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The Top Ten Survival Tips (no one wants to talk about)
by David Michaud, Survival-Goods Duct taping your windows will not save you from radiation poisoning. You may have to dig a latrine (more than one time). You may not receive any government benefits or payment from your place of employment during a disaster. It is possible that you may be sick or in the hospital during a disaster. Your pets [...] Related posts:- INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Cordless Isn’t Best Have you ever experienced complete panic when you couldn’t get...
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INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Cordless Isn’t Best
Have you ever experienced complete panic when you couldn’t get in touch with one of your kids or your husband? You never forget that sick feeling, do you? Now imagine that you can’t get in touch with anyone because of a power failure, natural disaster or worse. Cordless phones are worthless in an electrical outage. Cell [...] Related posts:- When Communication = Survival All it takes is one really good crisis and suddenly...
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Can your solar cooker do THIS??
I’ve been using my Sun Oven for every day cooking but this last week wanted to really put it to the test. The Sun Oven website claims it can be used to cook hard boiled eggs without using any water. That was my first test. On a sunny afternoon, I placed two raw eggs on the [...] Related posts:- Cooking Off the Grid People have to eat and water has to be safe...
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The Power of Comfort Foods
Imagine that you have six full month’s worth of food stored up. You have ample water and supplies set aside. You’re ready for anything. Now imagine that you actually have to rely 100% on what you’ve stored. No more trips to the grocery store. Restaurant meals, and even fast food, are out of the question. It’s you, your [...] Related posts:- A Closer Look at Freeze Dried Foods I first began my food storage with a mother-of-all-shopping-trips to...
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INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Water storage in a swimming pool?
A backyard swimming pool is practically required here in the deserts of Phoenix. When our nighttime temperatures hover right around 110 degrees, we desert rats seek out ways of staying cool however we can. In addition to providing recreation and a way to keep cool, preppers view their pools as their #1 source of emergency water [...] Related posts:- Water Purification Made Simple Not much has been written on this blog about processes...
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Survival Survey: Attention Firebugs!
What’s your favorite way to start fires? I’ve heard and seen a lot of firestarting methods, from the vaseline/cotton ball technique to stuffing empty toilet paper rolls with dryer lint. Our family will be joining thousands of others this spring and summer on camp-outs, and building a campfire at the end of the day is [...] Related posts:- Survival Survey: What is your #1 preparedness resolution for the New Year? Preparedness isn’t a one time event or a short-term...
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Square Foot Gardening: See How It’s Done!
Square Foot Gardening has really caught on among preppers and food storage enthusiasts. It promises a simple method for growing your own produce, even if you’re short on gardening experience and space. I found a terrific video that goes through the basic steps of setting up your own garden. Kudos to the gals at Food [...] Related posts:- Ask TheSurvivalMom: What skills should a prepper learn? Yesterday, this email popped up in my in-box. I started...
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Survival Survey: Favorite Solar Gadget?
Question submitted by Elizabeth Long There are lots of gadgets out there now that operate on solar power. My new favorite is the Everlite Solar Headlamp with the optional USB Charger. Those are going in our car bags. This will let us each have a headlamp and a way to recharge our cell phones so we [...] Related posts:- Survival Survey: What is your #1 preparedness resolution for the New Year? Preparedness isn’t a one time event or a short-term...
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