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Let’s shift the focus to resilience folks, let’s stop fretting about what may happen tomorrow, we have the ability to take control and carve the path for our own future.Preparedness is not just about stock piling food in the basement.  Preparedness is about family, friendship, resilience, future planning, organizational planning, business continuity, food preservation, and…

Enter The Blog Writing Contest For A Chance To Win A Life Straw   Have you ever thought of writing an article for the CPN?  If so, now is the time to give it a try.  We will be giving away a Life Straw to the winning article submitted.  Simply send us an original article…

I have just been relistening to Simon Sinek’s TED talk from September 2009, Pudget Sound Washington.  I enjoyed this TED talk enough to read his book and decided to listen to his TED talk once more.  I was listening to it this time just after I finished sending an email response to a customer.  Yes…

So, this You Tube video was brought up on a prepper forum recently, and it brings up a good point.  I’m sure many of you, like me, have noticed how a growing number of conspiracy theorists are looking at events with blinders on.  In much the same way they claim that the vast majority of…

Since we made the choice to make preparedness our business and our business preparedness we have faced many judgments about our choices. The survivalist movement goes far beyond the common stereotype of surviving the “Zombie Apocalypse” with bullets, beans and band-aids    I would like to share a philosophy on survivalism which goes way beyond preparing for the worst and…

This term has become very well known in our preparedness world. It was one of the first acronyms that I learned in fact. For those of you who may not know, it means “The End of the World as we Know it.” As I spend more and more time pondering prep scenarios, I understand that…

In our line of business we love it when events such as ShakeOut promote the importance of Preparedness.  Join over 24 million people around the world in the largest earthquake drill EVER! How to Participate On the third Thursday of October a locally-driven, world wide “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” drill will take place called…

Disasters take on many forms and can strike at any time.  The list of situations that you could find yourself in is endless, but assembling 3 different kits should have you ready to face all but the most severe scenarios.  You may find yourself confined to your home for days at a time without utilities,…

Have you ever made a large meal and “enjoyed” the leftovers for several days?  But, by the third, fourth, and fifth day you groan when you look in the fridge and realize that your next meal will be one you’ve already had several times this week.  Now for those of you with teenagers in the…

Our family is progressively taking steeps to reduce our toxic imprint on the planet.  Our next phase is to reduce the toxins we bring into our home by making household cleaners from scratch.  Making your own cleaners does not just reduce toxins: having bulk base ingredients on hand is a great addition to preparedness. We…