2010: The Year of Preparedness

by Rob on December 31, 2009

Hi everyone,

I have been real busy lately and I just wanted to ring out 2009 with wishes to you all for a very Happy and Prepared 2010! I will be posting new blog posts on Family Preparedness in the New Year. I think this is a vital topic and I apologize for abandoning the writing these past few months… I have no excuses. (But I have continued to prepare)

Have a great New Years celebration, and watch out for the drunk drivers tonight, they are usually out in force.

Best Regards,
Rob

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Trusted Supplier: The Ready Store

by Rob on October 29, 2009

Please see my link on the left to The Ready Store. Click on the banner ad to check out what they have to offer…

They have many things that are good for your emergency planning, like food and other supplies. They also offer Free Shipping for orders over $100.

I just got three boxes from them today with some of the Mountain House freeze-dried food– some cans and some pouches.

I also got some of the A Pack military MREs for my 72 hour kit, and some of the emergency 116 hour candles and glow sticks.

Please click on the banner to the left for The Ready Store and check out what they have to offer…

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Optimist or Pessimist?

October 28, 2009

I have had a number of people comment that I must be a very pessimistic person to worry about such things as financial collapses, hyper-inflation, earthquakes, fires, floods, terrorist attacks, nuclear meltdowns and other Armageddon scenarios…
The truth is that I am a very optimistic person. I just believe in preparation, and in dealing with [...]

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Swine Flu Declared National Emergency… What Emergency?

October 27, 2009

Is this really an emergency, or is this the latest power grab by our Federal Government.  See here for another view on this “emergency”. It appears that there is no basis for most of the “facts” supporting this decision…
For example the 1000 deaths is almost certainly a blatant misrepresentation of the actual [...]

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Home Security, Part 1: Neighborhood Awareness

October 26, 2009

Over the next few weeks, we are going to be talking about securing your home from criminal intruders.  I am glad that the picture on my last post gave some people a chuckle, it was not meant to be indicative of what you need to do to secure your home (yet).  Of course, if we [...]

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Safeguarding Your Valuables…

October 25, 2009

A great question from regular reader and all-around good guy Lynn Lane:
Where is the best place to stash extra cash, gold or silver coins? In house in a safe or safety deposit box at the bank?
Lynn, first of all let’s talk about safe deposit boxes…
Although these are good for some things, they are not [...]

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72 Hour Essentials: Cash

October 24, 2009

There are many emergency situations where you may need to evacuate your home (Bug Out) or make some last minute purchases and the credit card/debit card system is not functioning.  In addition, it would not take long for all the cash in the ATM machines to be stripped clean.  This would leave you without a way to [...]

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Freeze-dried Canned Food… (lasts up to 30 years)

October 23, 2009

Companies manufacture and sell a wide variety of freeze-dried canned foods that are designed for long-term storage.
The best known of these is Mountain House…
Their foods are cooked and then freeze-dried before canning…
“Freeze-drying” is a unique process that provides product characteristics that cannot be achieved with other processing methods. Fresh or cooked foods are flash frozen [...]

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The Ant and the Grasshopper

October 19, 2009

Aesop knew the value of preparation…
In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. 

     “Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling [...]

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Be Prepared…

October 16, 2009

Be Prepared.

That’s the motto of the Boy Scouts.
“Be prepared for what?” someone once asked Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting,
“Why, for any old thing.” said Baden-Powell.
When a disaster hits– and you are without power and water– you are prepared because you have food and water and other supplies at the ready;
When someone has an accident, you [...]

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