In Canada, as well as most other parts of the world, a great percentage of disaster situations are caused by weather. Although most of us like to joke about the accuracy of the forecasters, Environment Canada has made weather forecasting a reliable
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Here is a podcast I put out last month about Canada’s tornado season.Given recent events in the U.S., specifically Moore, OK, I thought it fitting that I share this.Enjoy… Listen to internet radio with American Preppers Radio1 on Blog Talk Radio
As we have all likely heard by now, there has been a devastating tornado in Moore, OK. At the time of this post, the death toll has risen to 51, with a reported 40 more being transported to the cororners office. Sadly,
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Although the jist of the 72 hrs campaign is to assemble a home emergency kit, I thought it might be a good idea today to go over how to pack up an evacuation go pack, more commonly known as a bug out
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Cam and Michelle Mather run an off grid farm in Ontario, producing 100% of their own electricity wit solar panels and a wind turbine. They have gracefully given me permission to repost from their blog, and I thought that this particular article
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The second basic step to being prepared is also this year’s theme for EP Week, making a plan. Having an emergency plan in place before hand can avoid confusion and save valuable time during an event. When disaster strikes, people naturally become
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Being prepared is comings in many forms.. read on and you will see one of the things I have been doing for years and that have worked out to be a great thing in our home.. Well this week has been a
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For today’s post, we’ll take a look at the first step to being prepared…knowing the risks. There are two basic types of disasters that can affect you and your family, they are: Natural disasters Man made disasters Natural disasters are quite region
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Emergency Preparedness Week 2013 5 -11 May 2013 http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/ep-wk/index-eng.aspx It is Emergency Preparedness Week again. Each year in Canada we use the first full week of May to acknowledge and prepare for the unexpected. Whether, we are talking a house fire, forest
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Welcome to Emergency Preparedness Week at The Canadian Preppers Network. Each year, Public Safety Canada sponsors Emergency Preparedness Week on the first full week in May. The “72 hours…is your family prepared?” campaign was launched in 2006 and each year, studies have
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