Imagine with me that there’s an approaching disaster or maybe one has just struck and you rush to the store to buy necessities for your family so you can shelter in place for a while, and what should you discover when you get there? No toilet paper. Not one roll in the entire store! Sound […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 75: How to Shelter in Place
Episode 75: How to Shelter in Place Listen here! What do you need to shelter in place? And what’s the difference between quarantine, self-quarantine, and reverse quarantine? In this episode we talk about supplies to have on hand and how to ensure you won’t need to leave your home, sharing experience from Allen and Sheree Mann’s […]
How to Implement Self Imposed Reverse Quarantine (SIRQ) to Protect Your Family
Quarantine vs. Reverse Quarantine In a situation involving an outbreak of a communicable disease such as COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Ebola, Enterovirus D68, or even some strains of the flu, quarantine may become necessary in order to restrict the spread of that disease or to protect the health of your family. Quarantines can happen for two primary […]
The Kid’s Emergency Boredom Buster Can
Here’s a fun idea for the non-foods section of your food storage. Suppose your emergency lasts longer than you expected. You’re stuck in your house without electricity or quarantined for whatever reason. What are you going to do for entertainment? Storing entertainment is not high on the preparedness list, but can be a lifesaver especially […]
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 […]