by Billie Nicholson | Dec 1, 2015 | Carbon Monoxide, Cube Stove, Emergency Preparations, Food Storage, Heating, Solar cooking, Sun Oven
About the time you decide how to keep your family warm without electricity, stomachs will begin to growl. What to do and how? Deal with water first. Now you get to use that stored water you’ve put aside. When the power goes off, you may lose access to well water...
by Billie Nicholson | Dec 1, 2015 | Carbon Monoxide, Electricity, Emergency Preparations, Family preparedness, Fire, Food Storage, Heating, Preparedness, Severe Weather, Survival skills, Water, winter storms
7 “C’s” for Keeping Warm – Last month’s article on preparing your home for winter reminded us of the importance of repairing doors and windows to eliminate drafts. Now we’ll address ways to stay warm during an extended electrical power outage where no generator...
by Billie Nicholson | Nov 10, 2015 | Carbon Monoxide, Gardening, Heating, home safety, Household Tips, Preparedness, smoke alarms, Tool Kit
Have you taken time to give your home a winter-prep review? If you get to these projects before the weather gets nasty, you will enjoy the work more and help extend the life of your home’s components and make your property safer as well. Here are a few suggestions....