Emergency Preparedness - Apartment Prepper

Beware the Painful New Disease from the Caribbean

May 24, 2014 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Health Risks

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Have you heard of the new “chikungunya” virus that comes from the Caribbean? Cases have now been found in Florida and from what

What’s Your Threat: Economic Downturn

May 23, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Budget Prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Financial Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com When I started my preparedness journey, I was mainly concerned about preparing for the next hurricane, but as time went on, I felt

Get Rid of Cable = Save Money for Preps

May 21, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Financial Preparedness, Frugality, Money, Saving money

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Today we returned the cable boxes and unhooked ourselves from Comcast cable. It all started out when we moved to a smaller unit

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Can You Live without a Refrigerator?

May 17, 2014 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Survival

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Having a refrigerator in the house is one of those conveniences that we take for granted. Most homes and apartments come with a

What To Do If You Cannot Grow A Garden

May 10, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, gardening in small spaces, gardening in the city

This post originally appeared in The Rural Economist I am blessed, because nearly everyday I come in contact with someone who tells me they’re starting their first garden ever. But

Setting Up the Sun Oven for the First Time

May 9, 2014 aptprepper Cooking without Electricity, Emergency Preparedness, Solar cooking, Solar Oven, Sun Oven

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I mentioned a few days ago I have been waiting for sunny weather to set up my Sun Oven. We’ve had several cool

Dog Attacks are Common in Cities: How to Protect Yourself

May 7, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoid a dog attack, Emergency Preparedness, Urban living, Urban survival

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Now that the weather is getting warmer, a lot more people are running or walking outdoors. We hear about at least one case

Do Homemade Waterproof Matches Work?

April 30, 2014 aptprepper DIY, Emergency Preparedness, Prepper Hacks, Survival Gear

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I’ve seen instructions in various survival sites regarding waterproofing matches. Recently, I saw a link on Survival Blog on the same topic with

Book Review: The Shadow Patriots by Warren Ray

April 25, 2014 aptprepper Book Review, Emergency Preparedness, Prepper fiction, Reviews, Survival Fiction

Today we are featuring The Shadow Patriots by Warren Ray. What is the book is about? The country is in a crisis as the government breaks down and violent

How an Average Person can Prepare for a Pandemic

April 23, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Health Risks, Protect your Health, Wellness

I’ve been seeing several news reports of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and got to thinking about pandemics in general. Lots of people fear a global pandemic. If you had to rank a list of super scary threats, pandemic would be pretty high on the list. We’ve all seen movies like Contagion, which is scary enough. We also associate pandemic with nightmarish throngs of zombie like disease ridden creatures. But let’s pull back to reality and get some sense of what is a pandemic and whether they can happen.