Hurricane DISTRICT 10 Preparedness

This Sheriff from Butler County, Ohio recently attended a national training where participants were briefed by the FBI. What he has to say should be of concern to all of us, as far as each of our levels of emergency preparedness is concerned. Please look past any political comments and focus on the message as you consider the potential scenarios the FBI is presently concerned about and the implications to our national situation. Some of this was discussed in the video we posted on November 27th called “Grid Down, Power Up” hosted by Dennis Quaid. That video is also heavily influenced by informed concern about vulnerability of the systems we depend on daily. As with the sheriff, we don’t want to alarm you, we want to arm you with awareness so you can prepare. How long could you feed your family and keep them warm if something happened to affect the power grid? Is your online presence secure? How about your financial accounts? As we have consistently encouraged you concerning food storag...

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Have you stored powdered milk in the past only to find that it has now been sitting on a shelf for years, unused? No matter how you’ve tried to disguise it, you couldn’t fool anybody? Every time you think of throwing it out, you cringe, thinking of how much you paid for it? Well, here’s a better idea… We took a class from the amazing folks at “Rose Red Homestead” where our host used 20 year-old powdered milk to make things like Cream Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Greek Yogurt, Sour Cream, Ricotta Cheese and Farmer’s Cheese…all in about three hours. There were two basic “genres” we explored, one using acid (white vinegar or lemon juice) and one using live cultures. Honestly, the Greek Yogurt, the Sour Cream, the Cottage Cheese and the Ricotta Cheese were as good as the fanciest brands I’ve ever had from a grocery store. And while some of that depends on what you use for cultures, we couldn’t taste a hint of powdered milk. The only one that was just kind of ‘basic’ was the F...

We hope you are reading the BACK TO BASICS Newsletters posted regularly on the page for them linked at the top of this site. I don't always post them here on this main page. This last one, for February, has some great advice for this time of year and more about making preparedness a way of life. Please read it and see if there are things you can do to make sure your family is well taken care of and that you are able to help your neighbors as much as possible while reducing the likelihood that you are a burden in times of trouble. Make it a habit to read these. They're full of great information.