Today one of my granddaughters and I were experimenting with different types of fire starting devices. It ended with us making a video of Randy lighting Vaseline soaked cotton balls in a short video which […]
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A lot of this information has been posted on this blog in the past, however I still get questions on it so I thought I would cover purifying water with chlorine again. I see FEMA,
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With all the talk about sheltering in place going around I want to offer a few suggestions in case you have to. The need to shelter in place could be caused by everything from pandemics
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Lightning is the third leading cause of weather-related deaths, right behind floods and tornadoes. More people die or are injured by lightning more in the summer months than any other time of the year. This is
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For at least the last 15 years or so I have used the Swiss Military Issue 20 Liter (5.28 US Gallon) collapsible water bladder when I go camping. It is my understanding that the Swiss
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Why Some Individuals and Groups will fail to survive.When confronted with survival situations people have the potential to overcome challenges, beat incredible odds, and come out a survivor. However, in survival situations, many people fail to
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The most common burglar is a young man who lives within a two miles of you. This type of burglar is the easiest to stop. They are normally not very experienced and highly skilled. However,
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The other day a friend dropped a five-gallon bucket of organic soybeans off at my house. The container was dated as being sealed 1/24/84. In other words, these soybeans are over 30 years old. Now
A Food Storage Failure Read More »
One problem with the idea of bugging out is that I have this nice library of prepping information. Now it is in books and three ring binders and takes a lot of space. Now I
How do You Carry Your Prepping Information in a Bug Out? Read More »
Until I was asked a question about the different types of salt that are available, I had no idea there were so many types. Since then I have done some research on the varies types and how they
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