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 to loan us his when he found out that our tomatoes ripened all at one time. We were totally impressed!
Here’s a heartwarming news article:
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Joint military training exercises will be held evenings in downtown Los Angeles through Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD will be providing support for the exercises, which will also be held in other portions of the greater Los Angeles area, police said.
Training sites “have been carefully selected to ensure the event does not negatively impact the citizens of Los Angeles and their daily routine,” a department official said. The training, which a department official said would involve helicopters, has been coordinated with local authorities and owners of the training sites, police said. Police said safety precautions have been taken to prevent risk to the general public and military personnel involved. The exercises are closed to the public, police said.
The exercises are designed to ensure the military’s ability to operate in urban environments, prepare forces for upcoming overseas deployments, and meet mandatory training certification requirements, police said.
Posted by David Perez
KFI News
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Makes you think doesn’t it? Like one commenter said at the above link:
I hope everyone is “connecting the dots”….
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This is Part Eight of the Prioritizing Our Preparedness series.
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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 to actually start thinking the way a criminal would. For obvious reasons, I will not be describing our entire course of action so here are our basics:
Home Security:
Layers, layers, layers……. Starting with our property’s perimeter, we made our existing fencelines and hedgerows less penetrable by adding thorny plants, mostly raspberry. Our property was a tempting shortcut for pedestrians but not anymore. Our raspberry lined perimeter now serves as a food source and a DNA collector. The raspberry plants were collected from the neighbor’s yards and vacant lots. They didn’t cost anything other than the time involved transplanting them. The vines stay in place year round and the thorns just seem to get sharper as they age.
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 same folks that brought the BackYard Food Production DVD. It’s divided into specific chapters ranging from basic tooth facts all the way up to dealing with abscesses and infections. The main speaker is Doug Simons who, like Marjory Wildcraft, “walks the walk” and then generously shares his knowledge with others in an understandable way. You can read his credentials on the About Page at AlternativesToDentists.com
I know that some of our readers here have no belief in natural or herbal medicine so here’s your head’s up.
If you ARE interested in alternative natural healing methods please read on…..
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 good preparedness plan: Skills and Knowledge. This portion of the plan is very personal… each individual has their own ideas about this and their own levels of expertise.
We’ve probably all seen the Heinlein quote about “specialization” being for “insects”. He states that a human being should be able to do a multitude of tasks and I agree that each and every one of us should be able to make it through this world without being a burden to others BUT I disagree that specialization is a bad thing. Without the steady advancement that required in-depth knowledge and experimentation, we would all still be living in caves and grunting at each other.
Because this is such a wide topic with varying opinions I thought it would be a great idea to consult others and get their thoughts on the subject. We contacted several other preparedness bloggers with this question:
What 3 preparedness skills do you feel are most important?
Most of the bloggers that were questioned submitted a response. All of those that responded felt that coming up with the top 3 skills was a challenge since there are so many skills that would be required during and after a disaster. Here’s what they had to say………
Hopefully this turns out to be a relatively mild event.
Twelve Americans have been reported infected with a mutating and now possibly human-to-human transmitted form of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus called H3N2v.
An investigation undertaken by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that human infections of these viruses followed contact with swine as well as through ‘limited human-to-human transmission.’
‘While there is no evidence that sustained human-to-human transmission is occurring, all influenza viruses have the capacity to change and it’s possible that this virus may become widespread,’ the CDC explained through their website.
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Officials are concerned because this makes a third strain in “circulation” this season which is never a good thing.
If you want to know a little more about this, here’s some info straight from the CDC: H3N2 Variant Viruses
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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 fact, an extended power outage in the middle of winter ranks pretty high on my list of most dreaded scenarios. Our Indiana winters are mild compared to the northernmost US states but we still have a several week period during the late winter when temperatures can dip below zero for several days in a row.
Our city produces it’s own electricity and it does a good job of keeping the system maintained. We haven’t had any power outages longer than a few hours in the past 2 decades. This doesn’t mean that the possibility doesn’t exist for an extended outage from massive storm damage.
We tend to prep in “layers”…. here’s our layered approach:
Guest post from Madison Parker……
Home security should be a priority for every family. Unfortunately, not everyone can invest several thousand dollars in the latest high-tech home security equipment. The good news is that there are things you can do to protect yourself, your family, and your home from invaders, all while preserving your bank account, too.
Here are some of the top inexpensive home security measures you can implement to keep your family safe:
Don’t let a low budget put your family at risk. Take the time to implement these low-cost home security measures today.
Madison Parker is a security expert whose interests range from both home and personal security – Get more home security tips at her blog Home Security Systems!
This is Part Five of a series….the rest of this series can be found HERE
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FOOD STORAGE: This what we’ve done with our food storage and why.This article will NOT be covering food canning or drying.
In my estimation there are no realistic long-term threats to our food supply. I occasionally see an alarming headline about “Famine in America” or “US Food Crisis: (pick a year)” and, to me, that is fear-mongering at it’s worst. I do think it’s feasible that a natural disaster could disrupt US food distribution enough to have a noticeable short-term impact in certain regions. Also, it’s not uncommon in our area to be snowbound in our homes for a few days. Grocery stores around here are usually picked clean within hours when a large snowstorm is in the forecast.
In addition to the preparedness aspect, storing food has an economic benefit. These days, it’s a great way to get thru food price spikes. With planning and proper storage techniques we make our grocery money go much further by taking advantage of seasonal food bargains.
Our goal is one year’s supply in storage for 2 people but I have to admit that this goal is loosely applied and approximate. Since we’ve become accustomed to eating out of our food storage, it’s tough to maintain exact levels at all times. We feel that one year’s supply would get us through the tough times and still have some on hand to share with others…….
This is Part Four of a series….the rest of this series can be found HERE
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WATER:
This is what we’ve done in the way of water preps and why…
We have water provided by the city. The city stores water in 3 large towers located on the edges of the city limits.The most realistic threats to our water that we see are power outages and contamination from infrastructure failure or construction accident. In fact, there was a short-term “boil order” in the town next to ours just a couple weeks ago.
I don’t think any of our neighbors use well water anymore but there is still at least one accessible well in the neighborhood.
Here’s a PDF report with the results of an online survey. It appears that the intent of the survey was to estimate America’s concerns and knowledge of a potential pandemic. The poll-takers may have been surprised at the results they received from question #4:
Which 3 catastrophic events worry you the most?
There you have it….so what worries you? And what are you doing to prepare for it?
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The survey was conducted “way back” in October. So much has happened since then I wonder if the results would be the same now.
The rest of the report goes into greater depth about pandemic preps. It can be downloaded HERE
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Here’s a few articles concerning what may be in store for 2012:
From GulfNews.com: “Global oil supplies remain tight with demand continuing to outstrip supply as it has done since the start of 2010. Currently demand is only met by the steady drawing down of inventories. Hence, any interruption due to a loss of production from any geopolitical incident could directly impact prices. “
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From NASDAQ.com: “In 2012, McAfee expects attackers to bypass PCs and target mobile banking apps which are commonly used nowadays. Embedded systems are also expected to be an easy target for sophisticated hackers…
According to the company, cybercriminals will attack utilities which are essential to everyday life like water, electricity, oil in 2012.
The company expects hacktivism to reinvent itself or die out. It also expects those leading these digital disruptions to join forces online and with physical demonstrators to target public figures.”
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From MARKETWATCH.com: “The world economy is in a dangerous situation…. The next crisis, according to Weiss, “will destroy the incomes, savings, investments and retirements of millions of Americans……It will plunge vast numbers of families into the nightmare of poverty … hunger … and homelessness. Only a minority of investors will survive intact.”
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