What is and What Can You do About Price Gouging During a Crisis One of the most frustrating things about any crisis is that there are always those that will take advantage of the weakness, grief, troubles, and needs of others during a crisis. During a crisis we should all be coming together to assist …
Safety Advice If You Must Visit the Grocery Store During the Pandemic Unless you were well prepared, a trip to the grocery store will be required during this pandemic stay at home order that the majority of the United States is abiding by. The CDC is recommending that whenever we leave the safety of our …
COVID-19 Consumer Warnings Sadly in every crisis whether it be a devastating natural disaster or as we are experiencing today a global pandemic, there are always those nasty folks who will take advantage of the situation. The scammers are out in force due to the covid-19 outbreak. Selling bogus cures, selling fake tests, asking for …
Pandemic Domestic Violence Rates of domestic violence from child abuse to spousal abuse always raise during times of crisis. This crisis will probably see it raise higher than usual because most of the country is under stay at home orders. Children are out of school and at home, younger children often in day care …
Masks VS Respirators in any Epidemic It’s a whole new world for most of us in North America we’ve not experienced anything like this outbreak before. Many of us are unsure of how concerned we should be about PPE outside the desperate needs of our health care workers who are dealing with the infected on …
Safety Tips for Bringing Home Groceries During a Pandemic This is a scenario that is new to this generation. We have never experienced a pandemic in this way before in our life times. Millions of people are on stay at home orders and others in self quarantine. Allowed only to leave their homes for work …
How to Know if There is a Fever Without a Thermometer Another shortage currently being experienced due to the virus is thermometers. If you didn’t have one before the breakout you will have a hard time finding them now. In any emergency scenario a thermometer may not be your first thought for survival equipment! That …
DIY CDC-Compliant Face Masks for Personal Use or Donation Right now the world is experiencing a shortage of a number of medical supplies necessary to fight the Covid 19 virus and help curb it’s spread. Many of these shortages are for things that we as individuals can’t do much about like respirators. However, there …
How to Be Self-Sufficient While Living in a City A self-sufficient lifestyle is much easier to obtain in a rural area. That is a fact that we as a society know well. As our population moved toward urban life too many forgot the basic aspects of self-reliance. Closeness to shops, restaurants, and the workplace became …
MIY Hand Sanitizer With the current climate of preparedness one item that has flown off the shelves is hand sanitizer. So much so that many locations are out of stock or rationing their remaining stock. As one of the best defenses against getting ill, it is an important prep. While it may be hard to …
