Dating your food and other rotatable preparedness supplies like batteries or cleaners, helps keep things fresh and usable in your storage. Here’s how I do it. First, I use a Sharpie to mark the date or circle the expiration date on food items when I bring them home from the store so I can easily […]
2 Minute Preparedness Tip: Practice Makes Perfect
I recently had the opportunity to act in a play with my local community theater. Although I was a theater major in college, I studied the tech end, not the acting end, and hadn’t acted in front of a real audience since grade school. I included some pictures here to prove it really happened! I […]
2 Minute Preparedness Tip: Reflect Light for More Light
When the power is out, how do you light your way? If you’re trying to light your house with flashlights, try this simple trick to amplify the amount of light and create ambient light in a room from a flashlight. Aim your flashlight at a light surface such as a white ceiling and let the […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Reverse 911
In the event of an emergency, knowing what is happening as soon as possible can help you make the best decisions on how to react. One of the simplest and quickest ways to get that information is to register your phone number and your mobile phone with your local law enforcement office’s reverse 911 system. […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: An Ounce of Prevention
One time I was discussing the contents of my emergency kit with an interested individual. Sharp fellow, this guy. I had quite a lengthy list of what was included in my kit (similar to how it is still) and after reading through the list, he said he’d add a pair of work gloves. And I […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: What Are You Wearing to Bed?
What do you wear to bed? I really don’t need you to answer that one out loud, just think about it. If you’re lucky, about a third of your day is spent in bed, which makes the odds of an emergency happening while you’re in your PJ’s pretty good. In the event of an earthquake, […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Cheap and Easy Wash Water Storage
Here’s a super quick tip for those of you who use liquid laundry detergent. Did you know those jugs, once they’re empty, are great for storing wash water in? You can rinse them out a couple of times (usually I do that into my last load of laundry from that jug anyway) or just fill […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: You’re Already Storing Water
The good news about water storage is that you probably already have some even if you haven’t personally filled any water storage containers. Today’s quick tip is a couple of places you can find emergency water either indoors or outdoors. Indoors: Water heater. Unless you’re using one of those fancy tankless water heaters, your water […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Halloween=Light Sticks
If you’ve been into a store lately, you’ve probably noticed all the Halloween decorations, costumes, and candy are on display. Another item that you may find in abundance because of the upcoming holiday is light sticks. Because of Halloween, you can usually find these in varying sizes, shapes, and colors and often less expensive than […]
Canning Quick Tip: Let the Canner Make the Syrup
When you’re canning fruit, most methods require that you mix up a light to heavy syrup to add to the jars of fruit prior to canning. This entails measuring sugar into water in a pot and heating it all up, hoping you didn’t make way too much or not enough, and dripping sugar-water everywhere while […]
