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During this installment of ask-a-prepper we speak with Survivor Jack, a two time “Doomsday Prepper” guest and pick his brain a little. Any reason why you began prepping? A specific event? 15 Days after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, while watching the rescue of “Miracle Girl” Darlene Etienne, I had a …

What types of Long Term Food Should You Store? One goal is creating a “food under disaster” plan is deciding what it is we want to store. This can be tough to figure out even with input from family members. So we created a generic food cache inventory list for our …

Food Cache Inventory List We have decided to create a food inventory list for or users to print out to aid them in cataloging a years worth of food. The sheets all use a goal of a 1 year supply. The inventory pack of printable forms can be downloaded and …

Storing Food: How much is enough? So how big of a food cache do you need? That falls back to one of the original questions asked to all interested in long term food storage. What exactly are you preparing for? This answer directly relates to the quantity of food and …

Do you concider a heat wave a natural disaster worth preparing for? Some of our readers may be in a region less prone to heat waves but for many of us who live in areas with seasonal weather changes summer is usually well welcomed as we get a chance to …

In a new installment of ask-a-prepper have an opportunity to talk with Laurie, a blogger at CommonSenseHome.com to learn a little more about her and why she takes the time needed to live a more self sufficient lifestyle. How long have you been prepping for?  I was raised poor on …

The middle class has been shrinking for 30 years and  it might as well have met its demise.  Do you make more than 27 thousand dollars a year? If so then you are literally doing better than half of the nation financially.  As per the Social Security Administration wage statistics …

We have a new store added to our webpage. Right now it only has a handful of items (mainly MRE’s) but expect it to grow and quickly. Hopefully by the end of the month  we will have it populated with a few hundred items as well as several categories to …