How Much Water Do We Need to Survive?

October 6, 2009

We can only survive about three days without drinking water (as compared with 3 weeks without food) so Water is a crucial part of emergency preparedness. A few days ago, we looked at the per capita consumption of water in the home as about 25 gallons a day per person… This included drinking, cooking, cleaning, [...]

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Think of Disaster Preparation as Survival Insurance…

October 5, 2009

For anyone reading this that thinks that it seems a bit crazy or excessive to spend money to solve a “problem” that they consider “highly unlikely” or that brings you worry just to think about… what about Insurance? We all spend money to insure ourselves against potential losses, many of which are highly unlikely: Home- [...]

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A Few Reader Comments Addressed…

October 4, 2009

I want to address a couple of comments on yesterday’s  post about the US economy NOT being in a recovery.  First, one from Kevin Hogan and then another from Lisa M. Kevin Hogan commented on the fact that Unemployment is likely worse than the 9.8% that is being reported. The higher unemployment number Kevin was referring to is [...]

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The US is NOT in a Recovery…

October 3, 2009

For those of you who are thinking that the massive trillion dollar “Stimulus Package” is actually stimulating anything meaningful, there is no sign that the economy is recovering.  Hold onto your wallets– Son of Stimulus will be coming soon, and it might be enough to destroy what is left of our credit rating around the [...]

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Your Survival Is Not Mandatory…

October 2, 2009

W. Edwards Deming said of business and their need to adapt modern techniques and improve quality… “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” I am going to rework this and use it as a tag-line from now on… It is not necessary to prepare… Your survival is not mandatory… The fact that [...]

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How Much Water Do You Use?

October 1, 2009

Very simple one today… Locate a copy of your water bills for the past month or two and see how much water you currently use… For my family, we average about 3600 gallons per month, and there are 5 of us, so this is 3600/5 = 720 gallons per person per month. Dividing by 30 [...]

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7 million Future Foreclosures…

September 30, 2009

For everyone that thinks that the worst of the Real Estate crash is over, go read this article… Housing Crash to Resume on 7 Million Foreclosures, Amherst Says Each of these 7 Million foreclosures will have two effects: 1. increase the supply of available houses by 1; 2. decrease the number of households looking to buy [...]

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NEW Book: “How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It” by Rawles

September 30, 2009

Today, a new book is being released by one of the major figures in the modern survival and emergency preparedness community, James Wesley Rawles… He is very readable and this book addresses many of the issues that I talk about in this buggingin.com blog… Jam-packed chapters include: Water: Filtration, transport, storage, and treatment options. Food [...]

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“Before you buy gold, buy what you’ll need the gold for.”

September 29, 2009

You can’t eat gold. When it comes to survival, you need to have access to shelter, water, and food first.  And a way to defend what you have. Having gold and silver saved to barter for necessary items WILL NOT do you much good in a natural disaster or in the early days of a [...]

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Duct Tape and WD-40…

September 28, 2009

Calling McGyver… (I loved that show) If you are ever trying to improvise something or make it work right, there are two solutions: “All of life’s problems can be solved with two things—duct tape and WD40. If it moves and it shouldn’t, you need duct tape. And if it doesn’t move and it should, you [...]

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