Ready for Life

An article has been published over at Newsweek, Rise of the Preppers,  talking about the term “prepper” as in someone who is more prepared. This includes the person with an urban garden all the way to the hard-core disaster preparedness guy who fears a breakdown of society. The article borderlines on highlighting the crazy survivalist, [...]

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We have been doing some work clearing a bit of land for future camping trips and overnight stays. Tough work, but we had some help from my brother who camped out for a few days. It is a good 20 miles into town, and sometimes you just don’t want to drive in. Current setup = [...]

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The news today on all major news networks is about Swine Flu and the cases confirmed in Mexico, Texas, California and now possibly Kansas. This has some nastiness potential, but it seems all government agencies including the CDC and WHO are doing all the right things for social containment. World Health Organization has declared the [...]

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We made our commitment in February and I think I realize new benefits and new challenges each week. You see, we are moving. To an RV, motorhome, motorcoach, Class A rig or tiny, tiny home on wheels. It goes by many names, but so far… .the best seems to be – small footprint. The journey [...]

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Here is how you know what you need for a hurricane or storm and the few days after when things get uncomfortable. Pick a weekend, it can even be at random. If you need, tell your family ahead of time, but just shut off the power. Try it for 12 hours, a day… shoot, even [...]

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Water and mosquito eggs are the only two ingredients for a world of frustration, pain and even worse. Now, with the pesky little Culex mosquito carrying stronger and more virile strains of the West Nile Virus, bites can lead to serious illness. A recent trip to the Houston Hurricane Preparedness Workshop and meeting the Houston [...]

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My car keeps failing me L It should start, Triple A came to the rescue during lunch…but just in case I have to give it another jump after work, does anyone have any cables? This was the email around my office yesterday. We all snickered, gave our colleague a hard time, but also realized how [...]

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Hurricane Workshop – This is a free event scheduled in Houston on Saturday, June 7th, 2008. It’s good to see several local organizations working together to promote this workshop on preparing for the Gulf Coast natural disasters. Looks like they even have a nice blog started at 2008 Hurricane Workshop From the blog: Focused on [...]

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The tips below are from an article published on Reuters by Linda Stern. Read the full article for additional discussion of the topic. Rising food prices are making it more difficult for families to maintain the same level of living on salaries that are not rising as quickly as the combination of food, energy, home [...]

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http://nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world I really don’t like posting things like this. It seems to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Even if it is not true, media attention can make people believe there is a food shortage and cause panic buying. Self-fulfilling. I will admit my first reaction was to rush to Costco’s and see prices and availability in [...]

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