Last year, shortly after Thanksgiving, our extended family tossed around a crazy idea. Maybe next year we could eat only foods we grew, hunted, or gathered ourselves for our Thanksgiving dinner. Could we do it? Could we produce a homegrown Thanksgiving dinner? Would the less enthusiastic members of the family still want to come eat […]
5 Tips to be Prepared to Help Others
Contrary to popular “lone survivalist” ideas, we don’t live in a vacuum. If an emergency occurs, other families will be affected by it and you may be in a position to help. Natural and man-made disasters, like the recent tornadoes in the southern United States, can affect large areas and many people and require weeks […]
Steps to Take if SNAP Benefits Stop
Over 47 million Americans currently receive food assistance through food stamps, called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. In the last week a computer glitch caused the SNAP electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card system to be temporarily unavailable, resulting in some people not getting food and others getting too much. There has also been […]
Not Buying Doomsday? 10 Everyday Reasons to be a Prepper
Watching the reactions to preppers in the media, I see some people thinking they should do something about getting better prepared. Good for them. One of the main reasons preppers are willing to put themselves in front of national audiences is to educate and help others be better prepared. But there are also other reactions. […]
Food Storage Saves Dinner
This is not the first time food storage has saved dinner. Just the most recent time. It was Sunday (you know, when I avoid shopping and all the stores around here are closed anyway). We had been visiting friends and I needed a quick dinner, so I went to the food storage room and pulled […]
Lessons Learned
Thanks again to the guest post writers during baby recovery time! Here is a guest post from reader Patti–Thanks, Patti, for sharing! :) Well, many of you don’t know me. This is my first guest post ever. So, I am excited about doing this. I thought I would share how this weekend is going (middle […]
Five WalMarts, One Can of Carrots
Guest post by Nick who blogs at StockingUp.net. Originally posted on his blog. Note from Angela: With “Just in Time” inventory at most stores you never know if they’ll have the things you need when you want to get them. And in an emergency situation, wouldn’t you rather not have to go to the store […]
What Can We Learn?
I’m sure you’ve all been following the devastation in Japan the last few days. The earthquake, ensuing tsunami, evacuations, and nuclear power plant problems are beyond the average disaster. So what can be learned from this super disaster? Here are a few things I’ve thought of–feel free to add your own in the comments. 1. […]
Another Reason to be Prepared
Still a hectic week here, so today I’m passing along a story of a couple of snowmobilers who got caught in fog, lost, and ended up being found by search and rescue after 3 days. Some things done right, some things not so much, but they ended up in good shape when they were rescued. […]
Survival Situations: Quarantine
Here’s another one to think about. You’re at work when you get a call from the school that there is an outbreak of some fast spreading, highly contagious, nasty virus and it’s possible one of your kids has it (they are showing symptoms). You need to get all your kids out of school and take […]
