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We are moving to a paperless society, so why keep a bookshelf with survival books? Well, it’s fine to have the digital options, but in case of power failures, or an EMP, the knowledge contained in print can last for generations. Plus, you can access books at any time without having to worry about whether […]
The first time I ever hit the tropical flats — armed with my finely tuned small-stream trout cast — I didn’t catch a single bonefish. Not one. But my failure started me on an odyssey that will likely never end. Chasing bones on the flats, from the Bahamas across the Caribbean to the Mayan Riviera, […]
Any prepper with even a modicum of first-aid training will pay close attention to the status and shelf life of the items in his first-aid kit. These things wear out over time. Ointments lose their potency, medications go stale or expire, and antibiotics can spoil. But what about the other, more mundane supplies in the […]
Most folks, including preppers, are inseparable from their cell phones these days and it is not hard to see why; even now people take for granted just how much capability is packed into such a tiny device. All of the many apps and functions are certainly handy but far and away a cell’s most critical […]
Automobile fires are no joke. Every year in the United States, more than 170,000 automobile fires occur on the highways across the country, with these fires resulting in nearly 350 deaths, over 1,000 injuries and a staggering 1.1 billion dollars in damage to property. Problems with the engine, drivetrain, electrical system, and other components of […]
Learning how to build a fire and maintain it for heat, light and cooking is an essential prepping skill, and often one of the first primitive or austere environment tasks that a beginning prepper will learn, often times right after establishing their three-day supply cache. There are all kinds of ways to create a fire, […]
Use a Root Cellar to Store Your Root Vegetables A root cellar (american english) or earth cellar (british english) is a structure, usually underground or partially underground, used for storage of vegetables , fruits , nuts , or other foods. Its name reflects the traditional focus on root crops stored in an underground cellar , which […]
Duct tape is one of those marvelous all-purpose tools that all preppers love. It has seemingly endless uses, from the mundane to the creative, and everyone you talk to will have one or more “duct tape stories” where the miracle adhesive tape saved the day, or their project. But there is one set of circumstances […]
FOOD SAFETY AND PRESERVATION National center for home food preservation website at http://nchfp.Uga.Edu/site includes science-based information on home food preservation, publications and links to other extension sites. The center was established with funding from the cooperative state research, education and extension service, u. S. Department of agriculture (csrees-usda) to address food safety concerns for those […]
People have a way of procrastinating, even about really important stuff. Problems very small and very far away on the horizon quickly grow in magnitude the closer they get. Suddenly, what appeared to be about as threatening as a tiny newt has taken on positively draconian proportions when it is staring down at you, breathing […]
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