Are You Going to be Next?

This has been a devastating hurricane season for the south and eastern coasts of the United States. This weekend I was watching the news footage of the refugees evacuating the Texas coastline in advance of Hurricane Ike.

Most of them wore an expression of worry and almost panic as they clutched plastic shopping bags of a few items they'd grabbed before leaving home. However, in one shot showed what seemed to be a family waiting in line. Each person wore a backpack, while the father carried a large duffle. I didn't see any panic on their faces. They were evidently prepared.

Today I watched the news coverage as authorities went from house to house in Galveston checking for those who had decided not to evacuate. I also saw lines of people waiting for water and ice. There were also people shown waiting for a grocery store to open so they could get some food, while another woman was trying to get some gas for her generator.

My heart broke for those people who are suffering now because they didn't take time to do a little preparedness; some canned and dried food, some extra water, some extra fuel for the generator and a go bag or bug out bag for every family member. So little really, but priceless in situations like so much of the United States has experienced in the last few weeks.

Visit Survival Homestead for more information on what you can go to get ready. Do you need a Disaster Survival Kit? Do you want to try building your own Survival Fanny Pack? You will find that information at Survival Homestead.

Remeber: "Don't put off until tomorrow" when the hurricane is supposed to make landfall "those things you can do today" to be ready and safe.

Build Your Survival Preparedness Library

Have you begun to build your survival preparedness library? If your answer is "No" or "what's that?" then you might want to read on. If you are like so many people, me included, anytime I want to know something I "google it".

I absolutely love the wealth of knowledge available instantaneously with just a few keystrokes. However, I do realize that there is one drawback to that "microwave" convenience...it relies on power...juice...electricity.

"So?" you ask. Have you considered how you will access all that wonderful information once the power goes out, which is highly likely in a real SHTF or TEOTWAWKI event. If not, then you still have time to do something about all that knowledge that could be lost.

You can visit your local bookstore, hoping they will have books on all the different types of information you want: sustainable living, gardening, animal husbandry, medicinal plants, edible wild plants, tanning hides, etc., etc. Of course, when the bookstore doesn't have what you're looking for, they can always order it for you.

You can visit Amazon.com and some of the other online bookstores and look for some useful books; trying to figure out which books will have the exact information you need. Of course, there is the wait involved waiting for snail mail to deliver your purchase.

In an effort to save gas, time, and confusion, you are invited to begin building your survival library in a matter of minutes. We have a growing selection of ebooks and eguides available for immediately download. With a few keystrokes you can download and print off some very useful information.

Here are just a few of the titles:
"What Will You do in the Coming Pandemic" free when you order a Survival Silver Generator
"Medicinal Plants, Wild & Cultivated"
"Real Wilderness Survival Tips from the Books of Louis L'Amour"
"How to Create Your Own Survival Meals-Food Dehydrating for Bug Out"
"How to Jerk Elk Naturally"
"Preparedness for Pets"
"How to Butcher a Deer"

We are also pleased to announce a new feature writer, Sunshine Brewer. Read about this woman who grew up living and learning all the skills of her Native American ancestors. Sunshine is currently working on a coast-to-coast guide to edible, medical and utilitarian wild plants, which will be available very shortly.

We presently have two of Sunshine's eguides available in our survival preparedness library.

Get a ream of paper, a little extra ink and a couple of binders and begin printing off all that information you may need in a survival situation.