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Wheat Storage – Dry Beans and Rice Storage
Now is the time to invest your wheat storage and other long term dry food storage such as dry beans and rice. These dry foods are the basics for emergency food storage. The prices were sky high about a year ago, but the cost of dry foods are relatively low at this time. A five…
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Preparing For Disaster And Helping Your Kids To Not Be Afraid
Preparing for disaster can be tricky business when it comes to educating children for something that may never happen. With the convenience of technology, exposure to witnessing the effects of an emergency or disaster is much more readily accessible to our children than it was several years ago. Graphic photos and video that come across…
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Get Back To Basics – Needle Crafts
“Get Back To Basics,” is the feeling that seems to permeates society when the economy goes South and life feels a little tough. Believe it or not… hard times are when the craft and needlework industries flourish, especially needle crafts. I designed for the craft industry for over 25 years and witnessed the ebb and…
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Unusual Presents – Emergency Food Storage
We all look for unusual presents to give at Christmas time. Often we rack our brains trying to think of what to give our loved ones and friends. Here is another unusual present to give that will certainly be esteemed. Emergency Food Storage. Now, hold on there… and hear me out… I told you this …
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Keep Documents Safe – Important Personal Documents
Keep documents safe. Your personal documents may not survive an emergency disaster that comes unexpectedly. You may find that you don’t have time to gather them up at the time of the disaster. No matter where you live, no one is immune from the possibility of become a victim of flood, fire, or earthquake. Your…
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Home Safety Tip – Personal Safety Tip
Here’s a great home safety tip that my friend, Sherry Liston, shared with me and I thought I would pass it along. Put your car keys beside your bed at night! Your battery powered car door opener is a security alarm system you probably haven’t thought about. The nice thing is… it requires no installation….…
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Special Needs – Emergency Preparedness
The “Special Needs” your family will need in case of an unexpected crisis is our next emergency preparedness category. Since every family is different, “Special Needs” will vary from person to person within a household. Perhaps you have a baby, a pet or an elderly person living in your home. “Special Needs” are the individual…
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Emergency Prepareness – Sanitation
Proper sanitation and hygiene are critical during the time of emergency. Disease runs rampant after a disaster strikes if proper sanitation and hygiene standards are not kept high. You probably already know this… but as many people die because of unchecked sanitary conditions during a disaster, than the actual disaster itself. Proper disposal…
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Back To Basics – Basic Survival Skills – Water
Water is the next “basic” you will need for your “Closet survival preparation.” Behind electricity and heat, water is the next thing that is likely to “go down” after a natural disaster. One can survive for several weeks without food, but only a few days without water. An adult needs about two litters a day…
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Back To Basics – Basic Survival Skills – Food
Knowing basic survival skills is really getting back to basics. Sound emergency preparation can relieve your mind and eliminate the fear that comes from not being prepared in case of an individual or a collective hardship. After attending a meeting, on surviving a Pandemic, I decided to include helpful information on this site that will…