Soccer Mom Prepares for the Unexpected

Peak Moment 203: "I have a ball preserving food with my friends!" And at the same time Kathy Harrison is making sure her kids can eat if storms knock out power or roads. The author of "Just in Case: How to Be Self Sufficient when The Unexpected Happens" gives practical tips on storing food without getting overwhelmed. She looks at dehydrating, canning, and root cellaring; finding and preserving local food, and buying food at discount. For Kathy, preparedness is an empowering, community activity.
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[avalonandon]

I really like this: Preparedness is not an isolated thing. It's an empowering thing. And I just couldn't be happy if I knew my neighbor was hungry. We don't have to have it all, just enough.

[ConcernedMushroom]

if for some reason you cannot cook your dry beans you could always sprout them...lowers the calorie content but bumps up all the nutrient content and I am pretty sure the fiber stays the same

[SuperScram1]

good video, too bad only 2k views. Don't forget to learn how to defend yourself from others that may come for what you have. look at katrina, and other disasters in recent times. don't believe what the mindless libs tell you about guns !! some people respect a cops badge, but EVERYONE respects a gun. back in the day they didn't call them a peace maker for nothing ! you owe it to your family to teach them how to competently use guns for self defense.. good luck !

[tgvas]

THis is the attitude that I will never understand!

Basically, this woman will succomb to the gang of bikers to be raped, robbed and/or Killed, rather then fight to save the lives or loved ones and family?????

GUNS are a tool, nothing more, just like a hammer or a saw, each has their own uses, each is a means of survival.

IF YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE that with what may be coming that everyone will have enough and won't want what you have, then you are like the JEWS facing the SUM NAZIS in 1939

[MrElektrolyt]

its ok to use Skype. But an improvement: Record on both sides the audio. Wait for the guest to send you this data (via mail on a usb stick). Than take both audio records and vola!

[redcoltken]

@zigzigerblat cellar are uncommon in earthquake country.

[zigzigerblat]

@Ape65 Yea, about a mile down in to the earth. I am talking about something between 6 and 20 feet underground. I know spring water is ice cold wherever you go.

[Ape65]

@zigzigerblat No. Eventually if you go deep enough the rock starts to heat up.

[zigzigerblat]

@Ape65 Isn't there a reasonably shallow depth at which the temperature is consistent planet-wide (with the exception of volcanic or hot springs)?

[Ape65]

@zigzigerblat The ground temperature at 6ft will be roughly equal to the annual average temperature, so it will be higher in warmer climates

[nikki4612]

Good ideas. Get your kids interested in dehydrating bananna chips. Easiest thing in the world to do. Fun, economical, and healthier than potato chips fried in oil and salted. Once they get used to the crunch of bananna chips, you'll never go back. Slice banannas with the skin on then peel, dip in lemon juice and water, place on screens and put in the sun or in a dehydrator until they are dry but flexible. As a person with a degree in home ec, I'm thrilled with self-sufficiency. Nikki