• Life changes quickly sometimes and over the past eight months a lot has changed. A marriage happened, a new puppy was introduced to the family and a martial arts studio was opened. With all of this new excitement happening some things get pushed back. One being the Prepare and Survive Blog. As many of you [...]

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  • After any event we like to take a breather and relax a bit. Planning something take a lot of time and energy so rebooting is always necessary. During that break a lot happened, a puppy came into our home, a new martial art dojang opened and a wedding is right around the corner! So, you [...]

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  • I was thinking this morning, “I wonder how many people are wasteful in their day to day activities?”. This question then brought me to the thought that the things that we are wasteful at now will end up hurting us when we need to conserve our resources. Many people take for granted that if they [...]

    Are You Wasteful?
  • Thank you to everyone who attended the first Prepare + Survive Expo! We had a great group of vendors, classes throughout the afternoon, awesome raffle prizes and a family friendly event. We look forward to planning the next event and will keep you posted on the date. Below are some images from the afternoon. If [...]

    Photos from prep expo
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      Posted by prepandsurvive with 0 comment in Natural Disasters, Self Defense, Survive, Zombies category

      Apr. 12.

      zombie squad

      Do you stay up late at night worried that you aren’t ready to defend yourself against a zombie attack? How would you kill a zombie if it was stumbling toward your home and family? Stop worrying! The Zombie Squad is here to protect and defend your neighborhood from the undead. We have our very own [...]

      Posted by prepandsurvive with 0 comment in In the News, Natural Disasters, Survive category

      Feb. 15.

      Quake off Coast of Oregon

      Tonight around 7:30pm an earthquake hit off the Oregon coast, specifically 271 miles west south west from Portland, OR and 152 miles west north west of Bandon, Oregon. It was a 6.0 magnitude and happened in a popular area for quakes in the Pacific Ocean. The area it happened in is called Blanco Transform Fault [...]

      Sep. 29.

      Emergency Workshop Video

      In case you weren’t able to make it down to the Pearl District Emergency Preparedness Workshop held on September 24th, we have a video of the speakers from the event to share with you. A big thank you to Jan for sending it over and Guy Bodin for creating the video from the morning event. [...]

      Sep. 6.

      Hurricanes. An Annual Event.

      With some natural disasters you have some warning time. This usually happens in the case of the storms like Hurricane Irene that recently hit the east coast. The weather man is tracking the storm, watching it closely, giving you up to date information on how strong it is and when it will hit your city. [...]