background preloader

Favorite Prepping Sites

Facebook Twitter

Prepared NOT Scared! The Best Prepper Sites The Best Prepper Sites - The Best Prepper Sites. The Blog: Inflation Preparedness. First, I am sending a brief greeting to the large number of new unique readers we have this week.

The Blog: Inflation Preparedness

Please take the time to join this blog so you may have the option of reading updates and new posts. Thanks again for visiting. For a number of years now, people in the preparedness community have warned that not only would we be seeing an erosion of individual rights in the United States, but that we would begin to experience inflation.

SHTF: 10 steps how to prepare for emergencies. Mom with a PREP - Helping families prepare to be ready for life! Food Storage Made Easy. Pandemic preparedness. A List of Lists. 30 Pandemic Essentials. 30 Pandemic Essentials Below is a list of 30 Pandemic Essentials to start with that I feel we need in our emergency buckets, boxes or containers.

30 Pandemic Essentials

Here’s the deal…we all keep hearing about the different strains of FLU or MRSE. Let me explain what I call a Pandemic Flu Outbreak. In my opinion, Pandemic Flu is virulent human flu that will cause a global outbreak or pandemic of a very serious illness. Ready, Set, Get Prepared! 30 Days of Preparedness. Welcome to the 2014 – 30 Days of Preparedness Challenge and National Preparedness Month.

Ready, Set, Get Prepared! 30 Days of Preparedness

How To Know Which Disaster To Prepare For In Your Area - Prepared Housewives. No matter where you live in the world, your area can encounter a natural disaster of some kind.

How To Know Which Disaster To Prepare For In Your Area - Prepared Housewives

From floods to earthquakes, few places are completely immune from the destructive forces of nature. When natural disasters strike, many people are left unprepared and vulnerable to disease, hunger and injury. You DON'T know what will happen after SHTF so stop acting like you do. 8 Foods You Should Be Storing and HowMelissa K. Norris. Everyone knows we should be storing some kind of food in our home pantries for both emergencies and preparedness.

8 Foods You Should Be Storing and HowMelissa K. Norris

But how do you know where to start or which foods to store? I see lots of lists on foods folks think you should be storing for your long term food storage. Some of them I agree with, but a lot of them, they’re not practical. Long Term Food Storage. I am a *prepper*.

Long Term Food Storage

I am not anticipating an alien invasion, zombie apocalypse or a giant EMP weapon to strike in the blink of an eye and wipe out civilization and send us all back to the Dark Ages. (However, I am pretty much prepped for all three of those scenarios, lol!) I prep for hard economic times, to stay on budget, to have a *cushion* in case an unexpected emergency expense crops up and just because it makes good sense. Now, most of you have seen the fancy #10 cans sold by internet stores. Freeze dried or dehydrated foods chock full of yummy taste and nutrients, delivered to your door step for all your food storage needs.

I started my food preps with the simple basics. Beans and rice. 52 Weeks to Preparedness: An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Surviving Virtually Any Disaster. Because preparedness is something very dear to me, I have made it a personal goal of mine to get as many people prepared as I can.

52 Weeks to Preparedness: An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Surviving Virtually Any Disaster

The most important tool I can provide through this website is empowerment through knowledge and resources, for myself and others. Education, family-based preparedness, and survival kits may make all the difference when life presents you with a disaster. 72 Hour Kit Step by Step Series. Need 72 Hour Kit ideas?

72 Hour Kit Step by Step Series

I have many people ask me for 72 hour kit, survival kit or bug out bag list suggestions. In other words, you want something to help you and your family survive on the go for 72 hours (3 days). Building such a kit is no simple task and can be quite overwhelming. The organization, planning and prep can seem daunting and so can the cost. Looking for an easier way? Food Storage Recipe Book. I will be keeping my recipes in a 3-ring binder and I will be adding recipes as often as I can.

Food Storage Recipe Book

Just in case you would like to do the same I've made covers for the... Front Back and Spine. Here's the PDF: Tabbed Pages Are On The Way! Who Couldn't Use a Faraday Cage? (Plus How to Make One) / BePrepared. What It is A Faraday cage, also known as a Faraday shield, Radio Frequency Cage, or EMF (Electromotive Force) Cage, is simply an enclosure built to protect electronic devices from electromagnetic radiation and electrostatic discharges.

Who Couldn't Use a Faraday Cage? (Plus How to Make One) / BePrepared

It can be anything from a small box to a large room, covered with conductive metal or wire mesh, which prevents surges from damaging the equipment inside. The sources of these surges can be powerful lightning strikes, destructive solar flares (CMEs, or Coronal Mass Ejections) directed toward earth, or the effects of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) from a nuclear bomb detonation high in the atmosphere. The device is named for Michael Faraday, who observed in 1836 that the excess charge from a conductor remained on the outside of a container and had no effect on the interior contents.

Your Free Survival Tips and Emergency Prep Info. Here are the free survival tips and the other emergency preparedness information you requested.We have also sent you an email with this information so you can easily find it in the future. If you can’t find the email, check your spam or junk folder. These tips are based on almost a century of combined experience with civil defense, military, and other formal and informal survival skills training.* They will help you focus on the most important steps you can take to prepare for extended power outages and natural disasters.

Click on the tips to get detailed explanations including contingency planning suggestions. Check back often because we’re adding more details all the time. Note that the tips will vary in importance depending on your circumstances. Below you’ll learn how to avoid the two most common emergency planning mistakes, and the Survival Tips articles and videos are at the bottom of the page.

How to Avoid the Most Common Emergency Planning Mistakes. Homesteader Prep Rally: Winter 2013-2014. Helpful tips and tutorials from other blogs, websites, and forums Our winter Prep Rally includes a long list of links on preparedness topics and more. From prepping intros to DIY to food storage options, we hope you’ll find something helpful here! Did you know that we have a Preparedness Resources page at The Homesteader School? Check it out here for more sources of info, ideas, and helpful products. How to Create a Vehicle Emergency Kit. Do you have an emergency kit in your vehicle? Disaster never lets you know ahead of time when it’s going to strike. In most cases, a person is out doing what they do every single day, like driving to or from work, when an emergency occurs. Storing Sugar Long Term (white & brown) Storing sugar What is the best way to store sugar so that it doesn't get hard? Admin Answer:White sugar doesn't really get hard. It may become a little lumpy, but if it does, there may be a little moisture inside the container.

(High humidity could be the cause.) Brown sugar - there's no way to prevent it from getting hard. 5 Steps for Making a Personalized Threat Analysis. Whether you are just beginning with your preparedness or are a seasoned prepper, we have all experienced how overwhelming it is to plan for all the different possible events. Preparedness books and the internet can be a great tool for discovery and information, but it can also be a distraction. One of these distractions is the amount of information available and, along with that, the need one feels to be prepared for every possible disaster or disaster that might occur. Why Do a Threat Analysis? Natural Disasters Home Safety Guide - Choice Home Warranty's Blog. Natural disasters affect every area of America, and no home is immune to the threat of emergencies.

These disasters can threaten your property, even your life. But there are simple steps you can take to protect your home and family in the event of an emergency. We’ll share expert tips for preparing your home to survive tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and floods. 12 Months of Prepping - Year One. BACKWOODS SURVIVAL BLOG: Medieval Survivalism: Why Is This Not Already A Thing?

Many of us in the Prepper / Survivalist community believe in taking care to prepare for the worst case scenario, the time we know will probably never come, but we know in our hearts that to prepare for it simply means we will be better positioned to survive and thrive in whatever lesser disaster might actually occur. What I'm speaking of, of course, is a total TEOTWAWKI situation where TSHTF in a *BIG* way and things aren't going back to normal anytime in the foreseeable future.

The Ultimate Guide to Making Fire - Survival at Home. Twenty (20) Things I Never Throw Away. The Big Blackout: Why I'm Going Low-Tech to Prep for an EMP. This might be stating the obvious, but in the event of an EMP, things will not be the same, no matter how great your generator is. The Pennsylvania Disaster Center news, weather, emergency, directory to online information.

Are You Ready For An Evacuation? - Cookes Frontier.