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12 Essentials in Your Survival Kit

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared disaster preparedness emergency preparedness emergency supplies 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 facilities around you. So make sure...

How Many Daily Calories Will I Need?

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared emergency emergency prep emergency preparedness make a plan plan survival

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

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | BOB bug out bag emergency emergency preparedness emergency supplies survival 1 comment

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 bug-out bag essentials you might need while out in the wild...

How To Create Extra Space for Food Storage - 14 Ideas To Stretch A Small Footprint

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared emergency food emergency preparedness food storage food supply freeze dried freeze dried food storage

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!...

Poisonous Insects

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared insects poison poisonous

Poisonous Insects The other day a friend of ours said she found a beautiful, fuzzy caterpillar on one of her tomato plants. It looked so soft she said it was almost impossible not to touch it. But something told her not to. It’s a good thing she listened to that...

9 Celebrity Preppers Ready for Anything

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared celebrity emergency preparedness prepper

9 Celebrity Preppers Ready for Anything Even if you are a famous actor, world-class athlete or chart-topping musician, you are not immune to disaster. Having access to vast quantities of cash will only get you so far if the proverbial you-know-what hits the fan, and many celebrities are aware of...

Aquaponics: Growing Fish and Plants Together

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | aquaponics fish food production growing food plants sustainability

Aquaponics: Growing Fish and Plants Together If you haven’t yet heard of aquaponics, you soon will. Aquaponics, a symbiotic system of growing plants and fish together, is getting a lot of media attention. Aquaponics isn't a new way of growing food; it was actually practiced by the Aztecs and is...

Creating an Outdoor Emergency Animal Shelter

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | animal animals be prepared emergency preparedness pet pet preparedness pet safety pets

Creating an Outdoor Emergency Animal Shelter Few parts of the United States have been spared from extreme cold weather this winter. When temperatures dip well below zero and snow piles up, most people and pets are lucky enough to be able to wait it out inside where it’s warm and...

How to Store Water for an Emergency

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | disaster disaster preparedness emergency emergency kit emergency supplies water waterproof

How to Store Water for an Emergency Water is essential for survival and an absolute necessity when preparing an emergency supply kit. In the aftermath of a disaster, clean drinking water may not be available. Water in your home may be cut off or contaminated with raw sewage. If grocery...

Travel Food and Freeze-Dried Meals

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared freeze dried freeze dried food travel

Travel Food and Freeze-Dried Meals Recently a reader told us that they use our freeze-dried meals to get through the unhealthy, expensive airport food gauntlet when they travel. We thought that was pretty clever since it is generally easy to find hot water – often at no charge. So we...

Best Practices for Shelter-in-Place at Home - COVID-19 Pandemic

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | disaster preparedness emergency preparedness home shelter survival survival kit

Best Practices for Shelter-in-Place at Home - COVID-19 Pandemic As of yesterday, counties in San Francisco, were ordered to “shelter-in-place,” due to the coronavirus pandemic. New York is strongly considering following the same measures. Leading officials have decided to take more aggressive and immediate restrictions to help “curb the spread”...

How To Survive an Emergency Shelter: 13 Essentials to Take With You

By Brody Danielson February 14, 2020 | emergency preparedness emergency supplies freeze dried food shelter

How To Survive an Emergency Shelter: 13 Essentials to Take With You Emergency personal do their best to keep people comfortable, but the best course of action is to be entirely self-sufficient. If you find you have to evacuate to a shelter, you’ll be a lot more comfortable if you...