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	<title>The Preparedness Blog &#187; Safety</title>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode 99 &#8211; Potassium Iodide</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-99-potassium-iodide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿(Listen to The Preparedness Podcast on any of your favorite audio players.  Find us in iTunes here: Preparedness Podcast iTunes Link or go to PrepCast.info for direct links to the audio files.)
As you may have already heard, there is a plume of radiation headed our way from Japan and should reach the US west coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode 98 &#8211; Avoid Being Too Narrow-Focused</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-98-avoid-being-too-narrow-focused/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-98-avoid-being-too-narrow-focused/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like me, I&#8217;m sure a lot of people who are preparing that take advantage of current events to focus on certain aspects of their preparedness planning.  For example, the nuclear crisis we&#8217;re witnessing in Japan is a good reminder that we need to have radiation detection gear and potassium iodide.  Some of you may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Fire Prevention Tips For Your House</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/11/top-ten-fire-prevention-tips-for-your-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/11/top-ten-fire-prevention-tips-for-your-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Ten Fire Prevention Tips For Your House
Top 10 Fire Prevention Tips For Your Home by EMP on NOVEMBER 22, 2010 A house fire is something that we all hope we never have to experience. Thousands of people die each year and many more are injured due to house fires. However, the sad reality is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC News &#8211; Call to improve password security</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/08/bbc-news-call-to-improve-password-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/08/bbc-news-call-to-improve-password-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully, no one reading this blog is foolish enough to use simple passwords.  Even so, if you have a habit of using one password for every website and/or your passwords are simple, you should really rethink your digital security.  Personally, I use 1Password to keep track of all my website passwords, and I use its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are People Smart Enough to Reject A New Fiat Currency?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/02/are-people-smart-enough-to-reject-a-new-fiat-currency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/02/are-people-smart-enough-to-reject-a-new-fiat-currency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve been perusing through the preparedness, survival and information blogs over the past few weeks, I&#8217;ve come across a recent theme that suggests that when the US Dollar crashes and the FedGov tries to implement a new fiat currency, the American people will be too smart and reject it. That they will, instead, call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuel Transfer Tanks, and some fuel storage tips</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/02/fuel-transfer-tanks-and-some-fuel-storage-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/02/fuel-transfer-tanks-and-some-fuel-storage-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Supplies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fluids are always an issue. 
Heavy. Bulky. Moving when you don&#8217;t want them to move.
Add in something that&#8217;s flammable or combustible, and you have even more potential worries.
One of the solutions I&#8217;ve been using in my pickup is a transfer tank. You&#8217;ve probably seen them in the beds of commercial trucks, flatbeds and pickup trucks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFAK&#8217;s, Blow Out Kits, and home made first aid kits</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/02/ifaks-blow-out-kits-and-home-made-first-aid-kits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/02/ifaks-blow-out-kits-and-home-made-first-aid-kits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was speaking with Mike the Medic last night, going over some new developments with first aid kits. Most of us have seen the military First Aid Kits, and the Improved First Aid Kits (IFAK) that are out there. Various models of these have been used for many years, and within the last decade or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthquake survivor says iPhone helped save his life</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/01/earthquake-survivor-says-iphone-helped-save-his-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/01/earthquake-survivor-says-iphone-helped-save-his-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disasters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never has it been so easy to carry so much information in your pocket.  The key here, though, is to have had the forethought to download the info before you need it.  We live in a nearly &#8216;always-on&#8217; connection to the Internet, but when that link is severed, what you have with you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Armageddon</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/01/after-armageddon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/01/after-armageddon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bugging Out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent podcast, I make commentary on a how that was on the History Channel called, &#8220;After Armageddon.&#8221;  Several of you have asked for a link to where they could see it online.  Unfortunately, the History Channel hasn&#8217;t made this available yet.  A few days ago, someone put it up on YouTube.  It&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before Winter Storms and Extreme Cold</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2009/12/before-winter-storms-and-extreme-cold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2009/12/before-winter-storms-and-extreme-cold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disasters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always good to review the basics.  Winter is coming, make sure you&#8217;re prepared.
From http://www.fema.gov/hazard/winter/wi_before.shtm
Before Winter Storms and Extreme Cold
Add the following supplies to your disaster supplies kit:

Rock salt to melt ice on walkways
Sand to improve traction
Snow shovels and other snow removal equipment.

Prepare your home and family

Prepare for possible isolation in your home by having [...]]]></description>
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