Survival » Survival Tips http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com A Survival Blog For Practical Preppers - Tips, Information, Resources And Guides For Handling Disaster And Emergency Situations Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:48:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Survival Tips: Five Things Every American Should Do, But Won’t http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/survival-tips-five-things-every-american-should-do-but-won%e2%80%99t http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/survival-tips-five-things-every-american-should-do-but-won%e2%80%99t#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:26:33 +0000 http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/?p=560 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....

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We’ve all seen him on the news. The guy buying plywood, beer, chips and other survival essentials as the approaching hurricane can be seen over his shoulder in the distance.

Unfortunately, the majority of Americans aren’t much better when it comes to being prepared for emergencies. However, recent disasters have proven that the sheer magnitude of an event can overwhelm relief efforts, coupled with (Read more....)

[...]]]> http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/survival-tips-five-things-every-american-should-do-but-won%e2%80%99t/feed 5 8 Emergency Survival Lessons That We Have Learned From The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/8-emergency-survival-lessons-that-we-have-learned-from-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-disaster http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/8-emergency-survival-lessons-that-we-have-learned-from-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-disaster#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:42:54 +0000 http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/?p=475 The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst environmental disaster in all of U.S. history.  It has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage (at least) and it has permanently altered the Gulf of Mexico for the remainder of our lifetimes.  The loss of wildlife and habitats is incalculable.  The survival of hundreds of species is now in question.  This is a national nightmare that is going to stay with us for decades.  It would be incredibly difficult to understate the scope of this tragedy.  Let us hope that authorities can find a way to keep this kind of massive oil spill from ever happening again.

So what can we learn from all of this?  In particular, are there emergency preparedness lessons that we can take from this tragedy?

Yes, we believe that there are.  The following are 8 emergency survival lessons that we have learned from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill....

#1) Disaster Can Strike Anywhere

Who would have thought that the next great disaster was going to be in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico?  The truth is that disaster can strike anywhere.  Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, floods and terrorism (Read more....)

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