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Freeze Dryer Helps During Hurricane Ida
There are many reasons why people preserve food - it’s economical, more nutritious, and a great way to preserve leftovers or garden produce. But, perhaps, one of the most important reasons to create a personal food storage is the peace...
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,...
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...
September is National Preparedness Month
National Preparedness Month serves as a reminder that we all must take action to prepare, not only during the month of September, but throughout the year, for different types of disasters and emergencies that can happen throughout the world. There...
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...
Hurricane Irma: One Year Later
"It's been one year since Hurricane Irma and I can honesty say that this has been the most trying year of our lives." (Read our previous post about the Smiths losing nearly everything they owned in Hurricane Irma, here.) Update...
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...