Ready for Life

The Wall Street Journal brings to our attention that one of our favorite comfort foods and pantry foods is going to rise sharply in prices. As much as a 40% increase in brand name Peanut Butter. The price increase can be attributed to drought conditions and record heat waves this past year in states typically [...]

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According to Snopes, this commercial aired at the first Superbowl following the 9/11 attack on NYC. Budweiser did not air it again, but it was available on their website for a period of time. It seems a fitting tribute to remind us of quiet strength and resolve.

Did 9/11 change us a country? Yes. Did it [...]

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InSTEDD is the brainchild of Google.org’s executive director, epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant, who conceived of it nearly two years ago when he won the TED prize, a grant-making wish foundation that helps raise funds for humanitarian projects. They are now the main benefactor in the “Predict and Prevent” category of Google’s foundation which uses [...]

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The questions keep getting harder to answer. What is better for the long term good of both Mother Earth and people? An article in Time and CNN indicate that a Food Crisis may well follow on the heels of our current oil crisis. If 1 and 6 people in this world are hungry today, then [...]

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I use quite a bit of technology in both my daily life and career. Watching some of the events unfold in California with the wildfires this week has again brought the collision of technology and disaster to the forefront.
This article about Twitter and disaster communications among social media is worth a read to see how [...]

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Excuse me while I geek out for a moment here. We have been having discussions of late regarding the Oasis standard for CAP or Common Alerting Protocol among other emergency responses.
Actually, we have been having general discussions about emergency response and disaster preparedness as an underlying theme for some time now. CAP is just one [...]

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There are tons of tips, guides, diy articles on survival and preparation on the Interweb. I even list a few on this site. They come in all flavors. Find what works best for you and your level of needs as YMMV (Your mileage may vary) for each set. Below is a practical approach to planning [...]

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I remember reading this magazine as a teen. My older brother had a continuous subscription and I would devour them when visiting his house. Now, years later I find they have also jumped on the survival bandwagon. An entire submenu devoted to Survive Anything. They list several clear tools including:
How to Survive Anything Mother Nature [...]

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A Project of the Federation of American Scientists, ReallyReady is a project created weblog that somewhat mimics Ready.gov, but goes into a few deep dives of areas that the government site doesn’t cover as in depth.

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We keep a good set of spare gas cans (containers) around with treated fuel in them in case of emergency. One of the worst places to be is stuck in a filling station line with a bunch of nervous people all trying to do the same thing. Get gas, pay exorbitant prices for gas cans [...]

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