Patriots

By Jim Slaton 

With all types of disasters happening around the world these days including earthquakes, hurricanes and more, it pays to be prepared. This is specially true considering the current state of our economy. You never know when the power will go out, stores will run out of food or the stock market will crash. Any of these things and more could leave you to survive on your own. How will you get by if the power goes out and stays out for weeks or months? What will you do if you run out of food and you can't get any from the stores? What happens if there is a shortage of fuel and the trucks stop bringing it into the city?

If you haven't already you should consider building yourself a survival (emergency) kit. If your smart you will build yourself a survival kit for both your home and another you can take with you on foot. There are a variety of places that sell pre-packaged survival kits for emergency preparedness but its better if you build one from scratch. No emergency kit will fit everyone's needs since most of us live in different areas with different climates.

If you live in a desert region you will need to have more water, sunscreen and shade. If you live up in the mountains or in a cold region you will need to focus on more clothing. Start storing foods like can goods, dehydrated fruits and dry foods but remember that if you have to move out on foot can goods are heavy! More consideration has to be put into your smaller traveling pack since you will probably end up carrying it most of the time.

I recommend you stay up to date at the survivalblog.com for the most news and up to date info on emergency readiness.  James Wesley, Rawles  runs the survival blog and has written several popular books on the topic including my favorite "Patriots, survival in the coming collapse". Expect the unexpected so you don't get caught by surprise with the masses!