Emergency Preparedness - Apartment Prepper

Is a Big Box Store Worthwhile for Apartment Prepping?

February 17, 2012 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Saving money

When I first started prepping I resisted joining a warehouse store. I did not want to pay the annual dues, and I felt I would end up with junk I

What You Can Find at a Gun Show (Besides Guns)

February 9, 2012 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Before we moved to Texas a few years ago, I had never been to a Gun Show. Now we go a couple of

A Review of Holding Your Ground: Preparing for Defense if it All Falls Apart

February 3, 2012 aptprepper Apartment Security, Book Review, Emergency Preparedness, Safety, Security

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I just finished reading Holding Your Ground: Preparing for Defense if it All Falls Apart. I can safely say I have never read

Just Go with the Flow Rates

January 27, 2012 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Water Filter, Water purification, Water storage

After months of advising my relatives to get a water filtration system, one of the families finally decided to purchase one. I had told them about the Berkey, and they

What are LRPs?

January 21, 2012 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Freeze dried food

Everyone has heard about MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) as storage food used by the U.S. military. I recently came across an alternative, called LRPs (pronouced “lurps”) that are supposed

The Herb that was Grown from Trash

January 11, 2012 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, gardening in small spaces

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com This year I am going to make an effort to avoid wasting food. I made a salad and had used up a bundle

A Vaccine that can Protect You if SHTF

January 3, 2012 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, health appointments, Health Risks, Healthy Living, Preparedness, vaccines

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Many moons ago, before I became the Apartment Prepper, I had an early Monday morning mishap. I was preparing breakfast for the family,

Preparedness and Providence

December 25, 2011 aptprepper Christmas, Emergency Preparedness, Holidays

I read with interest the story about the Texas family who got trapped beneath a snow drift in New Mexico. From what I read in the story, the family appeared

Cost-Effective Home Security Measures for Apartments

December 23, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Apartment Prepper, Apartment Prepping, Apartment Security, Emergency Preparedness, Home Security Systems, Security

This is a guest post by Madison Parker. The holiday season is upon us and many apartment dwellers are heading out of town to go spend time with family and

A Food Storage Mishap that may Require a Haz Mat Suit

December 17, 2011 aptprepper Avoiding Waste, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage

Several months ago, my friend Em (name has been changed to protect the not so innocent) and I recently got to talking about stocking up on food and she told