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Last week, we began our discussion on 5 Ways to Make Water Potable – Part 1. This week, we’re going to continue this discussion with more – SIMPLE, CHEAP, and even SUPRISING ways to take any water and make it drinkable. *** Have you ever noticed that you don’t see […]
During the years 2011-2015 Firefighters responded to an average of 358,500 house fires each of those years. Each year, approximately 2500 people lost their lives in homes that caught fire and the average yearly damage caused by house fires during those years was 6.7 billion dollars. (source) So not only are […]
Most of will have either heard someone mention or have read something that mentions EMP, or Electromagnetic Pulse. The fact is very few people fully understand what an EMP is. They don’t understand the affect an EMP would have on our lives. And oftentimes, they don’t realize the steps they […]
The big “C” word has morphed from “cancer” to “Covid.” Everyone’s arguing about it and asking questions like, is it as bad as the media is saying? Is it helpful to wear a mask? Wearing a mask – is it dangerous? Is this virus really dangerous, but being politicized to […]
Some of you may know my story. For those of you who don’t, to put it succinctly, a great part of our preparedness journey as a family started because of the Ferguson Riots. We lived them. But now violence is erupting again in Minneapolis and many other cities across the […]
All of us have heard a lot about flattening the curve. And according to many experts, we have successfully flattened the curve – to a greater or lesser degree depending on where in the country you live. But we have a new problem now. People are thinking about re-emerging from […]
So how was your first week in quarantine – assuming that you have hunkered down already? Homeschooling? Do you have kids who are now schooling from home? For those of us who homeschool, this is still crazy! (1) We miss our social situations just like people who send their kids […]
Update from Texas So yesterday, I mentioned to everyone that my father-in-law has been exposed to the virus through some friends. I spoke with my father-in-law yesterday. He’s still doing fine. Unfortunately, he’s still been going out to try to get food. I reminded him that we’re sending him items, […]
I want to make a preliminary note on this post. I totally understand that there are some people who cannot self-quarantine. There are people who have not been given the option of working remotely. There are people who have to make a living, and they have to go to work. […]
It’s amazing to me, as prepared as we are, that the first day of quarantine went as it did. One Last Trip? I had planned on making one more trip to Costco before going into quarantine. Did we NEED anything? Probably not, but there were a few items that I […]
