Emergency and Disaster Warnings

January 31, 2009 - "Emergency and Disaster Warnings" Besides the things you may observe or experience personally, there are several ways you may be alerted to a disaster or an emergency situation before it occurs. Being aware of what is happening or about to happen can mean the difference in surviving a disaster or becoming a victim of one. Click here

What number please?

January 30, 2008 - "What number please?" It is extremely important that during any sort of emergency that you keep in touch with family members and friends. This simple act keeps the family from worrying and contacting the authorities in an effort to find out what your status is. These simple procedures may help to ease the way you contact people. Click here

Kitchen Sprouter

January 29, 2008 - "Kitchen Sprouter" Having looked carefully at all the commercial kitchen sprouter that are on the market I decided that prior to purchasing a store bought unit that I would try to make my own. I felt it would be very simple to take a mason jar, a rubber band and some cheese cloth and construct my own. click here

Alternate plans for safe retreats

January 28, 2009 - "Alternate plans for safe retreats" by Joseph Parish. While we may think that we are clever and very smart when it comes to creating different scenarios which could take place in the real world when danger threatens us we may find that we are merely fooling ourselves. We will never know for sure if we are selecting the proper course of hunkering down or perhaps to bug out. Click here

Granny Know how when dealing with Bee Stings

January 27, 2008 - "Granny know how when dealing with Bee Stings" by Joseph parish. When it comes to bee stings there can be no doubt in my mind that granny knew best. If you search around I am sure that you will encounter at least a dozen or so different remedies that originate from someone’s family tree telling you how to deal with stings experienced by bees and wasps. Click here

Power Outage

January 26, 2009 - "Power Outages" Are you prepared? During winter in our area, power can go out & stay out for 3-5 days. Fortunately, this hasn’t happened in several years, BUT it can. (how about those summer “rolling blackouts" in California? We’ve never been part of one, but it’s a possibility here. Click here

An Obituary printed in the London Times

January 25, 2009 - "An Obituary printed in the London Times" Here is something that my wife received in her email and you may find it to be of interest. Sadly it is rather true. Click here