Tag Safety

Wildfire on mountains in Southern Utah

Emergency and Forced Evacuations

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…

Illustration of a family practicing a fire drill

Physical Muscle Memory

Some time ago, I was made aware of the transcript of a FEMA podcast about preparing better for disasters. It specifically addressed some stories about the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, Indonesia. The speaker included some advice on physical preparation. He…

Pull top can lid

Pull-Top Lids

I wiped off the top of a can of chili that had a pull-top lid in preparation to open it for dinner. I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. As I started to open it, though, I noticed a…

Collage of butane stove, Pantry Cooking cookbook, storage bins, cyclist's emergency kit

Self-Reliance Gift Ideas

Gift the gift of self-reliance and preparedness this Christmas. Here are some of many ideas for gifts: –Camp stove or butane stove –Solar oven –Rocket stove —Wonder oven –Water bath canner –Pressure canner —Ball Blue Book —So Easy to Preserve…

Before and after photos of Hurricane Harvey

Peace Through Preparedness

“…if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.” D&C 38:30 A friend of mine who also went through Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey emailed me and included a post she had made to her family out of state on the second day…