Emergency Preparedness

Morakniv Floating Serrated Knife

A floating knife?! Why didn’t I think of this. Around here, where we spend half the summer in a lake or by a river, it

July 13, 2018

Are You Ready sign against a stormy background with lightning and copy space. Dirty and angled sign adds to the drama.

Emergency Preparedness

Why Are There So Many False Emergency Warnings?

Where we live in the Pacific Northwest our state was just one of several states over the past few months that issued a false warning

July 6, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

What’s Your State’s Disaster Resilience and Recovery Plan

Have you ever looked into your state’s disaster recovery plan? Or even checked to see if they have one? I don’t know about all states,

June 15, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

5 Surplus Store Items You Should Always Buy

If you’ve never gone into a military surplus store stop what you’re doing and find the nearest one to you. Seriously. They are so fun

June 1, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

How Do You Cross a River?

In my area of the Pacific Northwest there are a lot of bodies of water. Depending on which way I drive home, I cross either

May 4, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

How To Choose Your Off-Grid Cookware?

We all love to cook on the grill when it’s nice out. But what if you had no electricity for your stove and you had

April 20, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

What’s Keeping You From Prepping?

The Canadian government took a survey of personal preparedness and released it on February 9, 2018. According to the survey results, only 13% of people

March 30, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

Survival Bag Realities

Like many of you out there, I have a variety of survival gear. I have duplicates of some things. I have multiples of other things.

March 23, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

5 Top High-Visibility Flashlights

What’s the point of having a flashlight that isn’t charged when you need it? Or the batteries are dead? Or worse yet, having a flashlight

March 9, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

Avoid Cold Weather Casualties

Here in the Pacific Northwest, we just had a few days of very springlike weather. The fruit trees started blooming, daffodils poked their heads up

February 23, 2018

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