Knowing When the Balloon Goes Up “When the balloon goes up” is an old express that has continued in at least American culture for many years beyond its original use. It has become a coined phrased used by many who aren’t aware of its origins. According to Grammer Monster. com its origins are as follows: Once …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Living in Your Car Successfully Living in your car is not a situation that most of us ever expect and certainly don’t aspire to. No child that I have ever heard says “I can’t wait to grow up so I can live in my car!” It isn’t even comparable to those …
20 Survival Tips You Must Know Some of the tips in the featured article may seem a little off, (death by vending machine?). But statistically they do actually happen! That should be labeled how not to die an embarrassing way! However, kidding aside, the other tips on how not to die from something completely avoidable …
MIY Compact Survival Kit This little make it yourself kit is really kind of neat! Its base is a 5″x2″ empty red pepper flakes container. This is small enough to fit just about anywhere from, handbag, briefcase, to glove box yet versatile enough to hold 78 small items that could be of use in a number …
Stockpile Inexpensively Many people wonder and ask how can I afford to stockpile for the future for something that may or may not happen when I can barely make ends meet now? Stockpiles don’t always have to include expensive top-notch equipment or items. Face it you may have a favorite brand of dish soap today …
DIY Glass Arrowheads Should the worst happen one of the first things to disappear off the open retail market will be ammunition. Even for bow hunters. Perhaps your sport of choice is archery, or you simply choose to use recycled materials for your arrows. No matter the scenario making your own arrows and arrowheads is …
What to Store in Your Faraday Almost everyone reading this is aware that a faraday cage is intended to protect your electronic devices from electrical pulses aka an EMP. However, there are great differences of opinions and ideas of just what items should be stored in this protective case. Truthfully this does and should vary …
Uses for Baking Soda Preppers Should Know Preppers and homesteaders are well known for their ability to creatively solve almost any problem with what they have on hand. We adore multi use items and baking soda is one of those items! Our friends at Preparing for SHTF have put together a list of 15 ways …
H2 Dynamo Turns Air Into Fresh Water! Fresh water has become an issue in many countries around the world including the United States. One of the countries that suffers the most from lack of fresh drinking water is Israel due to the dry desert conditions. They have developed a device they call the H2O Dynamo that …
DIY Clay-Pot Smoker A store-bought smoker can cost a pretty penny. But with this little DIY clay-pot smoker you can get the same benefits without the cost! Smoking meats is one of the oldest methods of preservation still used today. Whether you need to preserve meats during a SHTF event that lasts any length of …
