Category: SHTF

You Could break the Law in California if you Shower & do Laundry in the Same Day

You Could break the Law in California if you Shower & do Laundry in the Same Day A salacious headline for sure. But is it accurate? It indeed could be. Californians are going to be restricted to 50 gallons of water usage a day. The average 8 minute shower and a single load of laundry …

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Expiration Date Cheat Sheet

Expiration Date Cheat Sheet         Expiration dates are a quandary for all stockpiles and even for those that just missed a product in their rotation and now find it expired. Safe or not safe? I will always recommend you look more at the actual product than at the labeling. Even if it …

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Flood Types and Preps

Flood Types and Preps Where you live will determine the type of flood you could experience. I personally have experienced Inland, flash and river. All are devastating but all are different and require a different mind set and preparations. I admit the one I was least prepared for was the Inland flood, who expects a …

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25 Ancient Remedies That Used To Be Common Knowledge

25 Ancient Remedies That Used To Be Common Knowledge If you have followed this site for any period of time, you know that I always say that modern pharmaceuticals initially began by processing old remedies for mass production.  That’s why I always follow up with the warning that these plants, spices, and herbs are indeed …

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What the EMP Commission’s Report Really Says

What the EMP Commission’s Report Really Says We hear the EMP Commission says “this or this or that” and the interpretations run from an EMP attack or by natural occurrence would be a hiccup in our society to, an EMP in the western world would set the effected country so severely that it would send …

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10 Foods That Don’t Store Well

10 Foods That Don’t Store Well Store what you eat, and eat what you store. The golden rule of stockpiling. But some foods store longer and better than others. In this case we have a list of storage items that didn’t work out so well for the author. But I do find I disagree on …

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Anyone can Catch the MRSA Superbug – How to Protect Yourself

Anyone can Catch the MRSA Superbug How to Protect Yourself MRSA really is a the plague of infections. It can develop in the most unseemly of injuries or illnesses almost at random and it’s highly contagious. The author of our featured article speaks about a co-worker who came down with it and spread it to …

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Building a Spider Shelter

Building a Spider Shelter Shelter is a priority item in any disaster scenario. We tend to think of our first priority as being water. But factually the elements can and will take you out within 3 hours if they are harsh enough. Humans don’t have fur, or tough skin that can protect our cores from …

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Opening Our Ports to Terror?

Opening Our Ports to Terror? We have become aware of the lengths that those that wish to cause us harm and alter our ability to enjoy and live our lives as we wish via terror will go to. We have seen them weaponize cars, trucks, airplanes, and other items and locations that we always felt …

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Bug Out Location – Small Town Vs Isolated Retreat

Bug Out Location – Small Town Vs Isolated Retreat A bug out location can mean different things to different people. It can be a prepared location that you have had the time and ability to set up specifically for you and your group or family. Or it can be a location where you intend to …

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