Archive for ' Preparedness 101'
Posted:October 24, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Think long and hard about water
Guest post by Corky Baker, Flo-jak In the last several days there have been several Cyber-terror threats to critical infrastructure control systems. These systems operate telecommunications, the US electric grid and drinking water systems. Threats like [...]
Posted:October 14, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Action Step: Sell something!
Beginning with last night’s Survival Mom Radio Hour, I’m going to be giving my readers and listeners an action step to take each week. It may be something you’ve never thought of. It may be something [...]
Posted:October 10, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
The Sacred Order and The Survival Mom (or in my case, The Stay-at-Home Dad)
Guest post by John A. Heatherly, author of The Survival Template For many years preparedness never concerned me. Military survival training, survival/backpacking gear, and a small collection of firearms sufficed as all the “prepping” I may [...]
Posted:September 19, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
How-to: Storing food in buckets
One of the top category of questions I get via email has to do with storing food. For the beginner, storing food in buckets sounds bizarre and mysterious. Here are a few tips to de-mystify this [...]
Posted:September 13, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Preparedness mindset 2: We have about a year…
Believe it or not, I’m not a worrywart, and in spite of all my research and preparing, I still like to dawdle. Whenever my back isn’t to the wall, whenever I don’t have a deadline, that’s [...]
Posted:August 23, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
A Survival Guy’s first steps to preparedness
I love getting emails from readers and listeners to my radio show, and I try to answer them all. This week I received an email from an unexpected source, a single guy. Now, I’ve always suspected [...]
What to do next in a time of uncertainty
The reason even experienced preppers and survivalists are active in online forums, read blogs, and regularly add books to their home survival libraries is because there is always more to learn. One excellent resource of information [...]
Simple Food Storage Meals for Tight Times: Stock up on three months worth, fast!
When a summertime monsoon storm is on the way, I quickly track down my kids, bring them indoors, and prepare to hunker down. It’s a mom-instinct. We unplug the computers, make sure all the windows are [...]
Posted:July 28, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
The Quick Start Guide for getting prepared
There’s just no telling when Armageddon will occur, nor is there a date scheduled, yet, for a zombie invasion. However, all this talk lately about the debt ceiling and a looming financial apocalypse has scared a [...]
Top 10 Products for the Beginning Prepper
More than three years ago, my husband and I realized that the downturn of our nation’s economy was beyond the normal up and down that we’ve been used to. When we saw hard-working people lose jobs [...]
If you have a really green thumb, this at-home business concept might work for you
The great thing about California is all of our small farmers. I live i
If you have a really green thumb, this at-home business concept might work for you
This is sort of like CSA. Do they only deliver in Phoenix metro area?
Survival Survey: What does being a Survival Dad mean to you?
I have two daughters, both out of college now. We all know what
