Category: Food

Which Survival Food is Best? Can you rely on government support, especially food and water within 72 hours a major disaster or even within a week? Or during a prolonged economic depression? Most everyone agrees that we shouldn’t depend on government emergency support. But only 7% have taken action to be prepared, according to the American Red Cross. What type of food reserve is best for survival preparedness? I have sorted through the pros and cons of various survival food options below with these needs in mind. Two options that you may not be as familiar with are MRE (meals

Good Advice for Some is a Recipe for Disaster for Others Most of us want to take action to mitigate the risk of trouble in life for us and our families. That is why most of us have home and car insurance, buy smoke detectors and gas alarms and have periodic safety maintenance of our homes and cars. Yet when it comes to disaster preparedness only 7% are prepared. Why? For most the perceived risk level is much lower than a house fire or other events that happen more frequently than a disaster so there are less desire and interest

Did you know that it is more important to store clean water in case of an emergency than it is to store food? There are many reasons for this fact, but the first may or may not be obvious to you. Did you know that if there were a terrorist attack, that water supply would most likely be the first thing that gets cut off? Did you know that your city water supply is at a higher risk to be contaminated than the food in the grocery store is? In case of an emergency, you are going to want to

Worth Repeating  Survival and the Next Big Disaster: Rely on Yourself, Not the Government Emergency kits and first aid supplies can keep your family alive when food, water, gas, electricity, or medical services are disrupted by disaster (PRWEB) November 29, 2005 — Think you can rely on the government for your family’s survival after a disaster? Consider the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and the Kashmir earthquake in the last year alone. While governments strive to help, downed gas, water, electric, phone, and medical services, not to mention roads, may delay help for days or weeks. And government