RealisticPreparedness.com Book Review
The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation
by: Stephen Flynn
Summary:
The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation takes a look at our nation’s old and sometimes crumbling infrastructure as a source of potential disaster. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Survival Food Storage Options Part Two
Food Storage Concerns and Common Choices
People have commonly stored food, except for in about the last fifty years. Advances in packaging make food storage much easier than it was in the past. We are working to protect food from heat, light, oxygen, moisture and pests to maximize it’s shelf life. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Survival Food Storage Options Part One
How Much Food Should I Store?
There are multiple common answers to this question. Different people will give you different answers and reasons, but the more common ones are: 72 hours, one week, one month, three months and six months or more. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hurricane Sandy Update
Online.wsj.com – Millions of people along the U.S. East Coast awoke without power or mass transit Tuesday, as Superstorm Sandy carved a harrowing path of destruction, inundating Atlantic City and sending cars floating through the streets of lower Manhattan.
Reuters.com – A possible levee breach in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, flooded three towns with 4 to 5 feet of water in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, prompting the evacuation of hundreds from their homes.
ABCNews.go.com – Paramedics and other medical workers began to evacuate patients from New York University Langone Medical Center due to a power outage caused by Tropical Storm Sandy, followed by a failure of backup generators at the hospital…