Category: Disaster Planning / EDC
7 Shocking Truths About Living Without Electricity
Electricity helps to keep us cool (and warm), cook our food, light up the darkness, wash our clothes and dishes, and keeps our most nutritious foods from spoiling, to name a handful of amazing uses. The following is an honest look at how truly important electricity is to our modern lives and dives deep into…
Boxes and Bungee Cords as Earthquake Proofing?
Lately, I’ve been thinking about earthquakes again, mostly because I’ve run into various YouTube videos and whatnot talking about the “Big One” to hit the west coast, but not the one you’re thinking of to hit California… the Cascadia Event to hit the Pacific Northwest where I live. To be honest, if that one ever…
Roadside Emergency Kit Review by Survival Hax
I was recently sent this Roadside Emergency Kit by Survival Hax for review. It’s all nicely contained within this handy bag: Most items are further protected inside plastic bags which is nice and all items are easily returned to the bag after removal. Now, the first thing I went looking for, believe it or not,…
FREE: The Complete Pet Safety Action Plan Book, 5 Days Only
If you’ll recall, about two weeks ago I mentioned that I was looking for Kindle book review team members because I’m now writing Amazon Kindle books. That process has been going great and I must say “thank you” again to those who have taken the time to help out. As a result, my first book,…
Prepping Your Wardrobe for Survival
Let’s play a game! When I say “prepping,” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? What about “survival?” My guess is that most of you immediately thought of food, water, or other survival gear. And those are great answers. We can’t live long without food and water. But if you had an…
15 Things You Don’t Actually Need To Survive Disasters
Last week I’d heard about a story of three family members who died during Hurricane Irma because they ran a generator inside their home. Although I couldn’t find more details, I did find this article about the incident. Sadly, such a tragedy was entirely preventable by understanding what carbon monoxide (CO) is, how it can…
Seriously, Why Are We Still Having Runs On Water Prior To Hurricanes?
Recently, due to the onslaught of Hurricane Irma I read an article titled Is Hurricane Irma causing too much panic over water, and other preparedness supplies? Of course, it’s not just water that people rush out to buy at the last minute, people buy batteries, gasoline, and apparently pop tarts to name a few items…
How to Survive After Trauma – 11 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
Would I call it haunting? Yes. For a long time the image of the gun in front of my father’s face was etched in my mind. It’s not what you expect when you open the door for a loved one. Intruders gained access to the premises and our safety was compromised. The time during the…
Live Near Water But Not Sure Where To Evacuate To? Try This…
The recent flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey got me to thinking about flooding where I live because, after all, we live very near the water’s edge along the Puget Sound. And, while we’re likely high enough that any minor flooding wouldn’t be a problem… what if something BIG happened? Where would we go? Well, as…
