Our General Store…Flooding and Ice Storms on the Horizon Today

I'm leaving this up one more day since there are still lots…of storms out there ready to take down the power. Join me tonight on READY OR NOT for a discussion about Surviving a Winter Power Outage. 6:00pm Pacific…9:00pm Eastern Call in 347-326-9604   There is so much happening I am having a hard time deciding what to post today. I think gas prices and debt can wait as there are some...

Our General Store..Hurricane Earl is Coming!

I’m changing all the recommendation for our General Store today  aware that the east coast should be preparing for hurricane Earl to make landfall, just in case. Right now Earl is a CAT 3 hurricane and by the time most of you read this I am sure it will be a 4. I remember living through a hurricane as a child in New Jersey.  Hurricanes are not as frequent in that area but I remember hunkering down...

Hurricane Season…Food Storage Talk With Halli…Prepare Now and Make Better Decisions Later

This morning I did another blog talk radio show with Halli. It was all about the economy and food storage. Have a listen: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/idahotalk/2010/07/16/hfalli-friends I never intended Totally Ready to become a food storage site but rather that food storage be a part of the preparations we are making to become Totally Ready for whatever comes. With the economy, job losses, the highest...

Tip of the Week…Hurricanes are on Their Way

Yesterday NOAA released their hurricane predictions for the 2010 season. They were ominous. Hurricanes are fed by warm waters and the water temperature in the Atlantic this year is above normal all the way up the eastern coast of the United States. Making this an even more serious and frightening problem is the addition of the oil spill in the Gulf. Several weeks ago thew water temperature in the gulf was...

Survivor Stories…Emergency Preparedness…Emergency Management

Truthfully I am a little tired of Money Saving Tips. I have posted so many and I am feeling a little burned out so I am changing direction for a little while. I hope those who have been following the tips will understand that I am trying to help you create a self reliance life style so all of these aspects are important. We will return to the money tips but for now I want to share some of the survival...