Survival Tip: Heatwaves Deadly Unless you take Precautions

Heat waves are dangerous and they are deadly. Rolling blackouts and power outages are a real possibility and make matters even worse. There are things you can do to make the time safer for your friends and family. Don’t wait to take action. Do it now. Following are a few steps you can take to help make heat waves a little more bearable: It’s O.K. to raid your 72 hour kit… That’s right, 72 hour...

Survival Tip…Heat Wave, The Dangers…Know the Signs

Yikes it’s hot! With record temperature in the United Sates this week it is a good time to review the danger signs. Yes, the heat can kill and it can do it quickly if you ignore the signs. Review the symptoms and the treatments below and pass along a link to this information to family and friends who may live in the southern and eastern parts of the United States where temperatures are reaching 120...

Why Store Fruits and Vegetables?…A Few More Things You Should Know About Increasing Taxes…Win a Consulataion

There is more and more information coming to light about the ways in which our taxes will increase beginning January 1st. Some apply to all of us and some to fewer but we need to be aware and prepare. January 1st will mark the biggest tax increase in history. The child care tax credit will be cut in half. Under Obama Care if you have a Health Savings Account you will no longer be able to purchase over the counter...

H1N1 Facts…Please Share…This Should be a Real Wakeup Call

I have a great post written with recipes but I decided it was far more important at this time to share the latest information on the H1N1. I will post the recipes on our yahoo group today and and here later this week. First: Yes, a pig in Minnesota was found to have the swine flu. This is not as significant as you may imagine as you cannot get the flu by eating pork. You cannot. The people this is important...

Pandemic Prep…Are There Still People Who Believe This is No Big Deal?..Pneumonia

I had intended to post a guide to recognizing signs of dehydration today but after reading and researching a little I decided it was more important to focus on pneumonia right now. There is a guide to dehydration in your Prep Not Panic ebook so make sure you have run off that information and have it close at hand. We had a call from a man this morning who was supposed to run a HAM Radio activity tomorrow in...