Keep Your Family Healthy and Safe During Crisis with Articles and Tips on OffTheGridNews.com

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 28, 2010 -- While we have always heard about the value of self-sufficiency and the importance of knowing how to confront adversity head-on the truth is individuals in this country are being moving further away from these character assets. A greater reliance on government to solve our problems has been emphasized and as a result the individual has lost, for the most part, the ability to face a crisis without the aid of handouts, bailouts and assistance.

There was a time when an individual was encouraged to “pull yourself up by your bootstraps,” dust yourself off and move forward. It was that attitude that helped shape this country as we learned how to solve our own problems and overcome difficulties, preventing us from becoming a “nation of beggars.” This approach not only emphasized the individual’s responsibility to handling their own problems but served to instill a sense of confidence in knowing that whatever difficulties lay ahead they can be overcome.

Every time we turn on the television or read the news we are given further evidence that those days are long gone. The moment we face troubles we hear about government intervention, whether it be in the financial markets, education, employment, healthcare, energy, etc. While the idea of government stepping in to “help” during these times may sound attractive it can lead to a serious threat to our personal freedoms and our right to protect the liberties granted us.

As an outlet dedicated to restoring the value of self-sufficiency and an individual’s ability to overcome adversity OffTheGridNews.com publishes articles and offers tips that encourage personal responsibility and, in the midst of a crisis, could save lives.

It wasn’t that long ago that we witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and saw first-hand the influence a natural disaster could have on a region. Events leading up to the storm and the immediate aftermath were at best chaotic as a breakdown in responsibility resulted in unnecessary loss of life. Most people affected by Katrina were ill-prepared for the storm, thinking the government (whether it be on a city, state or federal level) was keeping a watchful eye and knew what was best.

That was obviously a mistake as tens of thousands of people were essentially cut-off from the rest of the nation, left without food, water, shelter and electricity for days as the government tried to assess blame. A valuable lesson was learned from Hurricane Katrina and that lesson wasn’t so much about the government’s inability to protect its citizens as much as it was that the individual must know how to protect themselves as well as their family.

Something as basic as recognizing the impending disaster and formulating an emergency exit strategy could have saved countless lives; forethought could have ensured that enough food and clean drinking water had been gathered to maintain health; simple steps could have ensured that a line of communication would have remained open; the examples are endless.

What http://www.OffTheGridNews.com does is empower its reader, giving them the tools to not just survive a crisis like Katrina but to break from the reliance of traditional outlets for food, electricity, health, etc. Over the years individuals who have learned how to become self-sufficient have been negatively portrayed by mainstream media, often considered anti-government, anti-progress and so on. The truth is knowing how to grow and store your own food, plant medicinal herbs, generate your own electricity, etc. isn’t anti-anything, it’s about protecting your health and staying safe.

OffTheGridNews outlines how to do just that with insightful articles written by independent authors who do have years of experience living “off-the-grid.” These articles not only detail how to become more self-sufficient but also tackle some of the hottest issues making headlines today. Unlike other news outlets, OffTheGridNews looks at the issues as they relate to the reader, not just presenting the facts of the story but also detailing how those facts will affect the lives of the readers.

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