Fifty-three percent of the nation’s population lives in a coastal county, If you live on the coast line or have a loved one that does then you know that Tsunami’s are a danger. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program have designated March 21-27 as Tsunami Awareness Week.

With the great Tsunami of 2004 caused by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the earth in the Indian Ocean area, and caused the deaths of 150,000 people, to the more recent tsunami’s in Samoa [see listed image bellow] & Chile.  This has prompted the NOAA to bring it to everyone’s attention and to create an awareness that tsunamis can strike when least expected.

California State will launch a statewide“Tsunami Awareness”campaign including a new classroom lesson plan, and Hawaii’s Lt. Governor, Duke Aiona, will host a tsunami awareness event at a school within a tsunami inundation zone on Oahu.

Now after the following deadly 2004 Tsunami, the US Congress has provided NOAA with more than $90 million in funds to help expand their warning and detection systems and an additional $135 million for research and an education network. If you are one of the 53% of our population that lives in a coastal area please check with your local city or state emergency departments and see what they have set up for the Tsunami Notification System. The most commonly used notification system are television, radio, and community sirens located along the shore line.

Many cities and states have finally caught up to the 21st century and you register to receive a Text Message Alert with a warning of a Tsunami in your area. If you do receive a Tsunami Notification then you should remain calm, move to higher ground, monitor your media sources for more information, and always remember to stay away from the beaches until you receive the “All Clear” notification and please know that tsunami’s may come in multiple waves over a span of many hours so don’t assume it will only just be one wave.

For more information please visit www.tsunamiready.noaa.gov for more information on being Tsunami Ready.

If you are interested in reading up on more related blogs pleas click on the following links below.

• What to Do in the Case of an Earthquake: supplies to have, how to be prepared before, during and after

• Pet Emergency Preparation Part 1

• This Way To Safety

• Year Round Safety Tips

Pioneer Living is a publication for today’s creative doers. People like you! People who want to get back to basics and work with nature.

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It is our goal at “Pioneer Living” to inform with solutions as many human beings as possible the forgotten/lost art of basic human survival. This is what our ancestors knew and lived every day. They were prepared for what life brings through planning, learning, and preparing for any possible future.

The articles you will find in all our issues will be focused on simpler times what our ancestors knew and lived every day. From disaster preparedness, extreme wilderness survival, growing and preserving your own nutritious food, foraging for food in the wilderness, water survival, and basic every day living.

Information and solutions to survive our ever changing environment in which we live in today. Solutions for taking back the responsibility of ones own self. We think that you will be surprised how simple it is, no matter what walk of life you come from, how to get back to basics and in control of your life.

Have you ever wondered if you are really prepared?  There seems to be three types of preparedness minded people.

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If you haven’t tried one of our freeze-dried desserts I’m here to tell you that you’re missing out.  With a lot of people when you mention food storage they have thoughts of stale, bland, tasteless food that you might not be able to choke down even in an emergency situation.

For me personally, with freeze-dried foods my biggest problem is that it tastes so good that I have a hard time keeping it on the shelf just for food storage.  This is especially true with freeze-dried desserts.  The desserts fix up quicker then regular desserts and they taste just as good!

Here’s my top 3 Freeze-dried Desserts, this is food your food storage can’t be without:

Triple Berry Blend

While technically this isn’t considered a dessert item, good luck trying to convince my kids.  Just a week ago we had a can opened up and within days my kids and their friends had polished off the entire thing (Okay I helped a little).  There was nothing fancy about it, just straight up freeze-dried strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.  My kids don’t even take the time to add water, they just add some to a Ziploc bag and they’re out the door.  It’s the ultimate dessert option, dry, wet, alone or placed on top of your favorite dessert the Triple Berry Blend is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

Ice Cream Sandwiches

If nothing else freeze-dried Ice Cream Sandwiches have a certain bit of nostalgia to them.  I remember back in the 80’s this stuff was called “Space Ice Cream” or “Astronaut Ice Cream”.  This is a dessert that you can eat straight from the can; you don’t even have to add water. I really like the fact that there’s literally not preparation required and that the ice cream melts in your mouth.  Definitely a dessert that I have to remind myself, “This is for food storage purposes only”.

Granola with Blueberries & Milk

One of the top reasons why I like the Granola with Blueberries & Milk is its flexibility. I take that back.  Really that’s just a fringe benefit.  The top reason I like it is because it’s incredibly good!

This is a dessert that you can have hot or cold.  Are you looking for a something sweet to warm you up?  Eat it hot.  Do you want a cool, refreshing breakfast?  Just add cold water.  With Mountain Houses top of the line ingredients this is dessert that both adults and children will love and is hands down my top freeze-dried dessert choice!

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Would you like to have fresh-tasting and nutritious vegetables any time of year? Our Ultimate Freeze-Dried Vegetable Supply is a must for balancing out your food storage! Our Freeze Dried Vegetables provide an essential array of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to maintain a healthy diet and protect from malnutrition and give you the energy you need. These delicious vegetables taste so good you won’t believe they came in a can! Add freeze-dried vegetables to your favorite recipes and casseroles or as a side dish to pretty much any main entree.  Another option is to just eat right out of the can for a healthy, tasty snack.

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Saratoga Farms™ freeze-dried vegetables are second to none in terms of quality and taste. They are the luxury brand of Food Storage. Freeze-Dried foods offer many advantages over dehydrated foods. Freeze Dried Veggies taste much better than dehydrated because they retain their taste, texture, and shape of fresh frozen foods. In addition, freeze-drying locks in the freshness, vitamins, nutrients, color, and aroma of fresh frozen foods while providing the shelf-stable convenience of canned and dehydrated foods.

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As I’ve met with and talked to many different people about getting ready, I’m finding that many groups are seeing the importance of preparing for the worst so that they can put their worries behind them.  We often talk to different churches and community organizations.  The need to be ready has never been greater.  Here is an example of one such group that is banding together to help each other prepare.  www.jewishpreppers.com

They have set up a great resource for the Jewish Community.  Here is a quote from one of the founders:

“We are a not for profit representing the Jewish Community interested in Prepper movement. The US Jewish community consists largely of a population of professionals that live in highly urbanized locations. It is essential, especially given their tragic history, to be well prepared for any disaster that may arise. We have taken it upon ourselves to educate and train those interested in learning more about these skills. David and Josh have extremely diverse backgrounds and share much of their combined knowledge on their blog, jewishpreppers.com“

We commend David and Josh for the work they are doing and encourage each of the ReadyNation members to rally together with what ever church or group they identify with and help them get ready.  If we all band together in this way it will make our country that much stronger.

We hope that you will take advantage of our great resources as you plan and prepare with your local community.

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How to Heat a MRE Entree part 1 was with the MRE Flamless Heater and if you do buy our MRE Full Meal you will have a MRE Flameless Heater included in that packet. Now if you were to go with our MRE Entree Variety Pack Case of 24 or 72 Entree’s you will only receive the dinner entree and not a MRE Flamless Heater.

I’ve been asked by many people “With no MRE Flameless Heater, how will I be able to heat my meal?“  You would be amazed to know the different ways people have heated up there entree’s. In our blog post “What is an MRE heater and how does it work?“, we had a comment from Vince.  He wrote “When I was in the Army we used to heat them up on the block of the old jeep motor (pre-hummer)” and that is a great way to heat up your meal if you’re dealing with a Grab-n-Go™ situation. But if you were dealing with a situation that you would be based in one location or as we call it a Shelter-in-Place™ situation, then the most common way to heat up a MRE is with a pot of hot water.

The only items that you would need are the following:

• Pot/Pan/Kettle.
• Heat Source. (Ideas: you can use your BBQ grill, fire place, camp fire, or a emergency cooking system)
• Water.
• Fuel Source.

For this post I’m using a portable electric hot plate and I took a basic pan & added enough water to fill it up 1/2 way. (see figure 1)

I waited for a medium to high boil till I added the MRE’s to the Hot Water.    (see figure 2)

The MRE will start to absorb the heat from the hot water due to the aluminum pouches ability to transfer the heat easily.    (see figure 3a)

With the MRE Ultimate Self-Heating Full Meal you will receive a side with your full meal and in this demonstration I had Spiced Cinnamon Apples and I added it to the water to heat up the side.    (see figure 3b)

Once you have the MRE Entree and side in the water for around 5 min then I rotated the meal to make sure that it will be heated throughout the meal. (see figure 4)

Once you allowed it to heat, you will need to remove the pot from the heat source. WARNING: Please be careful it is extremely hot, ideal to have an adult handle the last steps.

You can eat out of the MRE Entree pouch or if a plate/bowl  you can poor your re-heated content into it.     (see figure 5)

Bon Appétit!

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