Friday Preparedness Pool

Welcome to the Friday Preparedness Pool. Here are our top five favorite preparedness links of the week.

PREPAREDNESS: Nationwide emergency signal test scheduled today

This past week, the US had a nation wide emergency test. Although emergency tests have been conducted in the past, this was the first ever nation-wide test.

Toilet Paper Preparedness vs. True Resilience

Shannon Hayes lives in Schoharie County, New York, which was devastated by flooding in the wake of Hurricane Irene. She wrote this report on what the experience has taught her about community resilience.

Four ideas for getting children to eat food storage

A great article on how to increase a child’s appetite for food storage. While this article covers the basics – dried pasta, grains, lentils, etc. – the tips also extend to other dried food storage, such as Mountain House food products.