prepare for Disaster At first, I thought this article was going to be about how your local grocer was being told to handle us the consumers. But it’s not. It’s how they should react to a disaster to best help their employees and then their business from …
DIY Water Filter Distiller We all worry about clean water after any disaster manmade or natural. Water is the essence of life. No matter which in which country, state, or region you reside in, water is going to be a priority find during a crisis. You may think ahh but there is a lake just down the road, or it …
Why Keep Those Old Cook Books? I have a bunch of old cookbooks that I purchased years ago and also have several that were passed on to me by family. Now days I am told they are a waste of space in the kitchen. I do have and use an electronic recipe reader that contains …
