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A Real Customer Story: Freeze-Dried Food During Hurricane Ida
There are plenty of reasons people build a food storage — it's economical, it's a good way to preserve leftovers and garden produce, and it just makes sense. But one of the most important reasons is simpler than all of...
A Real Account: Winter Storm Uri and Food Prep
By Donna Hoaks, who lives on an 11-acre homestead in Texas. In February 2021, a forecasted arctic blast turned into a full-blown, life-threatening emergency across much of the country — an event now generally known as Winter Storm Uri. Here...
THE BEST FOOD FOR AN EARTHQUAKE
The odds of an earthquake happening today is 100 percent. Though millions of people may never experience an earthquake, they are a very common occurrence on this planet. Today, somewhere on the Earth, an earthquake will occur. In fact, several...
You Never Know What Tomorrow Holds
A few weeks ago, we shipped a huge box of our freeze-dried foods to my daughter and grandkids who were right in the path of Hurricane Florence. Even though most of us have moved on and the hurricanes are old...
October brings an end to Emergency Preparedness month. This is a good time to think about what you have accomplished, and what you can focus on between now and this time next year. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what the federal...
Our grandparents were preppers. Have you ever thought about that? All the buzz in the last generation over people who see a need to be ready for what life throws at them has culminated in an attitude that this is...
National Preparedness Month: How to Prepare Your Family for an Emergency
Every September, National Preparedness Month reminds families to think ahead about the emergencies that could affect their homes and communities. Severe storms, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, winter weather, power outages, and other disruptions can happen with little warning. Although no family...
It's One Less Thing To Worry About
As a writer, I seldom write in first person, but this blog has a purpose. As I drove to work this morning, I was thinking about the day, and what it would bring. When I teach basic preparedness, I point...
Do you have a Bug Out Bag? You should. A Bug Out Bag, affectionately knows as BOB, is a bag that contains everything you'd need to survive for three days (72 hours) in case you need to evacuate for a...