Preparing Our Strategy

Strategy isn’t just for the end of the world. What is the best strategy that we should take today in our preparedness? That’s what we discuss in this blog topic.

Preparing Our Strategy

DAY-TO-DAY PREP #1, THE VENUES

Written by Nick Card Disaster!  Whether a natural disaster (like a hurricane) or a man-made disaster (like a terrorist attack), we often associate emergency prep with more exotic disasters rather than the more common day-to-day ones we face. Imagine a typical day: wake up, get the kids out the door, […]

Preparing Our Strategy

PREP STRATEGY 101

Written by Nick Card Have you ever watched an alarming news clip and thought I am definitely not ready for that situation?  Thanks to COVID-19, probably most of us have found weaknesses in our prep strategy.  When COVID-19 first hit the U.S. many of us were thinking: What is COVID-19? […]

Political, Preparing Our Strategy

How our Preparedness Needs to Change as a Result of This Election – Part 2

So in the last blog post, we started talking about how our preparedness needs to change as a result of this election.  The main thing that we discussed was Food Security.  In this second blog post, I want to address four further areas of Security that really need to change […]

Political, Preparing Our Strategy

How Our Preparedness Needs to Change As a Result of This Election – Part 1

Preparedness was the last thing on my mind last Saturday afternoon. I was at a lady’s tea for my church when I heard a notification from my phone go off saying that Biden had won the election.  It wasn’t what I was expecting and put a little bit of a […]

Political, Preparing Our Strategy

This Weekend’s Action Steps to Minimize Election Consequences

The election is just around the corner and Covid numbers are progressively (whether really or artificially) going up.  Illinois has already started reinstating stricter control over its populace because of Covid numbers.  What some governors really want is control.  Even last Friday, Steve (my husband) and I were watching The […]

Preparing Our Strategy, Travel

Flying Across the Country – AKA How to Prepare When Flying

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but my husband is an elder in our (fairly small) Presbyterian denomination.  This is one of the two weeks that the elders and their wives get together each year.  So my husband and I are flying across the country this week – […]

Preparing Our Strategy, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Outfitting Your Bug-Out Vehicle

We’ve done a lot of talking about “The End of the World as We Know It” or TEOTWAWKI.  In the first post that kicked off this series, “Bugging Out vs. TEOTWAWKI – Don’t Get Them Confused,” our whole premise was that just because TEOTWAWKI happened, doesn’t mean that we are […]

Preparing Our Strategy, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Communication is King

One of my greatest fears when it comes to TEOTWAWKI is that I’m going to be separated from my kids.  If I’m out running errands in the nearby town that I do most of my shopping in and we experience an EMP while I’m out, I’m concerned that I won’t […]

Preparing Our Strategy, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – TEOTWAWKI and Keeping Your Kids in Clothing That Fits

Am I the only one whose kids grow like weeds?  We just finished back to school shopping, for those of you who send your kids out to school.  How are your kids doing?  Are any of your kids already starting to outgrow some of their clothing?  Maybe they aren’t already […]

Bugging Out, Preparing Our Strategy

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Bug Out Bag Strategy

While some people could make an argument that I’ve beaten the “bugging out” horse to death, there are more aspects that we need to discuss.  Bugging out will usually occur during short-term disruptive situations (SHTF-type situations).   For us, those situations were the Ferguson Riots and being hit by a tornado.  […]