Preparing for an Emergency
There are lots of good links for getting yourself, your family, and your home prepared for an emergency, whether natural or man-made.
Remember to get a couple of how-to books about first aid and repairing things that can help you get through an emergency. Do you have two different credit cards when traveling, so if one gets lost and canceled you are not card-less? How about a roll of quarters - believe it or not but pay phones often work when nothing else does. Why not store an extra 5-gallon can of gas in the garage? Go look at other sites for more ideas on being prepared.
Also, "There is no reason not to incorporate gardening, concealment, bait for game, low maintenance wild food sources, barriers, lumber and firewood into the landscaping of your property. Your food and seed stockpiles can be stolen but it is unlikely that your properties vegetation would be. Consider a holistic approach to landscaping and gardening..." Source
Remember to get a couple of how-to books about first aid and repairing things that can help you get through an emergency. Do you have two different credit cards when traveling, so if one gets lost and canceled you are not card-less? How about a roll of quarters - believe it or not but pay phones often work when nothing else does. Why not store an extra 5-gallon can of gas in the garage? Go look at other sites for more ideas on being prepared.
Also, "There is no reason not to incorporate gardening, concealment, bait for game, low maintenance wild food sources, barriers, lumber and firewood into the landscaping of your property. Your food and seed stockpiles can be stolen but it is unlikely that your properties vegetation would be. Consider a holistic approach to landscaping and gardening..." Source
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Wisconsin Emergency #s
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Learn to make a survival kit that fits in an Altoids can!
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B Self-Sufficient
   | Be Informed
The Survivalist blog gives you direct insight into independent living. Click here to check out his free e-book or 10 Things to Do Now or How to Survive TEOTWAWKI in 14 Easy Steps.
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 | This group provides free downloads of books that provide guidance on how to deal with dentistry to midwifery to poisons.
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 | Be PreparedGo to ReadyAmerica to download lists of supplies to keep in your house and car. There is a special page for older Americans.
It also recommends creating a family emergency plan to make with your family members to know where to meet in case you are separated. Finally, it provides emergency help numbers for your area. --------------------- |
    | Be Ready
Go to TheReadyStore or YourFoodStorage for every conceivable emergency supply. Sign up for ReadyStore's email and take advantage of Frugal Fridays to start building up a supply.
Also, Costco has great deals on Shelf Reliance Thrive freeze-dried food and other food storage products, seeds, etc. Compare freeze-dried and dehydrated foods. |
Click image for this short, VERY good video on self-defense shooting.
Sheriff Clarke: "...I’m through telling law-abiding people to automatically run first from crime...the only time I am going to run from my own home is if it’s on fire or flooding. If an intruder enters, my first move will not be to dial 9-1-1, it is going to be protecting and defending my family and myself. Once that threat of an intruder has been identified and neutralized, then I’ll call for police. If that means it is after I shoot the intruder, then so be it. Telling or expecting people to call 9-1-1 first and then hide in a closet waiting for the police to arrive is silly. What happens if the intruder is between you and the door to the home, do we expect people to jump out a second story window?"
| Be Armed
Luckygunner provides cheap, bulk ammo.
Midway USA has supplies. Ammunition to go is self-explanatory. J&G Sales is good for vintage items. |
  What to Plant When | Be Green
Grow a garden and/or sprouts. Try 3-Sisters gardening. Start a Victory garden. Short on space? Try container or square foot gardening (starter page).
Sprouting seeds is convenient. 1918 WWI Victory Garden Manual |
 | Pantry ItemsHere is a list of pantry food items you could keep on hand.
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 | First Aid KitSee Mayo Clinic's list for what should be in a comprehensive first aid kit.
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Others' Tips
Washing clothes manually "remedy for broken buttons [going through wringer]. In the old days we use to fold the clothes before putting them through the wringer. We would fold them so the buttons were on the inside of the whole thing and that seemed to remedy the problem. I learned it from my mom who learned it from her mom... Also, if you fold the T-shirts first they don’t get pulled all out of shape. Regular shirts were folded and put through collar first. Sometimes there was a problem with getting jeans through from the waist band side, so those we would run through by putting the leg bottoms together and going pant leg first."
| Trying to not pay for it "In the process of gardening (and other aspects of life) always ask yourself: Should I pay for this? I’m not saying become a hermit. I’m not saying that some things aren’t worth the money you spend. Always refuse to pay first, then if you simply have to…do it reluctantly [with joy!]. I fight the urge myself. I need compost…run to the store and buy some--or make it? I need water…turn the hose on or make rain barrels?" |
