We are excited to be starting week 16 of our Food Storage Do-Over 2015! We are getting close to the end of this adventure. If you didn’t catch last week’s post which talked about Powerless Cooking you can see it here. Remember this is a 17 week process that we will be going through together. […]
Alternate heating/cooling
50 Tips to Keep Cool When the Power is OUT
My air conditioner was broken for a few days this summer and it was pretty miserable around our house. It got me thinking about what I would do in a long term powerless situation to keep our family cool. We posed the question on our Facebook page and got tons of great ideas from our […]
One Second After: Heating and Cooling
Join us as we discuss the book One Second After and how we can use the information to help us better prepare for an EMP attack situation.
Alternative Heating Methods: Coffee Can Heater
Picture tutorial on how to make a coffee can heater that is not hot to the touch. This was submitted by a reader and we think it is fabulous.
Emergency Heat Sources
Keeping warm is essential for survival. Loss of body heat, Hypothermia, is very dangerous and can lead to loss of body parts and even death. Wet conditions quickly increase the loss of body heat. When traditional heat sources are not available, below are a few ideas to help you keep warm: If you get wet […]
How To Make a Coffee Can Heater
As part of our Emergency Preparedness Plan we include a list of items to include in a “Car Kit”. This is a kit that you keep in your car with useful items in case you have a road-side emergency. One of the items we recommend is a “coffee can heater” and we have had quite […]
Hi there! I’m Jodi. I share my preparedness adventures via the blog and social media so you can see what I’m working on day to day.