Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Preparing for emergency situations both natural and man-made.
We have found that when there is a need for gauze pads, sterile dressings, and bandaging materials, we don’t usually have enough. Even when we think we have plenty stored, we end up not having enough. What if you found…
Children need child-size doses of over-the-counter medicines. In preparation for stocking a vacation home I asked some of my children what medicines they like to have on hand for their littler kids. Here is a list of things they include:…
Let the kids help you shop at the dollar store for items to stock or restock your emergency kits. Give them a list and let them see what they can find. Here’s what I found at my local Dollar Tree:…
After Hurricane Harvey, a friend in a neighboring county government office emailed me to see if I had any information that could help her. A resident had called looking for information on how to protect his home from flood waters.…
A natural gas pipeline exploded the evening of 5 March 2021 in an upper middle-class neighborhood of northwest Harris County, Texas. Earlier in the day, a fiber optics crew had broken a gas line. The gas company came out to…
Put your dryer lint to good use! Make some fire starters! I had collected dryer lint and cardboard egg cartons for a long time, intending to make fire starters but kept procrastinating making them. They were cluttering up my laundry…
A butane stove is one of the most useful and practical ways to cook indoors when the power is out. A butane stove is a tabletop gas stove with one burner. The stove comes in a plastic carrying case smaller…
Canned heat (generally referred to as “Sterno”), and the stoves to use it, can be purchased in large sporting goods stores, discount stores, or online. A folding Sterno stove costs between $8 and $14, is very compact, and will hold…
There are many ways to cook when the power is out, but most need to be used outdoors. So what do you do when you don’t have a wood burning stove or wood fireplace and it’s dark or raining, snowing,…