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Whenever I can fit prepping into a conversation, I find a way to wiggle the topic in.  With all the news networks spewing about worldwide disasters, this has become easier every day.  You know, around the office water cooler conversations about the Japan crisis or some other horrible event.  Well, I’m the guy who always…

OK, so you have all heard how we should all be growing some amount of food.  Wheather in a huge outdoor garden or in a couple of flower pots in the window…let’s hear what YOU are growing and why.

There are several degrees of prepper out there.  From the guy with a flashlight in a drawer and some batteries “around somewhere” to the hardcore survivalist type with a compound in the wilderness protected by explosive boobytraps.  So just how far should we go with our preps?  Well, that of course is up to you….

Earthquakes are more common in certain areas of the country such as the west coast, however many of us have experienced earthquakes in other parts of the country.  Canadian earthquakes have, in recent history, been notoriously mild in comparison to what we have recently seen on the news in Japan, Chile, and The big San…

Floods are widely considered the second most common disaster related expense on insured property.  There are several scenarios that can lead to flooding such as severe rain storms, hurricanes, melting snow, and damaged dams or levees.  If you live in a flood zone, there are several things you can do to help prevent damage from…

This is an introductory post to a series on disaster mitigation.  Mitigation can be simply described as efforts made to minimize the impact of a disaster SHOULD one occur.  There are many ways we can take steps to reduce the damage and impact that occurs during and continues after a disaster.  The first step in…