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How much food should I store for an emergency?
How much food should I store for an emergency? This is a question customers ask all the time and in light of the disasters of 2013, we’ve changed how we answer. As we mentioned last week, you’ll want to carefully determine your calorie needs as you make your emergency plan....
Staying Calm in Emergencies
Staying Calm in Emergencies Some people undergo amazing transformations in emergencies: They can make a solid plan and tell everyone what to do in calm voice. The rest of us freak out, yell and drop things. The good news is, the rest of us can learn the ability to stay...
The Ultimate Bartering Checklist for Doomsday Preppers
The Ultimate Bartering Checklist for Doomsday Preppers It looks like humanity is starting to trust each other less and less, with fears of others around the world, and even our next-door neighbors, growing. As experts have moved the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, doomsday preppers can feel some relief knowing...
Emergency Communication: Phonetic Alphabet and Morse code
Whiskey, Tango, Bravo If you’re not in the military you probably only hear people use the phonetic alphabet in movies. The phonetic alphabet may seem like useless knowledge, but it’s not - everyone concerned about being prepared in an emergency situation should know it. Technically it’s called the “International Radiotelephony...
Pickling 101
Pickling 101 Most people think of “pickles” as pickled cucumbers and only as a garnish. Did you know you can pickle a wide variety of fruits and vegetables? Pickles of one kind or another have been made for more than 4000 years and are so popular in the United States...
A Guide to Vegetarian Emergency Food Storage
A Guide to Vegetarian Emergency Food Storage If you are a vegetarian, chances are you are already quite resourceful about obtaining adequate nutrition from non-meat sources. Preparing for emergencies requires the same kind of savvy, but with extra effort because fresh vegetables and fruits have a short shelf life. The...
Top 5 Modern Prepper Movies
Top 5 Modern Prepper Movies Survival. It's on the short list of moviemakers' top topics. Whether it's post-apocalyptic, natural disaster or pandemic-related, or even the over-plagued zombie thriller, Prepper movies make for great story telling and good reminders as to why survival preparedness is key. Here's our (totally subjective!) list...
What You Need to Know About Emergency Food Preparation
What You Need to Know About Emergency Food Preparation If you are putting together an emergency-preparedness kit, it is important to remember that you need to have more than just freeze-dried food and other food items packed away in storage. After all, the food won’t do you much good if...
7 Essentials in Your Survival Kit
7 Essentials in Your Survival Kit Whether it’s an earthquake, a storm, or a flood; having a survival kit ready can get you a long way towards surviving a disaster. You’ll need solutions for food, shelter, and sanitation because you’ll never know to what extent the disaster can affect the...
How Many Daily Calories Will I Need?
How Many Daily Calories Will I Need? The average American says it’s easier to do their own taxes than it is to figure out what to eat and how many calories per day they need. Whether you’re planning your emergency food strategy or you’re reviewing an existing plan, now is...
Bug-Out-Bag Food: Everything You Need to Know
Bug-Out-Bag Food: Everything You Need to Know If you ever find yourself in an emergency situation and need to evacuate, you’ll need a bug-out-bag (BOB) to survive. A BOB should help you survive for up to 72 hours, so it’s important to pack it with any essentials you might need...
How To Create Extra Space for Food Storage - 14 Ideas To Stretch A Small Footprint
How To Create Extra Space for Food Storage If you’re living in an apartment or small house, finding the room for food storage can be a little tricky. And if you have kids, the problem compounds even more. What little space you have shrinks exponentially. But don’t give up hope!...