Kits

Disaster Recovery Kit

31 March 2011

Having the tools you need after a disaster is nearly as having what is needed for the disaster.
After the disaster is over and basic needs have been met you’ll start looking at cleaning up and rebuilding. One of the big problems after a disaster is boredom. One way to deal with it is to start [...]

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Kevin Rose – blogg – Apple’s Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake

15 March 2011

1. Because the trains and phones were down, almost everyone who worked in Tokyo was stranded deep in the city.  All the hotels were booked, the roads were jammed, so hundreds of people were instantly homeless.  Apple told all of their staff – Retail AND Corporate – that they could go sleep at the Apple [...]

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Earthquake Preparedness

11 March 2011

With the recent earthquake in Japan it is time to check your earthquake preparedness, if you live on the West coast of North America, along the Wasatch Fault in Utah and Idaho, or near the New Madrid fault along the Mississippi River in the Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas border region.
The worst thing about an [...]

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Sewing Repair Kit

14 February 2011

It is a very Murphy’s Law kind of thing that you are on your way to a wedding or important meeting and you bump into something and you pop a button on your shirt or rip the hem on your skirt. It isn’t going to kill anyone but it does make you look tacky. So [...]

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The $15 Dollar 72 hour food kit

4 February 2011

Have you ever driven home from work during a blizzard. It’s a white knuckle drive. You might have your kids in the back and you’ve thought about stopping at the supermarket on the way home but after detouring around all the accidents and sliding all over the road, you were just happy to get home [...]

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Survival Upgrades To You Car

11 January 2011

A car is a powerful survival tool. While it has fuel it gives you mobility, heat and/or cooling, light and electricity.
Just about any car is a survival asset and with a few inexpensive additions can make dealing with an emergency much easier.
The best thing is the ability to communicate, having a charged cellphone on hand [...]

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Multiple Choice Survival

21 December 2010

Sometimes it seems like there are too many choices when you are prepping for an uncertain future. Everyone has their own ideas and experience.
Some people draw on their military experience and make choices that make sense for a military unit on the move but not so much sense for a family unit sheltering in place.
Consider [...]

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Daylight Savings Time Checklist

5 November 2010

It is the Daylight Saving Time change time again and now is a very good time to check some things that you haven’t thought about in a while. That is certainly a good thing to do, but is that the only thing you should do this time of year? Grab a pad and pen and [...]

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The Most Important Preparation

27 October 2010

The most important prep
Having the determination and will to survive.
Making the decision to survive.
The first and most important preparation you need to make is to decide to live.
You can have all the things you need to survive yet still die because you have not decided that you want to live.
I met a guy in the [...]

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The Visitor’s Kit

18 October 2010

If you have had family come to stay for a few days for a holiday or something, you begin to realize that having some things organized for them would be handy just to make your life easier and theirs too. It is particularly bad around holidays, when you are trying to get the food ready [...]

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