Survival Preparedness, Small Solar Charger

An Idea I had to try again, after my cousins power outage. This is a direct use. Indirect would be to charge a Car battery or something like it to hold a charge. Then connect the clips with the lighter plug to it. I did this with my multi-function / Mp3 player. You could do something like this for charging a cell phone or anything else.
Larger items may require a larger solar panel or at least a longer time spent charging it.

Get Real--Get Prepared with Vickilynn Haycraft 07/16 by Preparedness Radio | Blog Talk Radio

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Today’s Topic:Saturday, July 16, 2011.
6:00-7:00PM CT: Get Real–Get Prepared with Vickilynn Haycraft. Exploring preparedness from the grass roots up!

Today’s Topic: Container Gardening and Solar cooking. Vickilynn and special guest Brenda Berry discuss container gardening and solar cooking with plenty of how-tos and resources. Brenda gardens extensively, even though she is confined to a wheelchair. Brenda says you CAN do more than you think! Come and join us and find out how you CAN prepare, no matter what your obstacles or challenges.

Survival Preparedness - Prepper - Doomer - Survivalist?

Prepper, Doomer, or Survivalist; These are just a few of the many titles, given to people who take a strong interest preparing for a unknown future crisis that can effect their lives or their loved ones. Survival Preparedness can mean many different things to different people. People prepare for things according to their own likes, dislikes, fear, current events, or crisis of their own choosing.

I am going to write a few things of my own. I hope this will help someone to start their own basic personal or family survival preparedness. You may be starting from scratch or with things you already own and use.

Start by making a basic list of things you need to keep yourself alive and healthy. You need shelter a place to stay warm or cool and out of the elements of bad weather or unclean air if that is the case. You will need water, figure at least one gallon of water per person per day. Food - keep food that you will actually eat, use the food and replace the items to keep a fresh supply.

First-Aid and health items - build yourself basic a first aid kit and if need be learn how to make use of them. If you have health problems that require you to take medications; make sure that you have what you need for a emergency and a safe way to store them. Security - A means to protect yourself from harm and keeping what you need to survive taken from you. Communications - A way to know what is going on around you. Any communication that works for you in a time of an emergency, portable radio, TV, citizen band radio, ham or shortwave radio, internet, word of mouth (from trusted sources).

I know I have not gone into much detail for needs, but really take time to educate yourself. Go over how long of a span of time your needs will be in preparedness. Look and see what you have already in your possession to get started in survival preparedness. Do something, start anywhere, but do get started.

A easy start is to recycle soda or water bottles, and fill them with clean water. This could be a beginning for a emergency water storage needs. This can cost you also most next to nothing to begin. Start to grow some of your own food. Get some garden seeds, plant things you like to eat. If you do not have much room, try gardening in containers. I think gardening is a great skill to learn. You can learn how I got started gardening here.

I found a interest in survival preparedness early in my life, click here to read a short biography about me. Preparing for survival is a skill that I believed has save my life on more than one occasion. This is also a skill that can greatly reward you. It can help you better handle some of what life throws at you; and give you a better peace of mind.

Ready, Get Set, Go - Get Started.                                                              ThunderHawk001

HOW TO MAKE NEW YORK CITY "SURVIVAL" BREAD.

Episode-690- Not the End but a Massive Shift of the World as we Know It

From: June 23, 2011 on  The Survival Podcast.  Disclaimers & Policies

"One of the favorite topics on prepper forums and in doomer literature is TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it). I think what many fail to focus on with this is the (as we know it) portion. The fact is the world as people of their time knew it has ended many times, it will continue to end.

At one time a Roman citizen was the most advantaged in the world, so also there was a time when it was a great to be a Greek, an Aztec or a member of the Hopi Tribe. None of these civilizations really “ended” they shifted and adapted, the decedents are here with us. In the case of the Greeks they are now on the verge of bankruptcy but we still have Greece. The Aztecs may be gone but their descendants are part of the blood of Mexican and Latin American citizens today as are many of their customs.

Shifts are strange, at times they benefit us, sometimes they harm us and sometimes they can all but destroy us. Some our subtle and some are massive and even tiny shifts can cause massive change over time. The only constant in shifts it they ALWAYS occur, they never stop and we will always have to deal with them.

Today’s show covers a few such shifts but mainly focuses on being prepared for them, no matter what form they may take."
-Jack Spirko


Join me today to discuss…

A special farewell to my friend and brother Ron Hood
Why shifts must occur
Some current economic shifts
Some current cultural shifts
Some current climate shifts
Lessons from history
The truth about our economic future
How shifts don’t have to be bad but are for most people
Preparedness is really about needs first, wants second and luxury third