Preparedness planning is not only be useful in a disaster, but can also enrich your daily life. Increasing your situational awareness will help you see more potential threats… but can also cause you to see more beauty all around you as well. It can help bring you closer together with family members, friends, and your […]
Have you ever experienced losing something of a massive scale? How about experiencing software crash in your office? How about losing your most treasured collection of mp3s and images after a malware or computer virus bugged down your PC’s hard disk? Well most companies actually don’t mourn on the loss of one of their major […]
Some people don’t realize that having the supplies to survive a pandemic is different from the ones that you need to survive a SHTF crisis that doesn’t involve illness. For example, you know that you should have at least a gallon of water per day on hand for each person in your house. However, when […]
When it comes to emergency preparedness, it’s easy to get lulled into a sense of complacency. It’s difficult to face the reality that disaster could strike close to home, even though we’ve witnessed the devastation that comes from disasters like Hurricane Katrina, the Asian tsunami, the tornado that flattened a Kansas town, and terrorist attacks […]
For many, the concept of urban survival draws much from images of post-disaster and apocalyptic scenarios where civil order is gone and food, water, healthy air are not available. Perhaps the most extreme picture of such a situation would be the one depicted in Mad Max movies where it is clear the survivors have to […]
During a disaster, not being able to reach those you care about can be stressful, worrisome and in many cases, even dangerous – because you may have to risk going and finding them. You should know before a disaster how you’ll be able to communicate with the people you need to get in touch with. […]
As some people waited to return to the New Orleans area to see what was left of their house after hurricane Katrina, some areas were visited by hurricane Rita and that storm summarily squashed any hope many had left of recovering anything. When many people finally saw their house and entire neighborhood, there was nothing […]
A disaster strikes and all your power goes out. If you are not prepared, this is a pretty scary situation. You’ll find that it is impossible to see what is going on around you without a radio. Radio is still the only way that people can communicate in times of disaster. However, if there’s no […]
Whether you’re a die hard doomsday fanatic or you just want to be safe, there’s nothing better than the feeling of knowing that you and your family will be prepared if a disaster strikes. It can be scary thinking about what you would do if there was something serious that happened like a hurricane or […]
Solar energy is electricity that is produced by the sun’s radiation. It has been used in various different traditional technologies for centuries, and as of recently has come into incredibly widespread use where other power supplies are absent, such as in remote locations and in space, for instance. It’s also a valuable alternative for getting […]