Another St. Louis Police shooting of a black man just 5 miles away from the Ferguson, MO shooting that’s the cause of so much unrest this week. (WARNING: You can watch it on mute and see what happens just fine, but if you watch it with sound there is plenty Read more…
62 Reasons Why my Bandana was Saved from the Donation Pile–by Guest Contributor Emily S Over the years I have accumulated a collection of bandanas which I have received from various events, activities and as gifts. After their immediate use had passed I would wash, fold, and tuck them away Read more…
After watching the extensive devastation that’s happened in the Philippines and the Midwest region of the U.S. this past week, I felt the need to emphasize the most important resource that we all MUST have in order to be able to withstand something as devastating as what these millions of Read more…
As I stated in Part 1 of this series, I firmly believe that there has never been a time since the sovereignty of this nation began, that has been more desperately in need of us developing the ability to support ourselves financially. Self-employment! We must become more faithful Read more…
By Garfield Refining, Guess Contribution An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That said, an ounce of gold or silver can offer far more value than what it’s current monetary value may provide in the event of a survival scenario as a direct result of a Read more…
Question: Would Hitler impact your preparedness today and if so, what would you do to STOP him from doing so? Or do you believe that if Hitler were around today it would have no impact and no place in the magnitude or pace at which you work to prepare your Read more…
Copyright 2013 Preparedness Pro Sausage Links–more than 300 in each box Because they are so handy to have, I thought that I’d better give you step by step instructions on how to CAN links. However, as noted in yesterday’s article, I discovered that I could Read more…
Yes, I’m still alive and NO, Big Brother hasn’t shut us down. hee hee I’ve received several e-mail inquiries regarding the lack of recent posts. I had a death in my family two weeks ago which required me to drive cross country in order to make the funeral in Read more…
Politics have everything to do with a person’s preparedness efforts in a myriad of inescapable ways. Local, state and national politics will influence HOW you prepare, WHY you prepare, WHAT you prepare, and WHEN you have to use what skills and resources that you’ve intended to use amidst just Read more…
How long can I store flour? What’s the shelf-life of freeze-dried strawberries? Can I preserve meat in some way other than smoking or drying it? I’d have to say the most common question I get asked as the Preparedness Pro is asking me how long something will store of what Read more…