Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
A flashlight is the single most important emergency safety tool - here is the best
Always have a flashlight that works in your vehicle's emergency kit when traveling cross country!
The hybrid solar flashlight is the best emergency light. It never needs batteries, the rechargable lithium batteries are solar charged. They will hold a charge for 7 years.
The solar part will shine brightly for 10 hrs and will charge from the sun and indoor lighting.
You are saving the environment by not using disposable batteries.
It is light weight but super tough. Can with stand extreme temperatures, is waterproof and floats on water so is perfect for boats.
You can get one on-line for $24.95 at http://www.hybridlite.com/ where they give more complete information. But they are for sale 2 for $20.00 at Costco
Monday, November 9, 2009
Why Dehydrated Fruits and Veggies?
Dehydrated fruits and veggies, nuts, grains, seeds, seasonings etc. will assist you in making yummy meals for your family and will round out your food storage and nutrition needs. They are easy to store, take up less space and can be eaten alone or added to stews, soups, casseroles, crackers, cereals etc. The list goes on and on.Dehydrated fruits and veggies(as well as sprouting your grains, nuts and seeds) have enzymes in them that most of our canned and packaged foods do not. Enzymes are heat sensitive and are destroyed or compromised by canning, cooking, and freezing.
Enzymes are workers that assist vitamins and minerals to do their job. They are synergistic and work together. Without fresh foods in every meal our bodies are using their emergency supply.
Simply put, enzymes are the mortar and vitamins and minerals are the bricks.
There are two types of enzymes, exogenous (found in living raw foods) and endogenous (those produced in our bodies). By eating a balance of fresh foods with cooked foods, we supply what is needed for adequate digestion.
Our bodies begin an incredible process with every bite we put in our mouths. At birth we inherited an enzyme reserve that becomes depleted over time by fresh food deficient, processed, over cooked and sugar laden foods. The enzyme reserve in our bodies were meant to kick in when we didn’t eat a meal that was at least ½ living or raw, cultured veggies (they provide their own enzymes to digest the food of that meal.
So over time, we are continually stressing the body’s reserve producing digestive complaints that can be reversed by eating 50% fresh, cultured veggies (making your own sauerkraut) sprouted foods or a combination with every meal.
Enzymes are proteins that break down and digest food to be small enough particles for easy passage through the tiny pores of the intestines to enter the bloodstream for assimilation and absorption of nutrients. (provided, of course that food is chewed thoroughly enough to begin the digestive process).
Enzymes are the missing link in our food storage and diets. Enzymes are what runs every process in our bodies. We can assist our bodies to work at their peak by incorporating more enzymes rich foods in our diets. Enzymes are present in all fresh fruits and veggies, dehydrated foods (dehydrated at less than 112 degrees), sprouted grains, nuts and seeds.
Ramp up the nutrition in your diet by incorporating more fresh or dehydrated veggies and grains in your daily diet and food storage plan by sprouting your grains, seeds, and nuts (soak for 12 hrs, then rinse morning and evening and it’s ready to go! Fresh food at your fingertips)
Processed foods cannot provide our body’s what they need for efficient body processes and energy over time. Live Simply, Live Self-Sufficient, Live Smart.
For more information on enzymes: www.bodyecology.com Google Robert O. Young, Ph.D.,D.Sc. For more yummy recipes on using your food storage: www.simplylivingsmart.com
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Sanitation's Emergency Prepardness Products
ChemiSan is a product which reduces the deadly pathogens in human waste (e-coli, dysentery, diarrhea, salmonella). It also eliminates odor and biodegrades.It is a product when accompanied with our 100% compostable, 100% biodegradable bags, can be buried and return to earth. We got our start Globally in the G8 Summit a few years ago and are now infusing into retail stores all across the country (i.e. Wal-Mart).
All of these products have also been used by the American Red Cross, The Boy Scouts of America, The United States Air Force and we are on the FEMA vendor list as well.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tips for People with Environmental or Chemical Sensitivities
* Collect emergency supplies based on your worst days. Following a major disaster, an excess of smoke, excessive dust, molds, gas leaks, diesel from idling rescue vehicles, flashing lights, radio waves, electromagnetic fields (from generators, emergency lights, cellular phones, walkie talkies) and airborne toxins may trigger stronger reactions than you normally experience.
"Carry-With-You" Supplies to Keep with You at All Times
* Your emergency health information card. This should clearly explain your sensitivities, reactions, most effective treatments, and treatments which are harmful to you. Be specific, as environmental illness is not commonly understood. Remember that some reactions (disorientation, aphasia, panic) may be diagnosed and treated as something other than chemical sensitivity and you may not be able to describe your needs verbally.
* Medications including inhalers, epinephrine shots and anticonvulsant.
* Prescriptions and treatment authorization requests (T.A.R.s) from your doctor for unusual, orphan or hard-to-find medications.
* Supplements, herbs and homeopathic remedies.
Additions to Your Standard First Aid Kit
* Cotton bandages, gauze and paper tape.
* Hydrogen peroxide, zephiran chloride or your tolerated disinfectant.
Emergency Supplies
* Charcoal mask and/or respirator.
* Well aired-out (outgassed) plastic or steel tubing and ceramic mask or outgassed plastic mask for oxygen.
* Rolls of aluminum foil for covering chairs, your sleeping area, food, etc.
* Baking soda, stored in a waterproof container (for washing).
* Food that requires no cooking.
* Water. If storage in glass containers is necessary, consider using one quart bottles, stored inside layers of thick socks to protect the glass and enable carrying. Note: glass bottles will break if the water freezes and expands.
* A portable charcoal water filter.
* Before purchasing a fire extinguisher, find out about your sensitivity to the contents.
Evacuation Plan
* Know where the nearest safe places are, especially open air places, such as a beach upwind from traffic, refineries and fires.
* Avoid hermetically sealed shelters.
Checklist
* ________ Collect emergency supplies based on your worst days.
* ________ Collect "carry-with-you" supplies to keep with you at all times.
* ________ Make special additions to your emergency supplies as needed.
* ________ In case of evacuation, know where the nearest safe places are away from your home.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Remember the Voices of Warning on Preparation
Here are a few thought provoking quotes I ran across that should help us realize we have been admonished to be prepared and it is our chance to listen and follow the prophets.
“Should the Lord decide at this time to cleanse the Church–and the need for that cleansing seems to be increasing–a famine in this land of one year’s duration could wipe out a large percentage of slothful members, including some ward and stake officers. Yet we cannot say we have not been warned.” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.265)
“Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they somehow will be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion.” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.265)
Roger K. Young said, “The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel? It is hard for me to understand why or how so many good and wonderful people can discount what the prophets have said, again, and again, and concerning what will suddenly happen to the world in the future.
President Benson said: “The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.” (CR October 1980, Ensign 10 [November 1980]: 33.) Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.266)
Categories: Doctrine
Tags: calamities, Ezra Taft Benson, preparedness, prophet, quote, war
Lynn Heward from our ward as well as Lisa Schwartz and many other members of our stake shared preparedness information and how to's at the Bennion State Prepardness Fair this spring.
Lynn shared several ideas as well as some his favorite recipes as apart of his prepardness display and gave out samples of his cream of wheat cereal. simple foods to have on hand. \
DELICIOUS APPLESAUCE
Pick a big bucket (5+ gallons) of delicious apples off of my tree (or get any kind of apples off of any tree). Add water to fill in the spaces between apples (which washes them). Quarter the apples and cut out the core, putting the good part in another such bucket filled half-full with water. Drain the bucket with the cored and quartered apples. Pour the drained apples into a canner-size pressure cooker. Add a quart of water. Pressure cook the apples for 10-15 minutes. Open the pressure cooker and stir the contents. Dip the applesauce into jars and use a steam canner for bottling. Makes lots of quarts of delicious applesauce. (Per Lynn
Turn on hot water. Get good-sized microwave-safe bowl, and add 1 cup of hot water to it. Microwave on high for 1 minute, while you finely grind nearly 1/4 cup of wheat. Add 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of salt and then the ground wheat to the bowl of water. Microwave another 33 seconds. Add enough milk to cool it and eat (or drink). Serves one.
OR
Turn burner on high. Turn on hot water. Put moderate-sized pot on burner. Put a quart of hot water in pot. Add less than a teaspoon of salt and cover pot. Finely grind less than a cup of wheat. When the water is almost ready to boil, turn off heat, stir in wheat, and cover. Set the table and dish up the cereal. (By Lynn Heward)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Benfits of Gardening
This month will be ordering gardening seeds as a part of our preparedness program. Our ward specialist Mike Walker was kind enough to share the following information.
One place you can buy heirloom seeds, is Diane's flower seeds.You can find her at dianeseeds.com. another is lifesprouts.com.
http://www.jerrybaker.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=10
2. Your own fresh vegetables and fruits with maximum vitamins
3. Cost effective- your own personal stimulus package
4. Own effort/reward, satisfaction appeal
5. Healthy exercise- burns calories
100-120 calories per 30 minutes
Turning a compost pile or turning soil can burn 250-300 calories per each 30 minutes
Benefit of stretching out muscles because of frequent bending over and movement
How many calories you can burn (180 pound man for each 30 minutes- smaller people burn fewer calories)
Sitting quietly-40
Water a lawn or garden -61
Riding mower-101
Trimming shrubs-142
Raking-162
Bagging leaves-162
Planting seedlings-162 Mowing with gas mower-182
Weeding-182
Gardening with heavy power tools-243
Mowing lawn with a push mower-243
Listen to your body and don’t over do it.
http://www.diabeticlifestyle.com/articles/apr03_burni_1.htm
6. Therapeutic release- wind down/release from rigors of work
7. Emotional/psychological benefits- stress relief
http://mental-health.families.com/blog/garden-your-way-to-peace
http://healthfieldmedicare.suite101.com/article.cfm/planting_a_garden_lead_a_healthy_lifestyle
9. Develops skill and talent- and I am still learning
10. Create and enjoy something wonderful and beautiful
11. Follow counsel of leaders
12. God is the best gardener I know that we can emulate
http://www.cultivatinglife.com/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/
For plant and seed selection- order seeds early in the year.
Remember that any seeds that are “heirloom” can be saved and planted next year, so you save on seed cost too and the integrity of the plant should be maintained. Seeds taken from hybrid seed or hybrid plants don’t always maintain the same qualities that you wanted in the original hybrid seed or plant.
They tend to revert back to less desirable qualities. I grow both, but am leaning more and more towards heirloom because if seed ever gets difficult to obtain in the future, I have my own heirloom seeds taken from plants the previous year.
Monday, February 16, 2009
No Washing Machine?
What if you couldn't use your washing machine or dryer... what would you do? It's a question most people don't think about, but its an important question to ask yourself. That's way this month our ward is focusing on ways of washing clothing during without modern machines.
Its something to consider in times of EMERGENCIES: earth quakes strong winds, snow and ice storms can all bring down power lines. What happens when your electric washing machine breaks, and it will be days before yours is fixed? Never be caught unprepared again!
One idea for clothes care and cleaning is "The BreatherTM" it is perfect for those short-term or long-term emergency cleaning needs. It can be used in bathtubs, house buckets or plastic storage buckets.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Preparedness Times
Well I guess sometimes I do sound like an engineer because "I are one." However, I've been working for years to repent of that!]
"Doctor, quick! Give me a pill to solve my problems."
Modern Day Fast-Track Personal and Family Preparedness(?)
By James G. (Jim) Phillips
In the past weeks, months and years I have received numerous inquiries on how-to, when-to, why-to and where-to do things about personal and family preparedness. There is considerable interest, at times even a fervor, surrounding preparedness.
One of the common themes heard is, "I'm not sure where to go from where I am." Through the years most families have done "something" in the area of family preparedness. However, most people seem dissatisfied with their actual level of family and personal readiness. With limited resources, especially time and money, just where should the emphasis be placed?
I've found that most individuals know they should be doing more (or perhaps different) things, but find the problem so massive, complex or confusing in appearance that they end up doing little or nothing. To them a beginning point is not apparent, or a single course of action is not clear, and so it becomes easier to ignore the problem. In the most extreme cases, some individuals or families even deny the need for much or even any emphasis on preparedness and have found a number of "strong justifications" for their stance.
What is to be done?
The real problem is ignorance (also known as lack of understanding, truth, wisdom, or light). There is nothing wrong with ignorance. However, there is something very wrong with failing to diligently seek after and gain knowledge when the knowledge gap is discovered.
Your search for total preparedness may seem similar to that of your neighbors, but for each it will involve a different course. Each of us has different needs. We all go forward from where we are, and every case is unique. Without question we all have somewhat different resources upon which to draw.
So where do we begin and what course is to be taken?
So often people want me to give them lists:
-A list of what to buy.
-A list of what to do.
-A list of what to prepare for.
People want lists of things, thinking that if they simply follow the lists, all will be fine. In reality this is a terrible trap.
Having said this, let me give you my list! However, this is not a list of things, but rather a list of principles.
A Principle Base
In the area of preparedness and survival, my goal is to impart basic understanding and
knowledge, i.e., PRINCIPLES. The reason for this approach is simple. Even in a very lengthy discussion or course there is not sufficient time to cover all the possible combinations of situations and conditions that can arise. The challenge is even more severe when available time and space is limited, as here.
Fortunately, principles can be taught in a comparatively short period. When you understand the principles of how and why things work (the basic truths that govern your safety and well-being), you will be able to choose the best actions for a given situation. In addition, as circumstances change, you will be able to recognize and understand the changes and adapt accordingly.
A Principle is a General Truth or Law Which is the Basis for Other Truths. It is a
Source or Cause From Which Other Things Proceed.
I believe that our basic quest is to bring our knowledge into full line with truth.
With the understanding and application of truths (correct principles) comes knowledge.
Knowledge is the key to freedom, in this case freedom from the results of mistaken actions brought about by ignorance and misinformation.
The List
I call this "list" THE LAW OF PROVIDENT LIVING. I think that "provident living" is a more powerful term than survival or preparedness. Provident living is a life dedicated to making provisions for the future (tomorrow, next month, next year, next decade, and beyond). Inclusive within it are: Prudence, Preparation, Frugality, Saving, Building, Developing, Growing, Perfecting...
This is a short list, only four items. These four things are given in order of priority. This order of priority is very critical to recognize and understand as it relates to the basic tenets of this law.
I. Spiritual
II. Attitude
III. Knowledge
IV. Material Things
All four of these items are vitally important for your well-being and growth. You cannot
eliminate one, but there is a very important order of development and emphasis.
Spiritual - There is so much more to you than meets the eye. You (each of you) have
incredible depth, capacity and possibilities. Nothing takes precedent over your spiritual
well-being. To me it is fulfilled by understanding and living the whole Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Attitude - This is the thing that makes the difference between life and death when physical, mental and emotional conditions really get tough. It also determines the quality of your daily life. It is founded in your emotions, beliefs and dreams.
Knowledge - I define knowledge as Information multiplied by Experience. Merely hearing
about something or reading on a subject does not constitute knowledge. Knowledge is an inseparable and automatic part of you that is developed by living something.
Material Things - Being number four does not mean that material things are unimportant.
On the contrary, material things are very important to us, but their relevance to our well-being needs to be understood. If your safety, your concept of well-being, indeed your very worth, is based on what your own, what will your feelings be when they are lost, stolen, or destroyed? Anger? Withdrawal? Depression? Giving up? Death?
Understand that with knowledge of the principles of how and why things work, why they are put together a certain way, and with what they are made, you will automatically create or re-create whatever you need for your well-being. By their very nature, material things are inseparably connected to the preceding three items. Proper material things (wealth) truly flow out of proper spirit, attitude, and knowledge. By fully understanding this and recognizing all the possibilities, your attitude will be: "There are always options, and I will find them. So long as I have breath, I am okay, no matter what."
What Course?
"With all thy getting, get understanding." This concept is simply a statement of personal
development, enlightenment and growth. Preparedness is not something you develop off to the side of your life - some "thing" that is waiting to be used someday. It is not this any more than the Gospel is just going to church on Sunday and then going about "business as usual."
Provident living is something practiced every day. It is a way of life.
