Monthly Archives: January 2012
Prioritizing our Preparedness #9: First Aid
I can easily say, that out of all of our preps, first aid is the one area that I am least confident. It feels like we will never be at a satisfactory level of supplies OR knowledge….I have been building … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in Basic Preparedness, Equipment, Medical, Prioritized Preparedness
Tagged bail out bag, bugout, CPR, EDC, first aid, training
A Closer Look at the Roma Food Strainer
This is a quick photo review of the Weston Roma Food Strainer and Sauce Maker. It includes some close-up photos along with some of our thoughts. We had a chance to use one of these last summer. Mike graciously offered … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in Equipment, Food, Reviews
Tagged canning, do it yourself, gardening, long term food storage
PoP #8: Home Security and Self Defense
This is Part Eight of the Prioritizing Our Preparedness series. _______________________________ After we had the basic amount of “stuff” put up we turned our attention towards fortifying our home and improving the defense of ourselves. During this phase, we had … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in Basic Preparedness, Prioritized Preparedness
Tagged home invasion, home security, shelter in place
DVD Review: Alternatives To Dentists
We had the chance to check out the new Alternatives To Dentists DVD… there was so much information on it that we needed to watch it in chapters over about a week’s time. The DVD is professionally produced by the … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in Medical, Reviews
Tagged first aid, foraging, helping others, natural medicine, training
PoP #7: What are the 3 most important Preparedness Skills
This is Part 7 of the Prioritized Preparedness Series. The last few posts have covered the basic supplies that we have determined most necessary for our home’s basic preparedness. This post will attempt to explain the next step in a … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in Prioritized Preparedness
Heads Up: H3N2 flu virus in the US
Hopefully this turns out to be a relatively mild event. 12 Infected with new swine flu: H3N2v from the UK Daily Mail Twelve Americans have been reported infected with a mutating and now possibly human-to-human transmitted form of the H1N1 … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in News
Prioritizing our Preps #6: Back-Up Power and Heat
Our home runs day-to-day on public utilities. Our stove and water heater use natural gas and our main furnace is electric fan-forced natural gas heat. One of the most likely threats our household faces is an extended power outage. In … Click HERE to read the entire post….
Posted in Basic Preparedness, Equipment, Prioritized Preparedness
Tagged emergency heat, emergency power
