by Brian Kennedy | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Let’s be honest. The world is not going to “end” anytime soon. If you stumbled on this post and that is what you are worried about, then just stop. There honestly is not anything in this article that could help you if the world ends. The vacuum of...
by Brian | May 23, 2022 | News
After several months of extreme demand we have finally restocked IOSAT tablets. The demand has been so great that we are processing orders slowly at this time, and have had a limit set by our supplier. Our supply went out of stock on February 27th, 2022 and officially...
by Brian | May 30, 2020 | Articles
Let us put politics aside for a moment. The newest crisis in the United States, which over the last four years has become a hotbed of divisive issues, is George Floyd. As a company that helps individuals and families understand their survival and disaster readiness...
by Brian | Apr 3, 2020 | Articles, West Weekly
When thinking about survival we often think about the big things, food, water, and shelter. These things are important, but sometimes, it can be the little things that actually take us down. In today’s edition of West Weekly, we are going to talk about feet....
by Brian | Mar 11, 2020 | Articles
Photo by Macau Photo Agency on Unsplash With all the news out there about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus, I figured it was about time we addressed the news out there with some commonsense. West Survival Gear’s mission is and has always been to prepare REAL...
by Rachel Moore | Jan 20, 2020 | West Weekly
When preparing for an emergency, there are multiple factors that you should look at to know how to better prepare yourself and your family. Certain things to consider when making an emergency preparedness plan is what types of disasters, either natural or man-made,...
by Brian | May 17, 2019 | West Weekly
It’s that time, another issue of West Weekly, and more information for the masses. One question I get asked often is how can I get water. Everyone knows you need water to survive, but the questions about water and how to get it constantly abound when talking...
by Brian | May 10, 2019 | West Weekly
Today we are going to talk about seeking or making a shelter. Before we do, a little bit about our new format. As you can probably tell from our enormous number of blog posts (not really) we haven’t been very diligent about communicating with our audience....
by Brian | Apr 15, 2018 | West Weekly
When my family first when through a disaster we were totally unprepared. We lived in a condominium in Sarasota, Florida and were hit by the north edge of a pretty devastating hurricane. Our water was off for about 24 hours, and there were suggestions that we...
by Brian | Oct 6, 2017 | West Weekly
Today we are going to tackle the topic of building an emergency kit in hurricane and flood-related areas. As a result of the major hurricanes that have struck the mainland U.S. and our territories I thought this would be a good focus for the first Weekly Survivor...