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Will You Need Companions During a Collapse?

March 15, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Preparedness, Survival

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A few months ago we traveled with another family to enjoy the snow for a few days. Each family took their own vehicle.

Read this Before you Toss out Expired Medications

March 13, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Expiration Dates

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I mentioned a few weeks ago I’d be clearing out and rotating my supplies. Upon opening the first aid bucket, we found a

Spam for Survival Storage

March 11, 2014 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Survival Cookery, Survival Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com For anyone who has never tried Spam, it is a canned meat by Hormel, made of pork shoulder and ham. It looks like

The Difference Between Oxygen Absorbers and Silica Gel

March 6, 2014 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Long Term Storage Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I was telling a friend who is new to preparedness about packing bulk foods for long terms storage, when she asked me if

Surviving an Economic Collapse – Advice from Mark Goodwin, Author of The Economic Collapse Chronicles

March 4, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Blog contest, Book Review, Emergency Preparedness, Financial Preparedness, Prepper fiction, Survival Fiction

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Mark Goodwin, who runs Prepper Recon has written two books in The Economic Collapse Chronicles: American Exit Strategy and the recently released American

Update on Homemade Vanilla

March 1, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, DIY, Emergency Preparedness, Self-Sufficiency

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Back in November, I started my homemade vanilla project. Now that it’s been three months, I wanted to let you know how it’s

Save Money! Make Soda at Home

February 22, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, DIY, Emergency Preparedness, Saving money, Self-Sufficiency

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Although I like an occasional glass of Coke, I prefer a glass of sparkling water with a twist of lemon or lime. La

Will You be Stuck in a Traffic Nightmare?

February 20, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com We all heard about the gigantic traffic jam in Atlanta a few weeks ago that resulted from the unexpected snow storm. You can’t

The Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness – Interview with Jim Cobb

February 18, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Book Review, Defense, Emergency Preparedness, Reviews

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Today we are featuring Jim Cobb’s latest book The Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness. Jim Cobb runs DisasterPrepConsultants.com, and SurvivalWeekly.com. He is also

Having Gear Does Not Guarantee Preparedness

February 8, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Gear Review, Survival Gear

This article is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com One of the first things people do when they get interested in prepping is going out and buying gear. It is great