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Prepping Carry Ons Approved By TSA

Prepping Carry Ons Approved By TSA The price of airline tickets has become outrageous. Hopefully the current decrease in fuel costs will eventually trickle down to a lower ticket prices. We used to be able to check a couple of bags to make our travels easier without additional charges. Now checking a bag is almost a …

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Emergency Rectal Rehydration

Emergency Rectal Rehydration I know no one wants to talk about anything that has to be done rectally. Worse than talking about it of course is being the one on which the rectal procedure is being performed. However unpleasant or not it sure beats dying of dehydration. You can indeed die if you become overly …

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Turn Waste Paper into Heating Fuel

Turn Waste Paper into Heating Fuel Probably everyone at one time or another has burned paper in a fire. As you saw it didn’t last long or really put off enough heat to do much of anything. More of a fire starting material than an actual heating fuel. Before this special project anyway! This make …

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6 Household Items Become Emergency Candles

 6 Household Items Become Emergency Candles Blackouts always seem to happen at the most inopportune moments! So now you’re without power. You’re away from home, the power outage caused by last month’s storm used up your supply of candles and you haven’t had the chance to re-stock yet, or you could even be at your …

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Knitting Without Needles

Knitting Without Needles This is for those who don’t know how to knit with needles but still would like to make a thing or two on their own. For those who have problems that prevent them from using their knitting needles as often as they would like due to arthritis or other joint issues that …

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Pros & Cons of Emergency Communication Devices

Pros & Cons of Emergency Communication Devices Like most of you, I worry about communicating with friends, loved ones and even first responders in an emergency scenario. But I can’t afford to purchase every single type of communication device out there! Now my scanner does pick up weather radio so I have been able to …

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10 Reasons Not to Bug Out

10 Reasons Not to Bug Out I personally am a hunker down prepper for my own family/groups plan A. We do however, have a bug in prep plan B and 2 forms of bug out back up plans. I believe that having a choice depending upon the circumstances of the disaster that has befallen us is …

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Top 10 Items The Prepper Needs

Top 10 Items The Prepper Needs No matter what you are preparing for there are some basic items that every prepper needs. It doesn’t matter if they are planning on bugging in or bugging out. The article doesn’t specify the exact item like a particular brand or method of fire starter just that you have …

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10 Pet Toxins

10 Pet Toxins Many pet owners feel their dog or cat are part of the family. Prepping and caring for them is as important as any other member of their group. If your pet is anything like my own they can be little beggars. If you’re eating it they want some too! But sharing with …

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Choosing a Wood Burning Stove

Choosing a Wood Burning Stove There are a lot of things to consider when you decide to purchase or build a wood burning stove. Where you’re going to install it, what its primary purpose will be… heating or cooking? What kind of wood or fuel will be your primary source? How much smoke will be produced …

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