Emergency Preparedness - Apartment Prepper

Minimalism and Preparedness

January 26, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Our apartment is getting smaller! Or it seems that way anyway. The more emergency supplies we acquire, the less free space we have.

I Read The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse

January 14, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Book Review, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness, Preparedness, Preparedness Mindset, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

I finished reading The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando “Ferfal” Aguirre. He runs the Surviving in Argentina Blog (I don’t know him personally, just giving

Apartment Inspection Time – What was that Really About?

January 6, 2011 aptprepper Apartment inspections, Apartment Living, Apartment Prepping, Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

Another note from building management was stuck to our door when I got home today: “Tenant is hereby informed that your lease and security deposit is hereby transferred to blah

Can a Bank Glitch Ruin Your Weekend?

December 3, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Emergency Preparedness, Financial Preparedness, Frugality

A few days ago, millions of people in Australia could not get access to their own money for a whole weekend. According to news reports, a computer glitch at National

Is Ignorance Bliss?

December 1, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness Mindset

While I was away on a recent business trip I met a lot of colleagues from various states. Spending a week sequestered with these folks in conference rooms morning til

Welcome to the new home of The Apartment Prepper’s Blog!

November 25, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

Welcome to my new site! This is the self hosted version of The Apartment Prepper, originally found on https://apartmentprepper.wordpress.com/. I am still working on the finishing touches, but I will

Survival Food Storage

November 17, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Food Rotation, Long Term Storage Food, Self-Sufficiency, Storage, Survival Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com After shopping around for bulk survival food and storage materials, I am finally ready to start storing. First, I gathered up all my

Food Prices are Going Up

October 11, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-Sufficiency, Survival

If you are noticing the prices of your usual grocery items are creeping up, you are right. Commodity prices for such items as wheat, corn, coffee, sugar, etc. continue to

What If Nothing Happens?

October 8, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness, Security, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

As we continue building our emergency supplies, a question that comes up frequently in conversations is, “What if nothing happens?” Would this have all been a waste? Part of this

Book Review: Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late

June 6, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Bugging Out, Emergency Preparedness

Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late by Scott B. Williams is one of the first books I ever read on preparedness. I