Preparedness: Why Prepare?

Preparedness: Why Prepare?

If you’ve already read my blog Preparedness: Not Paranoia, you know that I talk a lot about the fact that being prepared used to simply be a way of life. No one thought of it as being paranoid. Today it’s sometimes referred to as Prepping or ‘Modern Homesteading’. The...
Preparedness: Where to Begin?

Preparedness: Where to Begin?

September 2011, a blackout swept across parts of the U.S. Southwest and Mexico leaving roughly 6 million people without power. There was no warning, no stormy weather, no earthquake. One minute we had electricity—the next—nothing. We lived in Southern California at...