Family Preparedness Guide

It’s All About the Checklists and Guidelines!

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I recently received a note from someone who had bought a copy of Making the Best of Basics inquiring why it had so many types of tables and charts––which are essentially checklists of things to consider, buy, organize, and on which to take additional action. Let me explain and [...]

Did You Get This Information?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This information will help you find products and information to Keep It Super Simple! I just spoke with Bob Griswold, owner and operator of Ready Made Resources, and he is announcing a new line of freeze-dried foods packaged for serving 4 people. This will make it easier for families wanting a [...]

Have You Learned any Lessons this Winter?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Some lessons help us learn how to Keep It Super Simple! I received this missive from one of my Blog Talk Radio Show listeners: “What I call a lesson learned… I spent 48 hours at the Jessup Fire station in Maryland in the 1st big snow. My crew and I did a lot of [...]

Have You Started Your Preparedness Planning?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Good Morning! I have a very exciting and bright young lady on the Family Preparedness Guide Talk Show this Saturday afternoon. Of course, if you’re not available because of other family responsibilities,  you can still get the show from the archives at the address below. My guest will be Tess [...]

Did You Hear About the Radio Show Discounts on Freeze-Dried Foods?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This preparedness advocate tries to Keep It Super Simple! On Wednesday evening’s FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show, Bob Griswold, the owner and operator of one of the largest and oldest preparedness organizations on the Eastern side of the Mississippi (if not in the entire country!), was my guest. I’ve known Bob for more than [...]

Have you heard my “I” Formula? (Part 4 – The Formula)

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite  You’ve now had exposure to the factors of Ignorance, Indecision, and Indifference and how they affect your life. Here’s the formula I’ve derived to show you how the Three “I” factors apply to your preparedness when they pervade your life:  Where:     I1 = Ignorance I2 = Indecision I3 = Indifference Then the sum (or net [...]

Have you heard my “I” Formula? (Part 3)

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite The 3rd Factor of the “I” Formula: Indifference So far, we discussed the Ignorance and Indecision factors. Today’s discussion will center on the final fateful member of the soul-killing trio––Indifference. I realize that it’s not that people don’t want standards––they just haven’t thought about them very much. It’s really not about [...]

The American Preppers Network is Back!

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! We’re truly trying to Keep It Super Simple! Tonight’s principal guest is a  man who has a determined concern about and absolutely committed to helping others become prepared for whatever the uncertain future has in store for them. We’ll start with Tom Martin, the originator, developer, chief of motivation, and promoter of [...]

Have You Scoped Out M. D. Creekmore?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This preparedness advocate tries to Keep It Super Simple! One of the bright young stars of the preparedness industry is M. D Creekmore. He has enjoyed a meteoric rise in acceptance and credibility among the survivalist, preparedness, and self-reliant practitioners. M. D. Creekmore has posted a large number of free downloadable survival [...]

Have You Heard the Rest of this Story?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I have a rest-of-the-story missive for you today. I will try to Keep It Super Simple! Let me preface the story with this note:  I believe the cornerstone, if not the very foundation, of life is spirituality. It is the inner force that gives us the desire, drive, impetus, and determination [...]

Have you heard Today’s Version of the Ant and the Grasshopper?

Welcome back to FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This fable, given its juxtaposition of time, indicates a bit of today’s idiocy and stupidity we’ve come to accept as tolerable. Actually, the tolerance of the past has led to current acceptance. It is so typical of the entitlement(s) some have come to demand. Woe is us! You may have seen this [...]

A Re-Post of Carolyn Nicolaysen’s Plea for Reason!

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Carolyn Nicolaysen sent me a note asking that I re-post her article that just appeared on her blogsite at www.blog.totallyready.com. She’s trying to Keep It Super Simple for all of us. Quoting Carolyn: “Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to a church group about food storage. I’m all fired up [...]

Meet Donna Miller––Whole Grain Diva from NC!

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Tonight’s guest on the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show on BlogTalkRadio is: Donna Miller. You’ll be able to meet her at 7:00 PM (CST) at this Internet address: www.BlogTalkRadio.com/James-Talmage-Steven Donna will help you Keep It Super Simple! Donna is the owner and proprietress of the www.MillersGrainHouse.com website. Donna’s favorite role in life has been being the [...]

Back by Popular Demand––Rich Fleetwood!

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Tonight’s guest was Rich Fleetwood, the Founder/Director of SurvivalRing.org Several listeners requested I return Rich to the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show to discuss how preparedness could lessen the effects of disasters in current happenings, and focus on how to prepare us for future national, regional, and local natural and manmade disasters. Rich’s core focus [...]

Easy to Have A Great Garden—Without All the Work!

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Two good ol’ boys from a few miles North up I-35 have figured how to make home gardening easy, affordable, effective, efficient, and to Keep It Super Simple! On today’s FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show, listeners learned how to manage a garden by a modified version of hydroponic gardening. It is so slam-dunk [...]

Just to Make Sure—An Explanation!

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Carolyn Nicolaysen, who appeared on Wednesday night’s FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show sent me this note about information she just posted on her blogsite, http://blog.totallyready.com/. So to Keep It Super Simple, here is the clarification of magnitude of earthquakes explained. Wednesday night (January 20, 2010), during our discussion on the Family Preparedness Guide blog [...]

What Can You Learn From the Haiti Earthquake on Tonight’s Show?

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! One of the favorite guests appearing on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show is Carolyn Nicolaysen. She’ll be back on the show this evening at 7:00 PM (CST) to discuss the effects of the Haitian earthquake. There has been ample mention given by the press—but are they missing the point of the lessons [...]

Have You Considered What You Can Learn From the Haiti Earthquake?

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! One of the favorite guests on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show is Carolyn Nicolaysen. She’ll be back on the show Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM (CST) to discuss the effects of the Haitian earthquake. More than enough mention has been given by the press—but are they missing the point of the lessons [...]

Have You Met Rich Fleetwood?

Have You Met Rich Fleetwood? Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Monday night’s dynamic guest on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show will be Rich Fleetwood, founder/director of the SurvivalRing.org website. Rich has spent many years preparing for the role he plays in the preparedness industry. He’s engineered a massive website to provide preparedness information and Keep It Super Simple! Rich [...]

Have You Met Anitra Kerr?

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Saturday’s guest on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show  will be Anitra Kerr—the Preparedness Diva. That’s 1:00 PM (CST), January 16, 2010 at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/James-Talmage-Steven. Anitra has a passion for self-reliance and self-improvement. She believes that in order to be truly prepared for the uncertainties of tomorrow, we need to be living the principles of [...]

Do You Recall the Biggest Disasters of the Past 10 Years?

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This report is taken from A Decade of Disasters, 2000-2009, by Eric Holdeman, at www.emergencymgmt.com, January 4, 2010 issue. This is an interesting recall of the major disaster events occurring during the past 10 years. They are the opinion of the writer of the article—adequate for a cursory examination of a [...]

Have You Met Arlene Hoag, Preparedness Author?

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I’ll really Keep It Super Simple! Arlene Hoag is a preparedness expert in Montana, where it rally pays to be prepare–especially with the long, hard winters. Arlene has 20 years experience homesteading and raising a family at the edge of the Montana wilderness. She earned a BA in Psychology from the University [...]

Have You Heard of Quake Safe Ltd.?

Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I’ll really Keep It Super Simple! Here’s their Earthquake Emergency Task List from their website:  www.QSQuakeSafe.com This site provides valuable information for you and your family regarding survival during an earthquake and in the critical 72-hour period after such a natural disaster. You will also find a line of high quality products [...]

What if You Could Hear 2 Guests on the Show Tonight?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! We’re gonna make a double effort to Keep It Super Simple on the talk show on Monday evening! We have a bonus Monday show tonight—2 special guests! I’m hosting 2 very different and talented ladies—each competent and experienced in their respective methods of kitchen and food management! Tonight’s 1st guest is Katie [...]

Got Back Pain? Get Today’s Show for Solutions—Without Surgery!

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! We’re going to Keep It Super Simple today, and tell you how to get rid of back pain without invasive surgery. Today’s guest is: Dr. Richard E. Busch III and  his lovely wife, Jennifer Why this subject on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show?  If you have back pain, you’re grateful for [...]

Did You Listen to the Talk Show Tonight?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This shopkeeper has the stuff to Keep It Super Simple! Tonight’s guest was Emily Church. She is the owner of the Everything Kitchens online and bricks-and-mortar store in Springfield MO. She has an 8,000 square-foot warehouse full of preparedness equipment for the kitchen. Since everybody eats, it’s [...]

Did You Listen to the Talk Show Last Night?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Last night’s guest radio talk show was Bruce Hopkins, a long-time friend, who operates the Internet–Grocer.com website. He told us about how the company had its start and growth. He and his wife Phyllis operate the business under the name Best Prices Storable Foods. Bruce explained that Best Prices Storable [...]

What Is the Press Saying About Preparedness?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Is the press trying to Keep It Super Simple? Or is the press just simplistic? Read the following Newsweek Web Exclusive article and let me know how you feel about what this reporter has written. http://www.newsweek.com/id/228428/page/2 By Jessica Bennett Newsweek Web Exclusive; Dec. 28, 2009 Survivalism Lite They call themselves [...]

What Can I Do to Help You Become Prepared?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I’d like to Keep It Super Simple with today’s blog! At the start of this new year, I want to pledge to help you become prepared or better prepared with your family preparedness plan. Do you have a question that you’d like to see answered or addressed in this blog? It can [...]

Have You Learned These Lessons from Geese Flying South in the Fall?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This illustration will Keep It Super Simple! When you look to the sky in the Fall and see the geese migrating south, remember the following analysis: Geese fly in a “V” formation. You might be interested in knowing what scientists have discovered about why they fly is such a manner. 1. [...]

Thank You for Being A Part of this Blogsite! Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I’m really going to Keep It Super Simple! I am taking this moment of your time to wish you a happy and healthy New Year! May great and positive things come your way in 2010!!!! Thanks for being a part of the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite. It’s [...]

What Are You Doing December 31, 2009––on New Year’s Eve?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! There are many ideas and traditions for the proper welcoming of the New Year. Some of the superstitions surround the celebration of the New Year is the almost mandatory practice of noise making at midnight to usher in the calendar year. Even though we view the New Year’s celebration as mere revelry [...]

We’re Brewing Up Something Big Tonight!

Welcome Back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show! Tonight’s guests are Johnny Max & the Queen (Aka John & Tammy McKissack). Johnny Max and the Queen have been married 25 years—Johnny Max says it’s not a record, but it’s a darn high average! Back during the childhood of their two daughters, they lived in the Dominican Republic for a [...]

Do You Recall These Incidents in 2009?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Though I don’t normally dwell on the causative factors of the need to be prepared, I wanted to remind you of some of the natural, disasters, people-caused, and personal disasters and emergencies that occurred to people in the U.S. during 2009. Obviously, this is not a complete listing! 2009 — Some [...]

Did You Hear The Chicken Whisperer on Monday’s Show?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! The Chicken Whisperer really told us how to Keep It Super Simple! Monday night’s special guest was Andy Schneider, better known as the Chicken Whisperer™. Andy is the “anything chickens” guy, and he really won us over with his wit, wisdom, charm, and very evident and effusive love of all things [...]

Have You Heard of The Chicken Whisperer?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Tonight’s special guest will be Andy Schneider, better known as the Chicken Whisperer™. Andy has become the go-to guy across the United States for anything chickens. Over the years he has helped a countless number of people start their very own backyard flocks. Andy is not only a national radio personality, [...]

Did You Listen to Earthquake Damage Mediation Team?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! My guests on the Saturday afternoon were Trish and Glen Granholm Trish and Glen are involved with the reduction of earthquake-caused damage and injury by movement of furniture and furnishings in California public buildings, especially hospitals. A legislative mandate requires hospital have objects that can fall on patients be fixed [...]

Do You Live in an Earthquake-Prone Area?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite!  My special guests today on the Saturday afternoon show (at least in the CST) are Trish and Glen Granholm. This husband-wife team have the Keep It Super Simple system for earthquake preparedness! Trish is known by Fox News LA as “The Earthquake Lady”, and has spent the last several years teaching seismic [...]

Did You Get the Latest FEMA News Release?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite!  Here’s the latest FEMA news release:  News Release December 18, 2009 No.: HQ-09-156 FEMA Public Affairs: 202-646-3272 FEMA ENCOURAGES WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WASHINGTON – With the winter season approaching, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reminds individuals to be prepared for winter storms and extreme cold. While the danger of severe winter weather varies across the [...]

Did You Catch the Talk Show Last Night?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! n last night’s Talk Show, I hosted 2 special guests on the Family PreparednessGuide talk show. Both guests made it easy to Keep It Super Simple! My first guest on Wednesday night’s show: Marjory Marjory is a mother who became very concerned about the possibility of the collapse of the systems we all [...]

Are You Ready for 2 Guests Tonight?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite!   My s2 pecial guests for Wednesday night’s show are: Marjory and Jeff Gleason. You’ll get twice your money’s worth Wednesday evening when these two experts in different fields appear on the show tonight. Marjory Marjory is a mother who became very concerned about the possibility of the collapse of the systems we [...]

Have You Considered these Precautions for Winter Travel? – Part 1

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite!  Carolyn Nicolaysen, who has appeared on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show several times, appeared on the FamilyPreparednessGuide blog talk radio show Wednesday night, 7:00 PM CST December 9th. This is the continuation of our discussion that evening on: http://blogtalkradio.com/family then just click on James Talmage Stevens: Family Preparedness Guide. These tips also apply [...]

Part 4––Are You Drinking Enough Water?

Eelcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show! We tried to Keep It Super Simple! My guest on the December 7th show was Deanna DeLong, whom I have known for many years. She was such a pleasant and capable guest, and her discussion of water was appreciated by the Chat Room. She discussed WATER and how it is [...]

Part 3––Are You Drinking Enough Water?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show! We tried to Keep It Super Simple! My guest on the December 7th show was Deanna DeLong, whom I have known for many years. She was such a pleasant and capable guest, and her discussion of water was appreciated by the Chat Room. She discussed WATER and how it is [...]

Part 2–Are You Drinking Enough Water?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show!  My guest on the 7th of December show was Deanna DeLong, whom I have known for many years. She was such a pleasant and capable guest, and her discussion of water was appreciated by the Chat Room.  She discussed WATER and how it is essential key to good health, [...]

Are You Drinking Enough Water?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show!  My guest on the 7th of December show was Deanna DeLong, who lives in Beaverton OR. She and I have known each other for many years. She was such a pleasant and capable guest. She discussed WATER and how it is essential key to good health, and also to [...]

Can You Spare a Dime To Help A Family?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite!  OK, so it’s a little more than a dime! I’ll try to Keep It Super Simple! Carolyn Nicolaysen, who has appeared on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show several times, is trying to help a family which has had some tragic circumstances occur in their lives recently. Her effort is to raise some money [...]

Another Set of Rules of Threes!

Welcome Back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! At the beginning of my blogs several months ago, I had started a series of Rules of Threes. Now that the 11th edition of Making the Best of Basics is in the marketplace and selling well, I can focus on completing the series. Rule of Threes #12 – Total Preparedness Requires [...]

Have You Met Deanna DeLong?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I will Keep It Super Simple!  You’ll meet Deanna DeLong, a very unusual lady on Monday night’s BlogTalkRadio Show. Here’s the link for the show: www.BlogTalkRadio.com/James-Talmage-Steven The call-in number is (347) 326-9604. Or join the Chat room Here’s some advice she gives about drinking water: Americans are chronically dehydrated. 85% of the population drinks less [...]

Have You Met Big John Lipscomb?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I will Keep It Super Simple!  You’ll meet an iconic Patriot on Saturday’s BlogTalkRadio Show. Here’s the link for the show: www.BlogTalkRadio.com/James-Talmage-Steven The call-in number is (347) 326-9604. Or join the Chat room, meet some nice people and ask your questions from there!  Big John is the proprietor of the following websites: http://www.survivalistseeds.com/ http://www.patriotfood.com/ http://www.donttreadonme.tv/  You’ll [...]

Did You Know You Could Become Prepared by Taking Baby Steps?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite I will Keep It Super Simple! Wednesday night’s BlogTalkRadio show will introduce you to Jodi and Julie, two bright young sisters-in-law who were attempting to get a year’s supply of food storage put together. As they started this process, they realized there was SO much to learn and they were so [...]

Want to Learn How Some Ways to Utilize Your Food Storage Wheat?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I will Keep It Super Simple! Tonight’s  BlogTalkRadio show will introduce you to Pam Crockett. She is a wheat use expert. Pam is also a self-publisher, speaker, and presenter. Her story about the beginning of her writing career is very interesting: Nobody said life would be easy, but you can make it less [...]

Want to Learn Some Ways to Communicate with Your Family in a Crisis?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I will Keep It Super Simple! Saturday’s BlogTalkRadio show on November 28, 2009, will introduce you to Warren Whitlock. He is an avowed expert in communicating via the social media craze that has the entire world in a blaze of blogging and tweeting! He’s a world-class teacher and practitioner of the [...]

Want to Learn Some New Techniques for Your Garden?

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I will Keep It Super Simple!  Tomorrow’s BlogTalkRadio show will introduce you to a young couple who have spent most of their life figuring out how to simplify and improve home production. They have some innovative ways of increasing production on their acreage. The Bursons are teachers—they really have a lot of [...]