Here’s a situation that’s obviously on my mind lately. What if an emergency hits while I’m pregnant? With the rate that ladies are pregnant in this world, the possibility that someone you know is going to be expecting a little one when an emergency happens is pretty good. I’ll say now that every woman handles […]
Survival Situations: Power Outage
Here’s another survival situation that hits close to home: Power Outages. Unless you’ve been able to get your home completely off grid, you’re pretty dependent on power from the local power company to keep your place running. Usually a power outage hits without much warning (except you know it’s snowing or windy or whatever might […]
Survival Situations: Flood or Water in Your Vehicle
Here’s another survival situation to think over. This was brought up in the comments of the Winter Breakdown Survival Situations post. Heidi said: “A while back, a bridge collapsed (in Minnesota, I think?) and cars fell into the water. That immediately made me wonder what I could do to be prepared for that with really […]
Survival Situations #1: Winter Breakdown
There are a lot of different scenarios for which you could be preparing. Economic downturn, natural disaster, societal collapse, job loss, etc. Not every situation will apply to you directly (like I have no fear of hurricanes where I live, but for someone else that is an annual concern), and not every situation is as […]
7 Special Survival and Preparedness Situations
There are a number of situations for which you may need to alter the “standard” preparedness information you read or learn. Not every piece of survival advice applies to every family or each individual, and some can even be dangerous in certain situations. Here’s a list of 7 of the more common “kinks in the […]
Obligatory Swine Flu Post and Quarantine Thoughts
JUST IN CASE you haven’t found or heard any information on this Swine Flu deal yet or want more, here’s a quick list of a few places with good information (and if you’re sick of links about the Swine Flu, just cruise on past this first part–there’s more): Utah Preppers has a 3 part (so […]