Where To Start
I know — food storage, survival planning, gathering survival supplies, survival skills — it all seems overwhelming. Every day there are headlines in the news that "should" motivate each of us to prepare as quickly as we can.
Survival planning isn't just for "the other guy." Adversity can happen to any of us. Unemployment, hurricane season, floods, storms that knock out power, and other disasters happen fairly often — somewhere in the world.
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Where do you want to start:
Start Your Food Storage
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Whole powdered eggs can be used in recipes where whole eggs are called for. One of my favorite things about powdered eggs is that you always have eggs when you're ready to cook.
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Are you as confused as I am over the calories vs servings controversy in long term survival foods? Let's find out.
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Food storage guidelines - Where to start, what to store, know the shelf life of food, which foods are long term and which are short term and how to rotate them.
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Don't know what to do with all your food storage?
- Learn how to substitute freeze dried, dehydrated and other storage foods into your everyday recipes.
- Discover for yourself whether pre-made meals or individual products are the best use of your food storage dollars.
- Find ways to use wheat berries other than grinding into flour for bread.
- How to spice up a bland recipe using only the items in your pantry or storage.
Store and Purify Water
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How to find an emergency water supply. How do you purify water for storage? Where am I going to store it? It takes up a lot of space and it's heavy. How much IS enough for my family? How much per day per person?
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How to store water: Water storage is THE MOST important preparation we can make. Definitely food is important, but we need water to cook that food, water to drink, clean, and to grow our food.
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It is becoming necessary to learn water purification methods for safe drinking water in most parts of the world — and maybe even right out of your tap.
Survival Skills You Need
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In any crisis situation, there will be those who need items and those who have them. How do you prepare your family with every single necessity? For most of us, it's really not possible to stock every needed item.
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Thinking about a worst case scenario, we might want turn to the older generation for help in learning survival skills.
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Put your weekend to good use - try all or some of these survival skills. You'll be glad you did it, either now or later. Some could even become a regular habit or activity.
Preparing for Disasters
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Learn about disaster preparedness and how to survive, whether at home and in the wild, to ensure your family is prepared.
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Emergency shelters can be any place or structure that gives protection. While it can be a tent, a cave, a lean-to, or an underground shelter, hopefully in a crisis, it can still be your home.
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Prepping in winter? Yes! There are plenty of ways to continue prepping in winter, even though the garden has been put to bed and it's too cold to go anywhere.
Survival Gear Needs
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You may not think there's much to learn about filling and using an oil lamp, but there are some little tips and tricks to make the job easy. It's not like flipping a light switch.
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Kerosene heaters are inexpensive, and small and can heat a room or an entire floor of a home. Both radiant and convection heaters and the fuel are easily portable.
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An emergency radio powered by solar, batteries, wind-up, and electricity is a vital item in the event of a catastrophe to keep in contact with the outside world.
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Are you as confused as I am over the calories vs servings controversy in long term survival foods? Let's find out.
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Food shelf life: The length of the shelf life of food depends on the type of food, packaging, storage temperature, and humidity.
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Earthquake survival - What to do before, during and after. What should be in your earthquake survival kits.
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An emergency radio powered by solar, batteries, wind-up, and electricity is a vital item in the event of a catastrophe to keep in contact with the outside world.
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