Guide 2 Survival

72 Hour Kits – START TODAY

Dustin Merritt — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:51:17 +0000

After seeing and watching the disaster in Japan, after there 8.9 Earthquake, I started to feel sick in my stomach for the suffering and challenges that they are now facing. However seeing disaster on the news, and experiencing it in real life are completely different things. While in many cases, the disaster it’s self takes [...]

Emergency Checklist: Building Your Preparedness Plan

Lori — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:59:15 +0000

Before we had an emergency checklist for our family, my husband and I were discussing how you can save worry, money and maybe your life by preparing for emergencies before they happen. We talked about the most likely challenging situations we would encounter and what our plan of attack should be. Then we agreed to [...]

Emergency Food Rations

Lori — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:06 +0000

After our home was destroyed by a hurricane a few years ago, we lived for a month in a tent at the home of wonderful friends whose house remained standing. We quickly learned that without enough emergency food rations, we were inadequately prepared for the disaster. A few days later our food was nearly gone [...]

Long Term Food Storage Tips and Tricks

Dustin Merritt — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:45:02 +0000

When it comes to survival and preparedness long term food storage is one of the most important things to consider. What you have for your food storage has a huge impact on both your health and your morale during stressful times, and in some cases what is in your storage can literally make or break [...]

Preparing Your 72 Hour Emergency Kit

Lori — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:04:24 +0000

It’s pretty well official – the universe is trying to get my attention. I need to start preparing my 72 Hour Emergency Kit First clue is the nagging feeling I’ve had for the last week or two that we need to get our emergency food stores and emergency kits out of the storage unit where [...]

Dirty Little Secrets About Survival Food Storage

Lori — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:10:32 +0000

I believe wholeheartedly in the principle of food storage and would never discourage anyone from using it as part of an emergency preparedness plan. After all, what could be more comforting as you’re sloshing through knee-deep flood waters than to find a package of freeze-dried ice cream floating by. Pioneers didn’t have that kind of [...]

Sucessful Survival Gardening

Lori — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:27:22 +0000

In all the gloomy news of what harm we’re doing our marvelous planet, there is one tiny bit of good news. More people than ever are growing food gardens. If you want the fruits of your garden to sustain you and your family, you need to toss some old habits on the compost pit and [...]

11 Earthquake Survival Tips

Lori — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:33:10 +0000

The subject of earthquake preparedness always reminds me of a song my stepdad used to sing — “Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumblin’ down.” When I was younger, the song and image of tumbling down walls seemed novel and almost fun. Now, living right on the fault line that runs [...]

How to Choose and Use an Emergency Blanket

Lori — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:05:07 +0000

Understanding Emergency Space Blankets My jaw dropped when my 17 year old son showed me the pile of supplies he planned to take on a 4 day kayaking/camping trip. He had an army knife, a crawl-in biking tent, water bottles, plenty of food, a mountain of snacks, two changes of clothes, a pillow and a [...]

Emergency Preparedness Plans

Dustin Merritt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Effects associated with crisis conditions can certainly end up being extremely disheartening. This is exactly why you need to take some time in order to develop a good emergency preparedness plan so that you can be prepared if there are any lifestyle upsets introduced by crisis situations. Essential components of an emergency preparedness plan Your [...]