With the frigid part of the year now creeping into most of the country, an article by Abby Dyer is a good reminder of the need to be ready for cold weather emergencies. Around your house you should have a way to keep warm and basic supplies stashed away in case of power failure or a similar emergency. A weeks worth of food, water and other basic necessities will put you in a good position...
RealisticPreparedness.com Book Review Build the Perfect Survival Kit by: John D. Mccann Summary: Build the Perfect Survival Kit is focused on how to build your own custom survival kits to fit your specific needs in a variety of situations.
Wanting a good knife in your pocket is nothing new. Archaeologists have found evidence that the earliest people not only had stone knives, but also were working to improve them. Ancient people on multiple continents would heat treat the stone in a fire before flaking it so that it was easier to produce better quality edges. Even the idea of the folding knife is nothing new, with Iron Age examples being found that date...
Jill Terreri, in her recent article, takes a look at community groups in Buffalo that are working together to make preparedness a goal at the neighborhood level. The decentralized approach seems like a good idea, since it will be easier to get supplies from the end of the street to those who need them, as compared to getting needed items from a warehouse on the other side of town. It would still be better if...
Easy Pantry S’mores On the Grill Just 3 ingredients and you’ll have a way to turn the next power outage into an “indoor camping trip” for the kids.
RealisticPreparedness.com Book Review Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit by: Creek Stewart Summary: Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit is an in depth guide to building a customized kit in case your family needs to leave home due to a disaster.
Jim McKay wrote an article yesterday that takes a look at the effectiveness of the current disaster readiness message in the United States. Apparently, the vast majority of US citizens do not even have the most basic preparations for dealing with emergencies and many of the ones who think they are ready for disasters are also rather unprepared: “Americans have a false sense of security when it comes to disasters, and should they become victims,...
If you don’t plan on keeping some extra food on hand, then this article by Tim MacWelch is certainly worth a read. A hot pizza with extra cheese would be enough to bring me to tears after eating acorns for a few days, though: “If you find yourself in a wilderness emergency without food…you can rely on some of the wild edible plants that kept our forebears alive through tough times. Here are five of...
Here is a fast and delicious pizza, super easy to make with pantry ingredients on the survival grill.
RealisticPreparedness.com Book Review The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Disaster Preparedness by: Dr. Maurice A. Ramirez Summary: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Disaster Preparedness sets out a generic plan for dealing with disasters, based on the concept that all of these events share many of the same basic challenges.