Our General Store…Ready or Note Back on the Air…What Are you Doing to Prepare?

This is National Emergency Preparedness month. Can you believe how crazy the past month has been. Do you even realize how bad it's been? Record rainfall on east coast, record heat in MI, IL, KS, OK, LA, TX, AZ, NM, and OK, record drought in TX, AZ, OK and KS, rare earthquake in VA. How was that for a test of state abbreviations? Record wildfires in AZ, NM and TX.  All that happened in August. Today we have...

A Few Tips Before Irene…Be Sure to Check Our Facebook Page Often

In case you haven't been following the tips on our facebook page hear they are: For more tips please visit and "like" the Totally Ready facebook page. I'll be posting tips and updates often on the facebook page so keep checking  Tip #1 :  Keep all your electronics, phones, ipad, etc. fully charged and once the storm begins quit using them. Tip # 2  Fill everything you can with water,...

What is in our Newsletters?

Some days I hate the internet. Someone asked me today about samples of our Newsletter and now the email has vanished. With the newsletter just $1.00 per issue I don't have a sample issue but I can tell you the subjects I have covered for the  past two years.    JULY 2009 Signs of Dehydration Questions: Laundry in an apartment HAM radio Self quarantine Pandemic Review Get Your House Ready for a...

Hurricane Irene…21 Questions to Ask Yourself to Prepare Today

Earthquakes on the east coast…unheard of ! For years people have told me the east coast is safe from earthquakes. I hope this helps put that notion to rest, yes earthquakes can happen, and have happened, on the east coast. More pressing today however is the hurricane barreling toward the east coast of the United States. Should hurricane Irene make landfall in Georgia as a CAT 3 it will be the first time in...

Our General Store…Fruit and TP…Are the Faces of Self Reliance Changing?

This past week I had an interesting discussion with a twenty two year old woman. She is the mom of a very adorable little boy and has a great husband. She is a college graduate and a stay at home mom. A few months ago she and her honey were having a well deserved night out and headed for a movie. All of the sudden she had the overwhelming feeling their family needed to begin working much harder and much faster on...