First Aid and IFAK

A First Aid kit is something that all of us should have in our homes, our cars, at work and even to some extent, carried on our person. One thing to consider is the number of people in your family group before purchasing. You’ll want to make sure that the size of...

Canned Food Shelf Life and Use By Dates

After having a small issue with some canned Coconut Milk that had no expiration or use by/best by date, I got to thinking about other people who may have come across the same issue. It would appear that some canned food suppliers don’t place a use by/best by date on...

Mutual Assistance Group or MAG

This topic was briefly touched upon but never really discussed at great length. There may come a time when you realize that there’s strength and support in numbers. When that time happens, let’s hope you’ve already laid the ground work for a MAG. A Mutual...

A survival retreat or a real estate investment?

Given the current economy, most people won’t or can’t afford to add the purchase of real estate into their budget. However, one trend seems to remain standard no matter what the economy is doing. That is the purchase of raw, arable land. Some of us already have...

ICE, BOB and Secondary Locations

So far we’ve covered basically preparing your home with supplies, locations where to store said supplies, implementing a FI-FO method for water and canned food and sheltering in place. Now we’re moving onto the actual planning for the eventuality of evacuating...