Smart Social Media During Emergencies With the advent of cell phone cameras and social media came new social problems for the police and law breakers alike. Many a criminal has been apprehended by social media. We share pictures of missing children, suspects caught on video and even lost pets. All good kinds of social …
First Responders Asked to Help Identify Extremists Non law enforcement first responders are a lot of things. They are firefighters, paramedics, heroes, life savers, public servants and exactly who you want to see when you’re the one in need of help! Now they are being asked to be one more thing…. unofficial members of the anti-terrorist task …
Hobo Signs for Preppers The term “hobo” was coined in the US in the 1890s to describe an out of work migrant worker. Different than those that were back then known as tramps or bums. Tramps or bums were terms used to describe those who were known not to seek work and who were considered homeless and jobless by choice. The American hobo …
Vantablack: Synthetic Black Hole Material Vantablack is a synthetic material that absorbs 99.965% of light. Which basically means it makes whatever it covers almost totally invisible to the human eye! The uses are uncountable! Pictured is crumpled aluminum foil, which appears even to the camera lens to be a black hole in the aluminum hiding the …
Conflict of Federal and State Law Over CPLs Catches Citizens In-between As laws change both state and federally there is bound to be some overlap. Which law should the police concern themselves with and which should the average citizen accept as the “right” law to obey? For some this particular clash of laws is governed …
Prepping is Only a Band-Aid If you injure yourself a Band-Aid is an important part of your first aid kit. In a minor injury it may be all you require to stop the bleeding and begin the healing process. In a few days you rip it off and go on with your life no worse …
The E-Z Baby Saver Especially as the tempatures rise the danger increases for children inadvertently left in vehicles by overburdened, overwhelmed and busy parents and care givers. My children always fell asleep almost as soon as the vehicle began to move and it is not impossible that a harried parent running late with a number …
Harvesting Rainwater for Residential Water Security Water next to shelter is the most important of human needs. It is topped by shelter only if you’re in an area where the environmental elements will do you in before the need for water. The human body can go only three days without water, and during those three …
Preppers: Keeping it Real The most often given advice to new preppers is prepare first for the most likely disaster in your area and build from there. For the majority of us the more self reliant we can become the better and the longer we can be self sufficient the better chance we have of surviving …
5 Best Bug-out Locations in the US Preppers talk about bugging out on a regular basis in fear of riots, looting and being able to forage and hunt for food and water. Those whose plan A is to bug in worry about those same issues just plan for them in a different way. So you …
