Season’s Greetings

Recently I found some golden nuggets in the form of old civil defense pamphlets put out by the US government in the 50’s. They are archived online and links are below. I will disclaim that though some of the information in these forms has been proven inaccurate in modern studies, the general themes are great…

For some time now, I have been listening to several preparedness podcast on various networks.  The one thing I have noticed is the lack of Canadian content.  Not surprising, as these are American based networks, even though they broadcast to a worldwide audience over the internet.  For this reason, I have decided to put out…

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.

A few members of the APN have come together and created a new blog called “What Is A Prepper” – with the tagline – “Defining the Attitude”. Why was the new blog created? According to the site: “What we want to accomplish is for people to come and help us define PREPPER without the use…

I was just reading through some of our twitter feed from last year about this time as suburb after suburb of Calgary and many other whole towns were evacuated due to the flooding. It all started with this: Flood Watch Alert Updated Jun20 544AM Take necessary precautions. Parts of Southern… http://t.co/B6uO3E9qa7 #ABemerg #ABflood— AB Emergencyalert…

Outdoor Cooking Tips for the Average Joe While outdoor cooking is more of a recreational activity, when disaster strikes and we’re all going to be out in the woods building shelter and making fire, we won’t have a choice but to do it every day. We might as well get good at it right now……