Sometime during October is Fire Safety month/week/day/hour, frankly I’m too tired to look it up but you can assume that I am right. Anywhoo here is a list of some things you need to think of to be fire prepared. Just the other day I ran a fire drill with the kids, they think it […]
Every year around this time our local Green Giant plant (General Mills) puts on a charity parking lot sale. You can get case lots for better prices than Sams or other discount clubs. It’s a really good deal. For example a case of 48 Nature Valley Granola bars is $10 ($0.21 each) or 24 cans […]
What do you do when you receive this voicemail? “Honey, the wildfire is headed toward the house, we were told to evacuate, going to {psht} {crackle}” Now he/she won’t answer the phone, lines are probably overloaded. Do you A. Panic, B. Go to your pre-arranged rally point and hug? Having a detailed preparedness plan can cut through […]
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So we are here to kick off August with a Do1Thing episode. August’s tasks relate to getting involved in the community. FIRST a word from our sponsor BUBweb.com – offering webhosting starting at $10 per YEAR! Also Check our our MTP First Aid Kits, and let me know if this is something that would interest […]
As per tradition the first podcast of the month is the Do1Thing episode. July’s tasks are dealing with a family communications plan. Things discussed in this episode. Have a phone with a cord and a car charger for your cell phone Develop a plan for how your family will stay in touch during a disaster […]
This blog isn’t really about pimping other people’s contests but it is about giving you information about things that can help you, so I will post some contests/giveaways/etc, that I think you might be interested in. Even though this reduces my chances of winning I just can’t let them go on in secret. So in […]
Ok I’m looking at putting together some kits for sale. I was planning on a personal first aid kit and personal survival kit. It will take quite an investment to put these together so if you are interested please leave a comment with what you would like, this will not be considered an order just a testing […]
June is a unique month… well not really I am just too lazy to come up with another introduction. Anywhoo as far as Do1Thing.com is concerned June is the time to focus on unique family needs in a potential disaster. This one hits close to home, my parents always told me I was unique so […]
In past episodes we’ve discussed car kits and home emergency kits. This week we will talk about 72 Hour kits / get out of dodge (GOOD) / Bug Out Bag /Evacuation kits. Unlike many who identify themselves as survivalists this is NOT a battle kit, this is a “I have to evacuate NOW due to […]