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Water Purification Made Simple Posted:May 30, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Water Purification Made Simple

Not much has been written on this blog about processes for purifying water.  Directions for boiling water are found on nearly every survival site, although not all of them give identical directions.  Water purification tablets are [...]

Survival Mom’s Crisis Plan for Seniors Posted:May 28, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Mom’s Crisis Plan for Seniors

Sometimes a Survival Mom has to look around to see who might need some extra help in an emergency.  Young children, invalids, and the elderly are especially vulnerable during tumultuous times.  In 1995, I was in Chicago during one [...]

Check out these two online stories Posted:May 28, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Check out these two online stories

TheParanoidDad finally gets a dose of publicity in this very nice story over at Asylum.com, AOL’s website for men.  He’s the guy holding all that food in the top photo. MomLogic features this very blog in [...]

Survival Tips for a Tornado Disaster Posted:May 28, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Tips for a Tornado Disaster

Guest post by Leon Pantenburg, Survival Common Sense I’ve always been afraid of tornadoes, even before I heard of the Wicked Witch of the West and, “Surrender Dorothy!” Anybody who grew up or lived near Gilbert, in [...]

Sea Salt – An Indispensable Commodity for Uncertain Times Posted:May 26, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Sea Salt – An Indispensable Commodity for Uncertain Times

By Roxanne Griswold, Ready Made Resources When we think about setting aside emergency supplies, most of us would agree that preserved food and purified water are the essentials and everything else is secondary to these. Some [...]

I don’t carry a purse anymore! Posted:May 24, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

I don’t carry a purse anymore!

Just in case any of my readers have had the sneaking suspicion that TheSurvivalMom is a complete nerd, I am about to remove any possible doubt. About four months ago I decided I had had enough [...]

Prioritize Your Preparedness Purchases Posted:May 23, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Prioritize Your Preparedness Purchases

A guest post by Liz Long. It’s easy to focus on just one area of preparedness and to only buy the things that can easily be picked up during your regular shopping trips.  That’s an important [...]

The Doomsday Vault: Mankind’s Last Hope? Posted:May 20, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

The Doomsday Vault: Mankind’s Last Hope?

If you haven’t heard about the Doomsday Vault, it’s an amazing structure that houses thousands of varieties of plant seeds, protecting them, and humanity, from extinction. You’ll see other news stories about this vault on YouTube, [...]

5 Dollar Preps – You CAN Afford to Prepare Posted:May 18, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

5 Dollar Preps – You CAN Afford to Prepare

Guest Post by Lucas: aspiring survivalist/prepper, Eagle Scout, and blogger on his site SurvivalCache where he writes survival gear reviews, tips, and ideas. “I can’t afford to” is definitely the number one excuse people use for [...]

Survival Survey: Where do you stash your stuff? Posted:May 17, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: Where do you stash your stuff?

Have you ever had an extra room in your home that you didn’t know what to do with?  No?  Well, neither did we until we moved into our current home.  We have a fourth bedroom that [...]