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emergency preparedness, Jared Matkin, survival gear, survival kit - June 21, 2011

Wardrobe Survival Kit

When it comes to emergency preparedness we talk a lot about the importance of survival kits and how they can be created and used for everything from first aid to search and rescue. It’s well known that natural disasters can have devastating effects on man made and natural environments, but it’s probably less well known that many of the injuries people sustain actually happen in the aftermath of an event.Think for a minute about an image of a devastated area. What does that scene look like? Buildings reduced to rubble, downed power lines, broken glass, blocked roads. It’s scenes like...

Rapture, Armageddon or Emergency Preparedness?

Massive earthquakes, super-volcanoes, solar storms, pole reversal—this is just a short list of things I hope to never experience in my life. These are also the kinds of things that provide some level of intrigue to all the doomsday predictions getting tossed around these days. For some people, the concept of such massive cataclysmic events prompts them to stockpile goods and increase their emergency food storage, while others tend to completely disregard these supposed revelations. Regardless of what you think or believe, there have always been and always will be people who make predictions about the destiny of the earth...

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emergency preparedness, survival gear - June 09, 2011

The Necessity of a Pre-Planned Bug Out Location

If you are new to emergency preparedness, you may have not yet heard about bug out locations. Although, chances are you have thought about having one. A bug out location refers to two types of living situations. Bug out location type 1 is a remote location, usually in the wilderness, where you and your family can live away from a crisis currently affecting your primary home. Bug out location 2 is a family member or friend’s home, far enough away that it is not in danger of the disaster affecting your home. A bug out location can offer a temporary...

Emergency Food Storage in 84 Servings

Every once in a while I like to choose a product offered by Legacy Premium and offer a little perspective on the benefits it may instill into a well drawn up emergency preparedness plan. In previous posts I’ve covered great power and water products, so today I thought I’d hit on a simple, yet sustainable solution from the emergency food section of the site.The 90 Serving Entree bucket from Wise Food Insurance is compact, affordable, and includes enough food in one safe and durable bucket to provide an adult with three servings of food a day for an entire month,...

Every Day Calories as a Part of Emergency Food Storage

You may or may not have thought about his, but it’s important to consider how many calories are in the products you keep in your emergency food storage.The side of many packaged foods will identify calorie intake against a diet of 2,000 calories per day. While that’s a nice median number, it shouldn’t necessarily be the gauge for everyone since we all have different bodies and pursue different levels of activity. That’s why it’s important to determine the true number of calories you should be consuming every day depending on your body type and how active you are. In fact,...