News and Commentary
Helping a Child Adjust After a Disaster
March 8th, 2010Let’s face it, helping a child understand the effects of a major disaster is difficult and requires a great deal of patience. For the most part, children are not going to be able to process and adapt to the major changes as quickly as adults will. Experts say that in a situation where children are faced with too many [...]
Tess Pennington on Family Preparedness Guide Talk Show with James T. Stevens
March 4th, 2010On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Tess Pennington had the great opportunity to continue her conversations about preparedness and disaster planning with James T. Stevens from the Family Preparedness Guide Talk Show where they discussed first time prepper mistakes, disclosed places where preppers could save money with their ”In Home Convenience Stores,” and talked about the choice of buggin out or [...]
Are You Ready Series: The Prepared Pet
February 27th, 2010Pets should not be overlooked when acquiring short and long term emergency supplies. Our furry and feathered friends make their ways into our hearts and become loyal parts of the family. Their well being is important and they will appreciate the supplies.
Plan for Pet Disaster Needs
Identifying shelter. For public health reasons, many emergency shelters cannot accept [...]
Are You Ready Series: Snow Hurricane
February 23rd, 2010A paralyzing snow system of historical proportions is barrelling towards the northeast and is set to make life hell for the Northeast. This powerful storm system will hit the Northeast causing epic snow blizzards where snow will fall at a rate of over an inch per hour, hurricane-force winds (74 mph), not to mention heavy rain and flooding.
Weather [...]
Tess Talks About Prepping on Family Preparedness Guide Talk Show!
February 22nd, 2010Ready Nutrition’s, Tess Pennington had the pleasure to talk to James T. Stevens on his talk show: Family Preparedness Guide Talk Show over the weekend to discuss the importance of being prepared and how Tess has incorporated preparedness into her personal life.
The message of being prepared is one that all preppers need to get involved in. [...]
Prepping: A Beginner’s Guide – Essential Items Needed for Disaster Preparation (Pt. 2)
February 17th, 2010As humans, we are naturally aware of possible threats around us, and often the way a person neutralizes that threat is to create a story of the worse case scenario and begin to prep around that. Becoming a person who preps for disasters begins with a level of awareness. A prepper knows that there are [...]
Wealth Preservation, Investing, and Prepping in 2010
February 12th, 2010It is important to be prudent with where one might invest their money, as it is impossible to say for certain that an inflationary environment is in our future, and which goods will be affected by increased prices. But all signs point to an eventual devaluation, officially or unofficially, of the US dollar. While the “investments” mentioned in this article are not traditionally accepted and your financial adviser might think you’ve gone off the deep end, they are worth considering.
Check this out! The Stove-Tec Rocket Stove
February 8th, 2010This article has been contributed by The Survival Mom for your reading pleasure. Visit The Survival Mom Blog for more emergency preparedness information and resources.
Erich, over at Tactical Intelligence, has put together a great video demonstrating a small but powerful stove. One of the basic principles of preparedness is thinking in terms of layers and [...]
Pioneer Living Magazine: Back to the Basics Series
February 4th, 2010Isn’t it funny how the civilization of mankind knew more about surviving on their own half a century ago than we do? Sure, we have all the technological gadgets and modern conveniences, but if it really came down to surviving, who do you think would make it out alive? Yes, I know it is disheartening. But, it seems that some [...]
Can We All Get Along?
February 4th, 2010 The success and productiveness of any survival group depends on how well the members can work together. As many preppers are getting their survival group together, there is a question looming in some of their minds. That important question is: Will we be capable of getting along and coming together cohesively as a group?
In a recent post from the survival blog, [...]




