About This Website & Its Creator

This website is offered at no charge and you may use it freely at your own risk.

Invariably it comes up – who are you and what makes you such an expert?

In response, I am Doug Stanton.  The material on this website is the result of 30 years of experience with personal preparedness.  I offer my experience with personal preparation with 30 years experience in the Food industry as a food chemist, food technologist and quality assurance manager.  Included are 35+ years of Scouting experience (Eagle), 7 years as a NRA Certified Firearms Instructor & Senior Training Counselor, a survivor of a shoot out with a murderer, and 3 times dependent on my food storage and personal preparedness. 

I look at personal preparedness as a way of life and a continuous journey.  I see it as a form of insurance, hoping that there is no need for it but calm in the assurance that if it is needed, it is there.  I do not expect the government to be there in time of emergency. In fact I would rather they not.   I believe in the spirit that founded our nation: self reliance, cooperation with your neighbor, and the determination to not only survive, but to succeed.