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emergency preparedness - November 15, 2011

The World’s Top 10 Worst Disasters During the Last 100 Years

While talking about the major natural disasters that have occurred during the last several years (Japan earthquake, Haiti earthquake, and hurricane Katrina, just to name a few), we thought it would be interesting to look through the history archives of the past 100 years and see which world disasters had the biggest impacts. The results were surprising, especially on the number of people influenced and the monetary damages that the incidents caused.The graphic below displays type of disaster with a brief description of the disaster, number of people injured, lives lost, and monetary damage caused. We hope that this chart...

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emergency preparedness, survival food, survival gear - October 31, 2011

Stock Up on Emergency Preparedness Supplies for Winter

The United States government website on emergency preparedness recommends three key things: (1) get an emergency supply kit, (2) make a family emergency plan, and (3) be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses. It is further recommended that you keep an emergency supply kit at home and one in each car.A minimum of three days worth of water, nonperishable survival food, a first aid kit, and clothing are among the emergency preparedness supplies you should have on hand, and they should be updated for the seasons. With winter quickly approaching, now is...

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emergency preparedness, survival food, water filters - October 13, 2011

Permaculture as a Means of Sustainable Living and Survival

Emergency preparedness is a necessary reality in today’s world. The ever-changing climate and terrorist threats mean that our food and water supply, and therefore our survival, could be compromised at any time without notice. It is up to us to prepare ourselves to be able to survive if there is a disaster by storing water, survival food and supplies. We can also incorporate some of the principles of Permaculture into our emergency preparedness.Simply put, Permaculture is an ecological design system for sustainability. It is an understanding of the relationships between elements in nature and the ecology of how things interrelate....

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emergency preparedness, survival gear, survival kit - October 12, 2011

How You Can Help During a Disaster

Emergency preparedness is crucial, now more than ever. With heightened terrorism alerts and the recent frequency of natural disasters, everyone should be taking the initiative to stock emergency food storage and set up a survival kit. First and foremost, keep yourself and your family safe.You may be asking yourself how you can help others during a disaster. The single most important thing you can do to help is to make sure that you and your family are prepared for emergency situations. The less you have to rely on outside help, the more it frees up those resources to help others....

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emergcy preparedness, long-term food storage - October 06, 2011

Keeping the Faith During a Disaster

People tend to ask “Where was God” when a disaster strikes. It is hard to say how any of us would react in the face of a disaster. You may have done your due diligence in emergency preparedness, but when the time comes, will you be able to hold onto your faith? It could shake your spiritual foundation. The Chilean miners trapped for over two months underground in 2010 survived because they reminded each other to stand in their faith.Whatever your spiritual beliefs are, being engulfed in a disaster is when you must stay grounded in those beliefs. You must...

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