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What Is Ready Hour?
What is Ready Hour? You may have seen it in the last month or two. The rugged, black packaging with a different name. Ready Hour, by My Patriot Supply, is our new food storage brand. The emergency foods you’ve relied on are basically the same. The favorites like Homestyle Potato...
12 Unusual Household Items That Can Save Your Life
Whether it’s flooding, fire, earthquake, blackout, or civil unrest, disruptions that restrict your access to essential resources are always going to be a threat to your life. While you can stock up on a wide range of traditional emergency supplies, such as solar cookers, first aid kits, solar-powered phone chargers,...
Survival Cooking When the Power Is Out
When it comes to disaster planning, knowing how to cook your food is an important piece of the puzzle. If disaster strikes, you will likely have to adapt your methods used for meal preparation--and cooking is one of them. Being able to feed your family will ensure that you stay...
3 Locations to Avoid during a Disaster
When it comes to disaster planning and preparedness strategies, naturally you may zero in on assessing and determining where to go to seek safety and shelter. However, it’s equally important to know which areas to avoid during a disaster. Some places will without a doubt be overwhelmed by panicked individuals...
What to Do during a Boil Water Advisory Order
Living in the United States comes along with certain comforts and luxuries that we often take for granted--and a safe water supply is one of them. It’s easy to assume that water contamination is a problem exclusive to the developing world. However, there are times when the water supply in...
The Impending Mega-storm on the West Coast
Residents and visitors of California are all too aware of the impending risk of a major earthquake originating in the San Andreas fault. Or other connected faults. Such a quake could topple buildings, cut power, and kill hundreds. However, what people aren’t as familiar with is the threat of another...
5 Factors Influencing the Future of Food Security
We recently covered the potential of a future food shortage in the US brought on by low planting rates of key crops such as corn and soybeans following major flooding in the Midwest. However, this weather disaster-induced shortage is just one of many factors currently affecting food security in the...
5 Reasons Why Solar Energy Is an Ideal BackUp Power Source
Those who are truly prepared understand that, although it may not appear likely, we’re always at risk for worst-case scenarios. A quick look back at recent natural disasters and terrorist attacks shows us how individuals, families, and communities can be put at risk and thrown off track in an instant. Oftentimes...
The Secret About Emergency Blankets...
If you have an interest in and penchant for preparedness, you’ve likely heard your fair share of amazing survival stories. Stories demonstrate how people use their quick thinking and principles of preparedness to persist in the face of chaos and the unpredictable. Maybe it’s the tale of a woman who...
Hardships of Jamestown: 3 Universal Lessons
If you look back at what life was like for the early colonists and settlers in North America, you’ll find plenty of hardship. The land was wild and undeveloped, the winters brutal, and tensions with local native populations ran high. Although we may never be able to fully relate to...
Ebola Spreads in Africa: What Americans Need to Know
Whether they are bacteria-based or viral, infectious diseases pose a threat to every human on earth. And once they become an epidemic, it’s not too long before they can become a global pandemic. The World Health Organization recently declared the Ebola outbreak in Africa, specifically in the Democratic Republic of...
Tales and Tips for Urban Preparedness
Although we all share similar concerns for our safety and survival, those living a preparedness lifestyle are quite diverse when it comes to age, gender, location, and more. However, by and large, we follow a similar set of guidelines when it comes to preparation. The setting we live in adds...
