Over the years, I have found myself thinking about how much time I spend at work and how that relates to a variety of emergency scenarios. Fortunately for me, I work for an organization that provides after school and summer camp programs for kids, which means we have to be prepared for emergency situations. In the event of an emergency,…
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Today I will talk about Every Day Carry Bags, but first, I just want to talk a bit about the process of preparing for SHTF/emergency situations…When I first started looking at our preparations for potential SHTF situations, I felt quite comfortable with the process, thinking we were pretty prepared, but the more that I think about it, the more I…
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As mentioned in my original How to Prep for the Unexpected post, I am determined to tighten up our emergency plans and supplies. So, in the interest of starting at the beginning and after being inspired by sites like everyday-carry and everydaycarryblog, as well as a couple of old posts by Kelly and Erik at Root Simple, I’ve decided to stick to…
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Prepper – Someone who focuses on preparedness, generally for various worst-case scenarios like peak oil or armageddon. Sometimes used to avoid the more loaded term survivalist. Some preppers focus on guns, others on sustainable agriculture. Honestly, I am not sure whether or not we might be considered Preppers. We have emergency food and a few supplies put away, but we don’t rotate…
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Happy Friday, everyone!!! I’ve continued to hope that the warm weather will stick around and have been slowly transplanting hardened off veggies into either the ground or their permanent pots. I have to continuously fight the urge to put everything in the ground right now, but we are very close! Anyhow, here’s a peek at some of what we’ve been…
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Happy Friday, everyone! Plant something: The weather has been absolutely amazing and while I’d like to believe that we’re well into the warm months, I have to remind myself that it really is still possible for us to get a frost or even a snow storm. Given this, I’m still hesitant to put much in the actual ground, but I…
