Fire Starters
Learning a skill is never for just one purpose or occasion, so while we may not be thinking about building an outdoor fire as a winter...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 32 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 23: Calendar Week 22
June 3rd Week 22 Let’s make June a month to prepare for summer disasters, cooking off-grid, and summer fun. Monday: Prepare cookies in a...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
May 272 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 22: Calendar week 21
WEEK 21 MAY 27 Monday: This week a few more things to inventory and purchase if necessary. It is important to remember we are not...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
May 205 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 21: Calendar Week 20
Week 20 - May 20 Monday: How does a pandemic flu spread? Primarily, it is airborne. This can happen when an infected person coughs or...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
May 63 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 19: Calendar Week 18
Week 18 May 6 Monday: Several years ago we warned of the possibility of an H1N1 or H5N1 pandemic. We saw a pandemic caused by experiments...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Apr 293 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 18: Calendar Week 17
Week 17 April 29th Monday: Because children can be trafficked while still living at home with parents unaware of what is happening...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Apr 226 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 17: Calendar Week 16
Week 16, April 22nd Monday: This is going to be a difficult week as we deal with a serious subject, human trafficking. Trafficking is,...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Apr 151 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 16: Calendar Week 15
Week 15: April 15 Monday: It’s time to add any hygiene items you did not find during your scavenger hunt a few weeks ago. Refer to the...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Mar 311 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 14: Calendar Week 13
Week 13 - April 1 Monday: Get out the notes you made on Saturday listing the items in each room in your home. Walk through each room and...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Mar 243 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 13: Calendar Week 12
Week 12 March 25 Make it Monday: Did you know you can use tea lights and muffin tin to cook? To use tea lights and a muffin tin for...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Mar 182 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 12: Calendar Week 11
Week 11 March 18 Evacuation Week Monday: Collect maps of your area and your Out-of-Area Contact. Mark each map with several routes out...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Mar 103 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 11: Calendar Week 10
Week 10 March 11 Make it Monday: We have talked about heating during a power outage and made items to help you with light and heat but...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Mar 43 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 10: Calendar Week 9
Week 9 March 4 Make it Monday: Remember when we talked about a generator and the fact that they need to be recharged so it’s important to...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Feb 262 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 9: Calendar Week 8
February 26 Week 8 Make it Monday: If you are not familiar with a rice pack, it is a flannel sleeve with a cotton sleeve inside, filled...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Feb 192 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 8: Calendar Week 7
February 19th Week 7 Make it Monday: Egg Carton or Cupcake Liner Fire Starters When you need to build a fire for warmth or cooking it...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Feb 122 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 7: Calendar Week 6
February 12th Week 6 Make it Monday: Make an ice pack or two. These are much less expensive than commercial ice packs and work great....
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Feb 53 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 6: Calendar Week 5
February 5th week Five Make it Monday: Make a Paint Can Heater/Stove Paint can heaters are valuable when power fails in winter, and you...
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cjnicolaysen
Feb 21 min read
Where Can I Put It All?
We are working hard this year to become better prepared not just with food storage but with other supplies, kits and organizing for an...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jan 292 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 5: Calendar Week 4
January 29nd Week Four Monday: Time to use the items purchased on Saturday. Make a clothes washer: You will need a five-gallon bucket...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jan 222 min read
2024 Preparedness - Week 4: Calendar Week 3
January 22nd Week Three For help staying on task print out each week’s goals and place them in your binder. As you complete one cross it...
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