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Being prepared means being equipped with the proper supplies that may be needed in an emergency or disaster.  An earthquake survival kit will make sure all that is required when disaster strikes  is at your fingertips. Earthquake Survival Kit  Preparing an earthquake kit is an opportunity to talk about what you would do when a major earthquake strikes. General guidelines recommend storing enough food, water, and gear for three days per person (72 hours) in the household. Critical Supplies- What do you need? Three days of water supply for each…

What would your first instincts be if there was an earthquake? Read on to learn more about earthquakes and how to survive one. What causes earthquakes? Earth’s crust is made up of approximately 20 small pieces of land. These pieces, called tectonic plates, hit or slide past each other. When this happens, pent up energy from inside the earth is suddenly released as seismic waves. When these waves reach the earth’s surface, they cause cracks and shaking—sometimes violently. This phenomenon is an earthquake (also known as tremor or quake). Tectonic…

With its dependence on an ever-decreasing supply of oil, coal, and natural gas, America will eventually come to a crossroads where such supplies are too small to meet the country’s demands. The big debate among futurists is will America survive these crossroads by adapting and finding an alternative energy source, or will society collapse in a never ending battle for increasingly scarce resources? Will America Survive an Oil Shortage? According to studies by the University of Omaha’s economics department, the United States consumes 25% of the world’s oil, which amounts…

We have three dogs in our home. They’re one layer of our home’s security system and they keep small animals away from the house and garden. Most importantly, they’re my eyes and ears when I’m outside, night or day.  They need to be prepared for the same emergencies that the rest of us face and, like it or not, you may be the only veterinarian that your dog will have if a disaster occurs since your local vet may have their own set of problems to deal with.Fortunately, dogs lead…

While it was essential for people to have basic survival skills in the past, in today’s modern and developed world fewer and fewer people are interested in learning to survive in the wild. However, a person never knows when they would need those skills. If you knew about such a danger, then you wouldn’t need to know how to survive in the wild in the first place. So you’d better gain some basic survival techniques before you are in the situation to need them. Another reason why many people are…

How to Prepare for tornado season? It’s once again that time of year when the tornado activity is most prevalent. Here’s a reminder and to have your basic preps in order. We’ve come up with a basic preparedness checklist below. Tornados are the most common disaster in our area. We fall under tornado warnings most often between March and May but have had tornado conditions well into December. Even though we’ve never been directly in the path of one, we’ve been hit with damaging winds and hail as well as…

As an advanced prepper, you know that freeze-dried foods can play an important role in providing high quality shelf-stable meals to sustain you and your family in an emergency. Fortunately, the quality and selection of commercially available freeze-dried products for food storage has dramatically improved over the last few years. However, some of these products can be pricey, and given that you’re looking at purchasing food items designed to last for decades, you need to shop wisely to make sure that you meet your needs—without breaking your budget. Here are…

During Summer of the year the summer squash is starting to produce. We usually get more squash than we need with just a handful of plants in our garden. In real good years we often find squash sitting by our back door when we come home, dropped off there by our friends and neighbors that end up with too much to handle from their gardens. I really hate to waste the food that we’ve been blessed with so preserving the excess has been an interest of ours since the first…

“Honey, the lights won’t turn on.” That’s how it starts, or rather, that’s the first time the reality of the event hits home. The lack of power is an annoyance; and then the veracity of its permanence sets in. The first day, you habitually hit the light switch and curse, because it’s the fifth time that hour you’ve tried to turn on the lights, even though you know the power’s off. After two days, your freezer melts; your meat begins to thaw. One week in, you begin to think that…