Communication during an emergency between yourself and your friends and family is so crucial that it almost goes without saying. Yet have you considered what you would do if the phone networks went down? What if there was no more internet? It doesn’t take a big stretch to […]
Choosing the best food for your bug out bag can be challenging. There are several things to consider: shelf life, calories, taste, weight, bulk, fragility, and prep time. Here are several bug out bag food ideas that I have used in my emergency kits over the years that […]
An item that every emergency kit should have, but a small percentage actually do, is a power bank. A power bank can charge a depleted cell phone when a conventional outlet isn’t available. My husband is a Boy Scout leader and he took a power bank for the […]
You may have heard someone talking about it or seen it in the home improvement isle or maybe this post is your first exposure to it but what is FiberFix? It’s an epoxy wrap that’s used to repair broken items around your home such as: tool handles, table […]
It took me a long time before I even considered purchasing powdered milk for food storage. First, I do NOT enjoy milk. It’s just not something you’ll find in my fridge. Second, my parents introduced me to powdered milk as a child, YUCK! My dad had a seasonal […]
I bought an MRE seven years ago but never tried it or even opened it to see what was inside, it simply sat in my bug out bag until now. While reading One Second After (a fictional doomsday story) I learned that there were goodies inside the pouches and […]
MPOWERD has an Eco-friendly, off-grid portable light called the Luci Lantern. The Luci Light is simple to operate because it was designed well. On one end are the solar panels and the on/off button. On the other end is the mouthpiece to inflate it. There is also a […]
Being a part of a emergency preparedness community has its advantages. One of those advantages is that you can ask for advice, opinions, and/or feed-back to questions you have. A fellow prepper recently ask me what emergency preparedness items would be a good gift for a non-prepper. If […]
My mother-in-law’s home caught on fire the day after Thanksgiving, just a few months ago. She enjoys candle light and seems to use candles more frequently around the holidays. On Black Friday, a candle was left unattended and started the house on fire. The fire department was called an they […]
My first experience with the Esky Sinky Peeler was at my sister-in-law’s house. We were considering what to eat for a snack when my sister remembers she recently bought a box of apples. When she suggested apples, her teenage daughter excitedly jumped up to slice the apples. She […]