72 Hour Kit Series Week 1: Food for Your Emergency Kit
Welcome back to the 72 Hour Kit Series! If you haven’t already caught the introduction, read it now so you’ll know what’s going on. I’ll wait right here until you get back. Remember that you are...
View Article72 Hour Kit Series Week 2: Water for Your Emergency Kit
Welcome back to the 72 hour emergency kit series! This week we’re getting water in our kits. Water for emergency kits is another topic I cover in detail in the first chapter of my book, Food Storage...
View ArticleDIY Double 2 Liter Bottle Tote
Here’s an easy sewing project I dreamed up when trying to figure out how to be able to carry more water in an emergency. 2 liter soda bottles are so easy and inexpensive to get, wash, and fill for...
View Article72 Hour Kit Series Week 3: Fire and Heat
Welcome back to our 72 hour emergency kit series! This week we’re covering fire and heat. Hypothermia, (not keeping your core body temperature high enough) is the most common outdoor killer. You...
View Article72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 4: Cooking
Welcome back! Today’s focus in our 72 hour emergency kits is cooking! Having a cooking method in your kit is not mandatory, but will help if you want to heat or cook food OR are planning to use...
View Article72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 5: First Aid and Medical Supplies
Welcome back to our 72 Hour Emergency Kit series! This week we’re stocking our kits with first aid supplies. Medical supplies can help everything from a blister to a broken arm, and any of you who...
View Article72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 6: Sanitation and Personal Care
In an emergency, staying clean can help prevent disease. No need to make a bad situation worse by spreading disease through poor sanitation if you can do something to prevent it. In addition to...
View Article72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 7: Clothes
Clothes. Who needs em? Totally kidding!! Contrary to what you may have seen on shows like “Naked and Afraid,” clothes are not optional. This week in our 72 hour emergency kit series we’re covering...
View Article72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 8: Light
We’re back for another installment of building your 72 hour emergency kit! Remember what we’ve discussed before about personalizing your kit and then let’s get some light in your kit! Nobody wants to...
View Article72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 9: Documents
In case of an emergency, and especially one requiring an evacuation, you’ll want to be able to easily prove you are who you say you are and you own what you say you own. You may need to be cleared by...
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