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Emergency preparedness, Getting Started - January 06, 2013

Tips for Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions

Every year at the gym I attend, there is a huge surge of people who show up at the gym starting on the first day of January. Go to a fitness class in January and there is no room to stand. Try to get an open treadmill in January and you are going to have to wait a while. Luckily, the crowds don’t last long. Usually by the first or second week of February, things have gotten back to normal. The fact that this cycle is a yearly occurrence highlights a disconcerting truth. It’s almost laughable (if it weren’t so...

Why Freeze-Dried Meals Top the List of Best Emergency Foods

Wandering around any food storage supply store, one of the first things you’ll notice is that there are a slew of different types of emergency food methods—canned foods, bulk grains, meals ready-to-eat, freeze dried and dehydrated meals, and emergency food bars, to name just a few. The eager prepper embarking on her self-reliance journey can easily become overwhelmed at the different options available. Which type of food storage is the best? As you know, Legacy Premium offers emergency food that is a mix of freeze-dried and dehydrated foods. We have chosen this method because we think it is the best...

Emergency Survival Kit Checklist

Perhaps you’ve heard the good news that the world didn’t end this week. Whether you put your stock with the Mayan prediction or not, you probably agree with me that it’s a good thing life as we know it is still running along, if for no other reason than that it means you’ve still got some time to sharpen your survival skills. (I’m also pretty happy that I’ll get to see my two-year-old open her Christmas presents, but you know.) We talk a lot about the importance of emergency food storage on this blog, and today I want to switch...

Five Preparedness Lessons Learned from Recent Natural Disasters

With plenty of communities in the East still reeling from Hurricane Sandy and other natural disasters happening all over the globe, there has been a lot of talk lately about what we can do as individuals and as societies to be better prepared for emergencies. Of course we know we need to have food and water and basic emergency supplies on hand, but people who have lived through emergencies say there is more to being prepared than this. A month or so ago, I began to compile a list of advice gathered from news articles, blogs, and discussion boards from...

Family Emergency Preparedness: Plan to Succeed

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Benjamin Franklin A few months ago, I had an experience I don’t care to repeat ever again. I was running late for work (Don’t all good stories start that way?), and I threw my work bag together in a rush, tossed on some work clothes, and flew out the door to make my twenty-minute commute. After I was already on my way, I realized I had forgotten change for the parking meter at work. I crossed my fingers I would get lucky and not get a ticket. Then, as I got...

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