An electromagnetic pulse is caused by the detonation of a nuclear device at high altitude over the target area. An EMP can also be caused by a solar storm. The electromagnetic pulse generated by such an attack or event can destroy electrical power infrastructure and...
Essential Oils for Healing
If you have ever experienced the scent of a rosemary bush, you’ve experienced the aromatic qualities of an essential oil. Having been around for thousands of years, various cultures have used them for medicinal and health purposes. You will find them used in...
Self-Reliance – Dealing with Debt
Money is the current medium of exchange for services rendered or products acquired from someone else. Everyone uses it. It’s the way we get things we need and want. The money you receive for your work is considered income and when you use money to purchase items or...
Project Noah – Month 12
Project Noah is a yearlong food storage and emergency preparedness program designed to help you set and obtain goals in the area of family preparedness. The program is divided into twelve monthly assignments touching on lots of short and long term preparedness...
Project Noah – Month 11
Project Noah is a yearlong food storage and emergency preparedness program designed to help you set and obtain goals in the area of family preparedness. The program is divided into twelve monthly assignments touching on lots of short and long term preparedness...
Tips on Storing Batteries and Matches
Batteries come in a variety of sizes, shapes and uses. Review the types of batteries you need for the types of devices you have. Store extras of the types and sizes you need. Proper storage extends battery lives and prevents them from becoming a safety hazard. Here...
Food Storage Rotation
from “Preparedness Principles” Barbara Salsbury How old is too old? Keeping food dry, cool, and protected from light is the key to proper storage. The less light, heat and moisture food is exposed to, the longer its shelf life will be. The optimal canned and dry food...
Natural Antibiotics
Since the beginning of the 1900’s scientists have worked diligently to find chemicals that would fight microbes attacking the human body and not hurt the human. Some of the earliest research was on a treatment for syphilis, an endemic and almost incurable disease. The...
Thoughts on Preparedness
Lynda Eggimann When I began to think how life could change, everything changed. Imagine your world with a bad toothache, a blister, poison oak, a burn, bed bugs or a howling baby and NO Walmart. In a world where a small scratch could be life threatening the person...
What is Self-Reliance?
The first hint of the philosophy that would become "Self-Reliance" was presented by Ralph Waldo Emerson as part of a sermon in September 1830 a month after his first marriage. Emerson wrote on “individualism, personal responsibility, and nonconformity.[1] The concept...