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Tornado Checklist

I grew up in Washington, Illinois. In November of 2013 a huge tornado devastated a large part of my hometown. In the days and weeks following the tornado I talked with some survivors and modified my tornado preparedness plans. Tomorrow 27 April 2014 Washington will again be under severe risk for tornadoes. Hopefully these tips […]

How to deal with an Active Shooter situation

In light of the recent incident in Colorado the following documents put out by the Department of Homeland Security are a good read. They discuss what you should do if you find yourself in the middle of an active shooter situation (also a bomb threat). Check them out they are quick reads and good info. […]

Episode #69 – Ham Radio

So listen I just watched the Mad Men season premier so I’m about 4 Vodka Gimlets into the evening.  Oh and Joan’s mom is a B***.  Anywhoo I recorded this only 2-3 beers in last week so it should be OK. So in this episode I discuss Ham radio and it can help us… let’s […]

Episode 68 – Severe weather preparedness and spotting

Well after a bit of a hiatus I have four episodes ready, I will release them over the next few weeks. These four episodes are sponsored by BUBWEB.COM – websites starting at $10  PER YEAR!!! (help me feed my babies and go buy a website!!) This week we talk about preparing for and spotting severe […]

Episode 67 – Where is your stuff?

Wow, it’s been awhile.  I know I’ve been a combination of lazy and busy and could be more inspired.  This episode was recorded way back in November.  Well I have a bit of inspiration now and will get a couple episodes recorded soon. Not a whole lot to say about this episode other than I discuss […]

Episode 66 – Why do we prepare?

You may ask “Why do you prepare, what could happen?”  This episode deals with what could happen and what we should prepare for, not the philosophical aspects of WHY we should be prepared.  I bring up some things you may not have thought of before. But before we get into all that stuff check out […]

Episode 65 – Getting Started with Food (and other) Preps

Wow, it’s been awhile sorry about that but in penance you will get a long episode that I have spent at least 10 hours preparing. Have you ever heard of BUBWEB.COM ? They (they is me by the way) offer websites starting at $10 PER YEAR! GET SOME! What follows in this podcast is a sample basic […]

Episode 64 – Fire Preparedness

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 […]

The Green Giant Sale

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 […]

Ep 63 – Preparedness Plan

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 […]