Having alternate communication devices on hand during a disaster can help maintain some sort of communication, as well as help maintain a sense of self reliance during difficult times.
Tess Pennington
Tess Pennington is the author of The Prepper's Blueprint, a comprehensive guide that uses real-life scenarios to help you prepare for any disaster. Because a crisis rarely stops with a triggering event the aftermath can spiral, having the capacity to cripple our normal ways of life. The well-rounded, multi-layered approach outlined in the Blueprint helps you make sense of a wide array of preparedness concepts through easily digestible action items and supply lists.
Tess is also the author of the highly rated Prepper's Cookbook, which helps you to create a plan for stocking, organizing and maintaining a proper emergency food supply and includes over 300 recipes for nutritious, delicious, life-saving meals.
Visit her web site at ReadyNutrition.com for an extensive compilation of free information on preparedness, homesteading, and healthy living.
Week 4 of 52: Communications
Having alternate communication devices on hand during a disaster can help maintain some sort of communication, as well as help maintain a sense of self reliance during difficult times.
How to Make Homemade Fire Starters
Carrying firestarters with you while you are away from home can be a great way to add a little survival insurance to whatever situation you happen to find yourself in. All you need are 4 household items that you would typically throw away.
Essential Emergency Preps: Thermo-lite 2.0 Bivvy Bag
While on a recent camping trip I had to forgo my ususal sleeping bag and use an emergency bivvy sack. Read my personal performance review on this product and why the thermo-lite bivvy sac is a must for your reserve supplies.
Get Prepped Newsletter: May 13, 2011
Week 3 of our 52-week series will focus on adding some simple medical supplies to our preparedness supplies to create a well rounded 2-week emergency supply.
Week 3 of 52: Emergency Medical Supply (List 1)
Experts suggest that each home have a basic medical supply that is unique to your family’s needs.
Is Another Biblical Plague On Its Way?
It’s not enough that we are battling a food shortage, but now we will have to protect what is left of our food from cicadas. Learn some natural ways to repel this nuissance from your garden.
3 Different Ways To Use a Whirley Pop – Prepper Style!
Did you know they whirley pop device has more than one use? Give this old fashioned device and second look and see how many other ways you can use it.
Amazing Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
After stumbling upon a gold mine of a bread recipe, I wanted to share the recipe with all of you. It’s mellow and sweet and is the best-tasting wheat bread recipe I have found.
Teenage Mobs: A Rising Epidemic
In the last 4 months, organized teenage mobs across the country have wrecked havoc upon their city, leading many to believe there is a violent epidemic upon us. And our youth are at the forefront of this.