{Weather Preparedness}

February 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
NOAA Eton Radio

The United States experiences more flood damage than any other weather-related event. Stocking food for the family is one of the most important things to do. Dehydrated food or freeze-dried food such as Wise Food Storage products would be ideal because it is light and is easy to prepare. As an added bonus, Wise Food [...]

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{Introducing WiseFire: The Ideal Source of Emergency Fuel}

January 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Prepping One Week at a Time

If your disaster has caused you to be exposed to nature’s fury and you need to make a fire then this may be your answer. WiseFire, the ideal source of fuel for emergency preparedness and outdoor use, comes in lightweight grab-and-go buckets and burns in rain, sleet or snow without releasing any harmful chemicals or [...]

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{Prepping One Week at a Time}

November 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Prepping One Week at a Time

After Hurricane Sandy came through I realized I had slacked off on my preparedness activities. To get back into the spirit of prepping I decided to do something new every week. This could involve adding more food to my storage, making something useful by hand, or learning a new skill. I knew there was a [...]

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{Homemade Laundry Soap}

November 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Homemade Laundry Soap

A couple of weeks ago I decided to try my hand at making laundry soap at home. I usually use liquid soap when washing my clothes, but all I could find was a recipe for making powder soap. So I kept searching and finally I found one. However, after looking at the directions I decided [...]

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{Hurricane Sandy Serves as an Example}

October 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Hurricane Sandy is being called the worst hurricane to date. Last year Hurricane Irene came through and caused massive damage, but it will not compare to what Hurricane Sandy will do as some have reported. If you are in the path of this storm, you can Get Hurricane Sandy updates at the National Hurricane Center. While this storm [...]

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{Seismic Alert (Shakeout Drill)}

October 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Earthquake

Being prepared for disasters is just plain, good old, fashion common sense. Today’s post comes from “Common Sense Preparedness” website, in which you can read the full article there. FEMA is conducting a Great Shakeout drill for the US Southeast on October 18th at 10:18 am. This is an earthquake drill for everyone to take [...]

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{Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios}

September 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Survival Mom book cover

A lot of survival books talk only about worst-case scenarios. It seems like every where I turn I keep hearing about being prepared for the inevitable. There are people who are focused on fear and selling whatever they can to take advantage of that fear. Every article talks about how bad everything is and how [...]

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{22 Water Tips to Use During a Drought}

July 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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According to the EPA, the average person unknowingly wastes up to 30 gallons of water every day. In a disaster situation they recommend that you store 1-3 gallons a day for each person. Now if you could actually store that 30 gallons being wasted in one day, you would have enough water for 10-30 days. [...]

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{Soup Meals in a Jar or Mylar Bag}

April 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
mealsinjar

Today, I want to share some recipes that could be made in advance and sealed for use at a later time. Some call these “dinner in a jar” or “gifts in a jar” or “meals in a jar.” Whatever you want to call them the idea is to put most, if not all, of your [...]

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