Think about possible weather scenarios – hot or cold – as part of your family’s preparedness plans. How will you stay cool if some emergency knocks out the power grid during a heat wave?

Monday night I was interviewed for an hour on the James T. Stevens “Doctor Prepper Talk Show,” on BlogTalk Radio. You can listen to the interview here.

Don’t underestimate the danger of high temperatures. Nationally, more people die of heat-related issues than of any other weather-related illness!

Murphy’s Law, as it relates to survival making, states that the more desperately you need a fire, the harder it will be to start!

A Moro can do about 90 percent of what I need an outdoor knife to do. And while I’ve yet to find the ultimate do-everything survival knife, a Moro can come really close!

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Being prepared means being ready for whatever might happen under any circumstances. Here are some tips about getting caught in a disaster when you’re away from home.

Winter’s cold can kill, but the precise body temperature at which a person dies from hypothermia remains elusive.

Many articles on winter safety treat the symptoms, much like our healthcare system, rather than focusing on minimizing risk and prevention beforehand. The symptoms, in this case, are getting caught in an avalanche, onset of hypothermia or just being generally surrounded by lost-ness.

By Rosalind Boyer-Cole • For the Wausau Daily Herald • January 12, 2010 Jack Frost is traveling through Wisconsin! As January and February arrive, this may mean colder temperatures, more snowstorms, and ice. Winter weather can catch people unprepared. Research indicates that 70 percent of fatalities related to snow and ice occur in automobiles and [...]