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I was reading something and it stressed that a person should stay physically fit to prepare for a crisis. It makes sense to me- someone who is physically fit may be able to handle stress and other situations better than someone who would get winded quickly. Since I can't do much to prep in...

Americans Scooping Up Doomsday Shelters ? The Illogical ?Recency Effect? Sounds like they're making fun.

Besides the normal canned food in my panty, I am no where ready for any type of disaster. Many government and non profit sites (redcross, fema, ready.gov) state that we should be prepared for a emergency with a kit (that you can make on your own). I was just curious as to what some of you all...

Obviously this questions comes up for us whenever hurricances and tsunamis are on the horizon, but I think it is a question best addressed and planned for during non-emergency time. Trust me, when it happens, your brain does not go on automatic and know what to do. What is the most important...

So, i'm not nearly as prepared as all the people here, and I don't really have the money or storage space to do so, but living in San Francisco, my roommates and I do have some basics set aside in case of an earthquake. My question is regarding stored water. When I moved in a couple months...

Last night, Dw and I went to a training course in CPR. We had wanted to do this for some time. It was taught very well by a local EMT. I felt it was important since it takes first responders twenty minutes to reach us. What skills have you learned to better help you take care of yourself and...

Well, it appears to be over. We were without power for three and a half days. I am completely surprised power was restored as quickly as it was. My parents are still waiting. I took them for a ride today so they could see the damage since they had not left home since the storm. Dw fixed...

I am interested in storing dry goods. How do you guys store yours. What is the shelf life for them? I would like to store rice, sugar, flour or wheat. What about fat sources used in baking such as oils, Crisco, etc. Any ideas?

While reading this forum and everyones discussions of what they have, don't have, think they can do with/or without....the thought occurred to me "Where do you get your emergency stuff?" I'm sure there are many new frugalers (and some oldies but goodies) who want to know. Where would I go for...

well, i ventured out today to do my normal weekly grocery shopping, since my area was not hit hard. I will never understand people. I will never understand people who don't evacuate when told to do so (coastal areas) i learned that people had no ice. (duh, there has been a hurricane in the...

Besides me? I'm not doing too much ~ just moving a few things indoors and making sure I have batteries for the radio and flashlights. I have to go get some dog food and some ice and that's about all I am doing. Which means we'll get creamed....the last tropical storm that went through we had...

http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=24600 The DVD is designated # "FEMA 500" for ordering purposes and is now available at the FEMA Distribution Center by calling 1-800-480-2520. Orders are being limited to one DVD per caller for the time being. In the coming months, the DVD will be...

Someone mentioned this on the depression thread and I thought it merited further discussion. I am a non-insulin dependent diabetic asthmatic. If/When there is a major depression (or worse!) in this country, I wonder how I will be able to afford - or even obtain my medication. Do you have...

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Now that the holidays are coming closer, I like to start planning the gifts I will give. For a few years now, we've given the 'Gift of Peace' which is peace in being prepared. My mil/fil probably don't love our gifts (mil tends to want all the commercialism/thoughtless gifts). Last year we...

Just heard this on the news—if you are anticipating a natural disaster, storm, flood, etc. and need a dry place to store important papers put them in the dishwasher and lock the door b/c it has a water tight seal.

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/rw_webmaster/prepareenglish042.pdf

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/clay48.html

The time has come for me to finally actually put together a disaster kit, rather than just having some vague ideas about using the camp stove to eat from the freezer and pantry. The thing that really struck me with Hurricane Katrina was, "If we had to evacuate, would I be prepared?" The answer...

Our electricity went out the other night and I couldn't find our battery operated light. Then I got to thinking we don't have enough flashlights nor enough batteries for all the rooms. So my challenge for this month is: ~to see how many flashlights you have and do you have one handy in each...