Continuing the mini-series. The audio quality is fairly poor in the last 7 minutes or so of the podcast, but it's listenable. I apologize for the quality, but I already re-recorded this podcast and didn't feel like doing it a 3rd time. So I hope the audio isn't too bad.

Continuing our mini-series on jump starting your preparedness, we look at some things you can do to for maintaining shelter, fire and warmth.

Continuing on an earlier podcast theme that we need to shift our preparedness focus to include those events that we didn't think would affect us. We're seeing changes in the earth sciences that's causing us to widen the scope of disasters and events that we need to be prepared for.

Taking a look at some simple things that you can do to get a jump start on your water storage.

Taking a look at some simple things that you can do to get a jump start on your water storage.

Several people have contacted me about being overwhelmed when trying to start their preparedness plan. For the next few podcasts, I'll go over some basic things everyone can do to jump start their preparedness when starting from having no preps.

Looking at the various events that could happen in the next few years, it's beginning to look like some of them will occur. And if that's the case, we need to make sure we're ready.

Use camping as a way to practice your preparedness plan and get used to using your prep items.

Rob discusses how camping allows you to iron out some of the kinks in your preparedness plan and actually use the gear that you've been storing "just in case." A disaster is no time to figure out how something works or to learn that it works poorly.

Use camping as a way to practice your preparedness plan and get used to using your prep items.

Rob discusses how camping allows you to iron out some of the kinks in your preparedness plan and actually use the gear that you've been storing "just in case." A disaster is no time to figure out how something works or to learn that it works poorly.

CNN really dropped the ball with this special they did on cyber-terrorism. The scenario was implausible and the "insight" into a government meeting was horrific.