
Archive for ' 72 Hour Kit'
Essential Items For Your Car Emergency Kit (video)
What are the top five or six items you should keep in every vehicle? I shared my recommendations on “Good Morning Arizona” earlier this week. Here they are, along with a few tips. (If my book [...]
March Skill of the Month : Get Your 72 Hour Pack Together
image by twiStbarbie Tornado season is upon us and already there has been an outbreak of twisters across the heartland of America. Are you ready for this or some other disaster? Now is the time to [...]
The night I served military rations to my family: A review
My kids are in a competitive swim club and have practice every night of the week. It makes dinner time really, really crazy because I have two choices: do I serve dinner at 4:30 every afternoon [...]
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Minimus is your emergency pack’s best friend
I was watching Bruce Clayton‘s speech from the Dallas Survival & Preparedness Conference, and there was one brilliant tip I wanted to pass along to you. No, it wasn’t, “When someone asks why you prepare, say, [...]
A Survival Gift for your Favorite Grad
A whole slew of new graduates, high school and college, has just launched themselves into the world of grown-ups. They’re off on job interviews, new careers, and time with friends. All without any close supervision from [...]
My Birthday + Great Radio Shack products = a Giveaway!
The contest is now closed, but go on ahead and read about these great survival/preparedness products! Today is my birthday, and we have some fun family plans, but I’m just as excited about giving away a [...]
The Five ‘S’s of any Emergency Kit
Your 72 Hour Kit, Bug Out Bag, Get Home Bag, or whatever you want to call it might be as fully equipped as can be, but if you haven’t covered the Five S’s, it may fall [...]
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A Goofy Survival Must-Have
Two years ago when our family went to Disney World, I picked up three or four collapsible nylon bags. These bags collapse into an attached pouch and when zipped up, they take up as much room [...]
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Eat nutritiously even when the lights are out
While doing some research for a future blog post, I came across a document produced by the Ohio State University Extension office. An awful lot of people have been experiencing power outages due to storms and [...]
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 [...]



















