Archive for ' Evacuation'
Posted:November 20, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
A Prepping Essential: The Grab-n-Go Binder
In panic situations, which happen around my house quite often, actually, people lose their wits. The extra adrenaline produced by the human body during times of intense stress, causes confusion and can even cause some of [...]
Posted:October 02, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Trade in your GPS for some good maps
Somewhere in the back of my mind is the question, “Will we ever have to evacuate our home?” Natural disasters, severe weather, and civic unrest are just some of the things that could cause our home [...]
Posted:September 18, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
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 [...]
Posted:August 25, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
Bugging out to the wilderness: Is it a smart option?
By now you have probably guessed that I’m a huge sucker for survival related TV shows, movies, and books. “Survival porn”, I call it. Well, I spotted a TV series on Netflix that had somehow escaped [...]
Posted:August 02, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
Put together an emergency kit for your pets
This list was submitted by Michelle Hankins. If you are asked to evacuate in an emergency situation, have a 72-hour pet emergency kit ready to go along with the rest of your family’s emergency supplies. It should [...]
Posted:July 07, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
Organize Your Emergency Evacuation in 5 Simple Steps
“All for one and one for all!” makes a great family motto when it comes to an emergency evacuation. When everyone has designated jobs and knows exactly what to do, your family can be packed and [...]
Posted:June 09, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
Book Review: Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late
Guest post by Bernie who blogs as the The Apartment Prepper As a quick introduction about myself, I am a wife and mom who recently started my emergency preparedness journey. My family and I are new [...]
Posted:May 10, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
A Family Preparedness Assignment: The 30 Minute Evacuation
As I write this, I’m sitting in our family room contemplating what, if anything, I would grab on my way out the door in an emergency evacuation. As it turns out, other than this laptop, there’s [...]
Posted:April 23, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
Emergency Exits: Getting to a Safe Place in a Crisis
Do you remember the last time you were in a really awful traffic jam? Getting stuck in backed up traffic is one of the things I dread most about going downtown to a baseball game. Now imagine [...]
Posted:March 28, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom
Don’t Leave Home Without It: the Vehicle 72-Hour Kit
Soccer moms, football moms, cheerleading moms, whatever they call us, “chauffeur” better describes what we, Survival Moms, do every day. In my world, it’s not unusual to have a kid’s dentist appointment, a field trip, [...]
How To Dry Shampoo Your Hair to Save Water
My girls and I have long curly hair that has to be washed everyday. B
Win a Copy of Survival Mom AND a FlashLantern!
Bookperks is running this giveaway on their own. I will ask them for
Win a Copy of Survival Mom AND a FlashLantern!
when is the give away closed? how will we know who won?
The Importance of Patient Advocacy
When we went through my mom's final illness, I so wished I could be wi
Anatomy of The Survival Mom's Pantry
Oh my goodness Soren you are hilarious! I guess we had better stock up
