Darrin Reed 
Last week we talked about Solar power and mentioned this will be a 4 part series. If you haven’t read the first part, here is a link to Alternative power for the home – 4 Part series. After you have determined how much power you will need, you will then need to determine where you … Read more
Today I would like to tell you about my Ozark Trail 35L Choteau Daypack Backpack that I bought a few months ago for work. I use it to carry all my stuff needed for my for work. So I do not go hiking with it or anything like that. The most I walk with it … Read more
This is going to be a 5 part series, I’m going to go into detail of the alternative power for the home. This includes Solar, Wind, and Water. Although most folk’s do not next to a raging river, I will still discuss the different way’s to produce energy with water current. This week we will … Read more
I have noticed that there have already been tornado’s in several states, it got me to thinking about tornado season coming up. If you live in tornado alley, you really should prepare for the possibility that you will be affected by a tornado, either directly or indirectly. Next week I will tell you how you … Read more
Hello, last week we woke up to no running water, our pipes didn’t freeze or anything like that, the city had a busted section of line they had to replace. It was only off for a few hour’s that day, but it was around lunch time. So if we wouldn’t have had any water stored … Read more
I know it’s a bit late for this, but I figured that it is better late than never. It is stillwinter, and it is still very cold in some places. Today I would like to give you some tips forwinterizing your home. Keeping the cold weather out! The wind never seems to stop blowing at … Read more
I’ve decided to go ahead and do an article on flu season prevention tip’s because the fluis horrible this year, there have been 63 kid’s killed from it so far this year. That is 63too many! Most of my family have gotten it this year, I have tried my hardest to keep the bugout of … Read more
I thought this would be a good topic to talk about, seeing as there has been a lot more seismic activity here in recent week’s. If you live in California or pretty much the whole western seaboard, you have to be aware of the fault line’s in the area. The most talked about one is … Read more
Emergency evacuation procedures First off, I would get a 3 ring binder and some clear paper holder’s to put all your different evacuation procedure’s in. I will explain later about what all I am able to keep in my binder that may give you some idea’s as to what you can do with yours. Today … Read more
Don’t burn your house down! With these colder night’s, people just want to stay warm, thatis understandable. I have seen too many report’s of house’sburning down, or apartment complexes burning down, just becausesomeone decided to use a space heater on an extension cord. Anytime that you use anything electric for heat, you will be usinga … Read more