Are your children prepared for an emergency?

June 5, 2009 - "Are your Children Prepared for an Emergency?" By Joseph Parish. We all are too well aware that an emergency can happen at just about any time and anywhere. No person or location is completely exempt from these sudden crisis situations. Click here

The Media can influence emergency preparedness

May 25, 2009 - "The Media can influence emergency preparedness" By Joseph Parish. It always stops me dead in my tracks when I see what a massive effect the media can have upon public influences. As an example, during our last presidential election the media embraced Obama with open arms and as a result it gained him unknown amounts of public support. The same idea is firmly implanted with preparedness. The media can make or break communities preparedness plans. Click here

How critical is food storage in an emergency

May 19, 2009 - "How critical is food storage in an emergency" by Joseph Parish. Most hard and true survivalists tend to worry significantly about whether they have a sufficient supply of food stored up for a possibly emergency. To them their food supply is of paramount importance since its primary purpose is to take care of their family in the event of a crisis. Click here

Pet First Aid Kits and Emergency Supplies

May 4, 2009 - "Pet First Aid Kits and Emergency Supplies" by: Eric Holm. Pet first aid kits are an essential part of the survival of pets during emergencies. The importance of preparing for calamities, not only for yourself and family, but also for your pets has been underscored after a lot of dead pets were found in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit several areas in the southern parts of the United States. Click here

Plans for Mass Graves Confirmed

May 2, 2009 - "Plans for Mass Graves Confirmed: Government Surveying Cemetery Readiness for Flu Outbreak" The State of New York Division of Cemeteries has sent out "Mass Fatality forms" to cemeteries in that state to collect data about their ability to deal with the high volume of casualties that would occur if their were a flu pandemic or other disaster. Click here

Emergency storage quantities for fuel related items

April 24, 2009 - "Emergency storage quantities for fuel related items" By Joseph Parish. Just about everyone stores candles for emergencies however very few people really know how many to store up on. To judge the time it takes for a candle to melt you must consider its diameter as well as the length. A candle which is ¾ of an inch in diameter and 4 inches long will burn for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, while one which is 7/8 of an inch but the same length will burn for 5 hours. The two inch diameters will maintain a light for approximately 7 hours per inch. Click here

Hands on Experiences for Home School children

April 20, 2009 - "Hands on Experiences for Home School Children" by Joseph Parish. As a home school parent it lays within our realm of responsibility to make learning enjoyable, interesting and effective. When setting up effective home school learning activities we should continually seek out various methods that we can creatively reinforce the learning modules with the actual events studied that day. This is a far simpler task then you may suspect. Click here

Get your Medications prior to an emergency evacuation

April 17, 2009 - "Get your Medication prior to an emergency evacuation" By Joseph Parish. As survivalist we must be ready for every situation whether we are in complete control of our health or not. Many of us may be on daily medications but when we have to depart and evacuate an area we have to do it then – not later. This makes management of our medications even more important then ever before. I hope that the following tips will assist you in this task. Click here

Power Outage Survival Kit

April 15, 2009 - "Power Outage Survival Kit" By Joseph Parish. When it’s black out it is definitely black out. I often think why it is that whenever I happen to lose power it occurs on the darkest of nights with no moonlight what-so-ever? Well all that shows is the necessity of having a well equipped power outage Survival kit. Click here

Making Home Food Storage Affordable

April 14, 2009 - "Making Home Food Storage Affordable" By Joseph Parish. You know that you need to store up on food in the event of an emergency however, there are always things that pop up and demand priority over your food storage dollars. The car may need fixing; the washing machine just died on you or the refrigerator is on the blink. If it isn’t one thing it’s another. Click here

How to Make an Emergency Shelter

April 9, 2009 - "How to Make an Emergency Shelter" Lost! What do you do when you find yourself lost in the woods and you realize that you have not any shelter or food? The food problem will be addressed in a separate article, but for now, we will talk about building an emergency shelter. Just how does one go about making an emergency shelter when all he has are the clothes on his back and his backpack? The process of building a shelter is simpler than you think! Click here

You may only store so much food

April 6, 2009 - "You may only store so much food" We have all heard rumors that big brother was going to take over our weapons and our food supplies in the event of a national disaster, well here is a little tid-bit of information for you to digest this morning with your fresh orange juice. Does the United States have a law telling you that you may only store so much food? Find out by reading our next article called "You may only store so much food" Click here

Learn more about our federal governments weather alert system Weather Alert, Check out the NOAA Weather Radio Service

April 5, 2009 - "Weather Alert, Check out the NOAA Weather Radio Service" By Joseph Parish. Branded as the “Voice of NOAA’s National Weather Service”, the weather radio service of NOAA is a national public service supplied to us by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a nationwide complex of radio stations propagating nonstop weather related information directly from the closest National Weather Service office. Learn more about our federal governments weather alert system by reading our latest article entitled "Weather Alert, Check out the NOAA Weather Radio Service". Click here

Making Canned Heat

April 4, 2009 - "Making Canned Heat" I am not a chemist, nor do I have any training in this field. I'm just a guy that found this recipe, bought the ingredients put them together, and it worked. Any production you might do, is at your own risk. Click here

Our current time of Crisis makes Bugging out Difficult

April 3, 2009 - "Our current time of crisis makes Bugging out Difficult" By Joseph Parish. Our current financial struggle here in America is on the verge of making an emergency bug out difficult at best. Predictions have been revealed that state our workforce will be at just about a stand still by the end of 2009. In short there simply are not enough jobs for the people. Ninety-five percent of our nation's metropolitan cities will have far fewer job positions available as the year ends than those that they had at the beginning of the year. Click here

Indoor Survival Garden

April 2, 2009 - "Indoor Survival Garden" Keeping your garden safe and out of sight, from hungry looters and refuges after the collapse could mean the difference between life and death for the survivor. Having a traditional garden planted in rows is an open invitation to trouble, as every hungry unprepared person passing by will try to raid your garden, for a easy meal. Click here

The Fate of the Elderly During a Crisis

April 1, 2009 - "The Fate of the Elderly during a Crisis" By Joseph Parish. We often wonder what will be our reactions during some type of major disaster or crisis. Will we behave as we expect ourselves to? Will we do everything by the book as we had planned? Will we be able to provide for our loved ones properly? There are more questions then we have answers for. Under the expected circumstances all we can do is guess as to what our actions will be. Click here

Communications Capabilities

March 31, 2009 - "Communications Capabilities" By Joseph Parish. One of the foremost questions that many people ask is what they can do about obtaining valuable information and communicating with other people during times of crisis. Let’s face it our cell phones may not be much use to us after the emergency generators that operate the cell phone towers run out of fuel and are effectively dead. Click here

The X Cargo Roof Top Carriers and bugging Out

March 28, 2009 - "The X Cargo Roof Top Carriers and bugging out" By Joseph Parish. Often times we drive down the highway and make a mental note of one of the cargo roof top carrier which appears on many of the vehicles that we pass. At once we start to wonder as to the value of these items during a possible bug out situation. Would they benefit us? Do they have any sort of merit in survival? These are questions which we need to answer. Click here

Registration of Special Needs People

March 25, 2009 - "Registration of Special Needs People" By Joseph Parish. We have countless people within our Delmarva Peninsula that have special requirements and needs. As responsible citizens it is our duties to ensure that during periods of emergencies these people are suitably cared for. Click here