***The following is a guest post for Survival by Fred Rasmussen*** My recent activism comes from a concern that the freedoms granted by our constitution are being eroded away by the greed, corruption, and disloyalty of our political system. Instead of government being our servant, they are clearly trying to become our master. In fact they already have, but not by authority that is rightfully theirs.  So in the meantime, what can a person do for his own personal freedom? I have some ideas about this. But it isn't as much a political matter as an economic one. It's an urgent matter of survival. Suppose the victims of hurricane Katrina could have known six months in advance that the disaster was coming. Certainly many would scoff, others might want to prepare for it but not know how. Still others might make drastic changes in preparation, asking themselves tough questions, like "what would I do for clean water?", "what about food?" (Read more....)

The following is a guest post by Dennis Evers, the author of an upcoming book entitled "How to Handle a Crisis". In this article, Evers gives us some basic disaster and emergency survival tips that all Americans should be putting into practice but are not. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans always leave things until the last minute. But unfortunately, in the economic hard times that are coming "preparing at the last minute" is just not going to cut it. Right now Americans need to be storing up food, medical supplies and emergency equipment.  There are millions of Americans that have become "preppers" and more are joining the movement every day.  Hopefully what Evers has to say will inspire all of us to ramp up our preparations for the hard times that are coming.... (Read more....)

Most Americans honestly do not know how to survive if they suddenly couldn't run down to Wal-Mart and fill up their shopping carts. The truth is that we live during times when a disaster or an emergency could strike at any time.  It is important to be prepared, and nobody is going to prepare for you. (Read more....)

In parts one and two of this series we talked about food and water, but in part three we will discuss how you can prepare your home for emergency or disaster.

Below we have compiled a list of items that you will want to have in your home in case disaster or emergency strikes.  It is not a comprehensive list, but if you will follow this checklist, it will give you a huge head start in getting prepared for an emergency. (Read more....)

One of the keys to surviving any disaster or emergency situation is to ensure that you and your loved ones have an adequate supply of clean drinking water.  It is said that the average person needs at least a gallon of clean water per day.  The truth is that we all need water not only for drinking but also for food preparation and sanitation.

Here are some ideas..... (Read more....)

Many of us have the tendency to think that we will never face a really serious disaster or emergency.  But those who have been through a difficult ordeal know that it is those who are prepared that have the best chance to survive a crisis. (Read more....)

We are very excited to welcome you to the Disaster and Emergency Survival website.  We live in unusual times when it pays to expect the unexpected.  The dangers that we all potentially face today are numerous - hurricanes (we all remember Hurricane Katrina, right?), wildfires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, blizzards, pandemics and even the possibility of terrorist attacks. (Read more....)