It’s been an interesting week. That’s interesting as in the old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times”. If you have been watching the news lately, there was a devastating series of storms in the southern USA that spawned dozens of tornados and left over 300 dead, the second worst occurrence in US tornado…
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Why Do I Prep?
non- electric sewing machine and lamp My husband passed old family acquaintances in the hardware store yesterday. “There are always problems!” was their Eeyoristic greeting. No! My husband thought. There are always solutions! After all, they were standing in a store full of them. The store owner made his living selling solutions! He had…
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A Few Ideas For Prepping With Kids
Having a few rugrats of my own in various stages of growth from infant to teenager (and a couple in between), I have begrudgingly realized that these little (especially the not so little) ones have an inclination to electronics addiction. Never a day goes by without television, internet, x-box, game boy, and other electronic stimulus…
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Cooking Options Post SHTF
So here it is…the time has come that power will be off for a week or more, the water supply is questionable at best and the grocery stores are either closed or empty. You have a good supply of food on hand to feed you and your loved ones. Now, how do you cook without…
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New Contributing Author – Sue
I would like to take a moment to announce that the Canadian Preppers Network has a new contributing author. Sue has been posting on the Nova Scotia blog for some time now and has plenty of practical prepping experience to share. She will be posting on a monthly basis on the 1st of every month. …
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A Few Tips On Food Storage
By now you should realize that some quantity of food storage is essential to surviving a disaster. So just how does one go about getting this stored food supply started? Well there are a few things you must keep in mind. First off, store what you eat. If you are thinking about MRE’s then I…
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The Funny Looks I Get
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…
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What Are You Growing?
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.
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Earthquakes 101
As a follow up to the series on disaster mitigation, here is a link to a post by itsadisaster caled Earthquakes 101. Lots of great info from a real disaster pro. http://www.internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=116
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End of the world as we know it?
And yet I feel fine…. Again this week, the predictions of doom and gloom abound. Financial collapse, government control, The End Of The World As We Know It is being proclaimed as being at hand. Preppers are urged to ramp up their programs as the need for your bullets, beans and band-aids is right around…