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Long-Burning Candles at Low Cost for Powerless Nights

May 15, 2022 By Tom Myles Leave a Comment

Light up your powerless, dark nights with this inexpensive prep item from Dollar Tree

Find out what are the best long-burning candles on a low cost for the powerless nights. These budget candles last a long time!

Filed Under: Preparedness Tagged With: camping, emergency lighting, shtf, survival, teotwawki

Top 5 Preparedness Pinners on Pinterest in 2022

May 10, 2022 By Mike Lucero Leave a Comment

Top 5 Pinners for Prepping - some of my favorite pinners | Mom with a Prep

I was truly honored to be named one of the Top 5 Pinners for Prepping by Simply Preparing! I can’t say it was all me because the entire prepping, homesteading, survival, and outdoor communities have put out such great information for us to gather! I’m still in my gather as much information phase as I […]

Filed Under: Preparedness Tagged With: blogs, emergency preparedness, Simply Preparing, survival

How to Make a Car Survival Kit: Easy Guide

April 26, 2022 By Emily Mendel Leave a Comment

Survival Kit

Even though pretty much everyone has a cell phone, there may still be times when you are stuck on a road needing help and can’t get it. Cell phone batteries die or there may be no signal. Bad weather can also impede help, leaving you trapped in your car to wait. Whatever the scenario, it […]

Filed Under: Emergency Kit, Preparedness Tagged With: Car, Car Survival Kit, Comprehensive Car Survival Kit, Creating a Comprehensive Car Survival Kit, Guide to Creating a Comprehensive Car Survival Kit, Kit, survival, Survival Kit, Your Guide to Creating a Comprehensive Car Survival Kit

Top 10 Fire Starters For Camping in 2022

April 24, 2022 By Tom Myles 2 Comments

Learn what are the best fire starters in 2022. Read these reviews of the top 10 fire starters from Amazon and find your best!

Filed Under: Camping / Hiking Tagged With: backyard camping, camp cooking, campfire cooking, camping, fire starters, preparedness, survival

5 Great Survival Movies That Prove It Pays to Be Prepared

May 28, 2018 By Emily Mendel 1 Comment

Business Problem: Crisis and Frustration

Save Long before human beings were living in high-rise apartments and ordering take-out, they were sleeping under the stars and foraging for roots and berries. Modern life affords so many comforts and conveniences it can be hard to imagine how any humans managed to survive under primitive circumstances. Without fur or feathers to keep us […]

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Preparedness Quick Tip #50: It’s Not About Emergencies

August 20, 2016 By Mike Lucero 5 Comments

Stop thinking about PREParedness in terms of a single emergency that your family may face, but in terms of a PREPared lifestyle that allows your family to weather any storm that comes their way, as well as relying less on outside agencies to direct your path.

PREPAREDNESS IS NOT ABOUT EMERGENCIES, IT’S ABOUT A LIFESTYLE. But not necessarily the lifestyle you think …. Scenario 1 Take the scenario of my friend who is highly focused on being prepared for an earthquake. He lives in the middle of earthquake country in California. He has bags at the ready, his family does routine […]

Filed Under: Preparedness Quick Tip Tagged With: emergencies, homesteading, prepper, survival

What the Heck does that Even Mean!? A Glossary of Preparedness & Homesteading Terms

June 19, 2014 By Emily Mendel 9 Comments

Mom with a PREP | What the Heck does that Even Mean!? Terms like SHTF, TEOTWAWKI, WROL, EMP, and more get thrown around all the time, but do you know what they really mean?

Do you know how it is to walk into a group of folks who are well versed in their speciality, and they are talking and throwing around terms and acronyms and you haven’t a clue what they’re talking about, but you really want to understand? That’s how I felt when I first started investigating just […]

Filed Under: Preparedness Tagged With: emergency preparedness, glossary, survival, terms

I Tried It for You: A Review of the Credit Card-sized Survival Tool in Everyday Life

September 20, 2013 By Tom Myles Leave a Comment

One of the very first 'survival' tools that I bought my family. Everyone has one for their wallet. It's one of this kitchy things that you think aren't worth it, but you might be wrong...

One of the very first ‘survival’ tools that I bought my family Everyone has one for their wallet. It’s one of this kitchy things that you think aren’t worth the money, but it’s a really great, small first move you can make that is cheap to boot! What is it? It’s an 11 function survival […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Preparedness, Reviews Tagged With: camping, emergency preparedness, hiking, preppertalk, survival, wallet

Teaching Our Kids about Every Day Carry – EDC

March 3, 2013 By Tom Myles 13 Comments

Teach your kids about Every Day Carry (EDC). They can learn about what items they should be carrying every single day in their pockets, that just might save a life someday.

Every day Carry ( or EDC ) items aren’t just for gun totin’ survivalists in hunting vests or massive utility belts (though I’m sure my kids would LOVE to wear a massive utility belt!); they are also for Moms and children. It’s also not what we carry in our purses, bags or backpacks, but those things that […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Prepping for Kids Tagged With: edc, everyday carry, everyday carry for kids, shtf, survival

How I use Pinterest to Help Me Prepare for Emergencies

January 15, 2013 By Mike Lucero 5 Comments

Mom with a PREP | How I use Pinterest to help me PREPare for my family.

How I use Pinterest to help me PREPare for my family. Creating helpful boards with tons of emergency preparedness and homesteading information has really helped! I’m a visual person. I’ve always read tons to learn, but find that I’m visual in so many things. I need to see something done or see something organized before […]

Filed Under: Preparedness Tagged With: emergency preparedness, shtf, social media, survival, teotwawki

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