23 Crucial Items to Store Everyone has an idea of what must be stockpiled as part of your food storage. Preppers will tell you to store what you eat and to eat what you store. This creates a first in first out rotation system which will insure your storage is viable come the time you …
6 Ways to Avoid Ending up in a FEMA Camp FEMA camps do have a purpose. In a localized disaster they can be of real assistance in helping folks relocate or providing some shelter until the community recovers enough to take care of their own. However, in other scenarios they can become dangerous areas to be, …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Escaping From a Sinking Car Accidents are called accidents for a reason. No one intends for them to happen. Yet every day someone dies an accidental death. Many of these are preventable while others come completely out of the blue. Being prepared and accepting that you could be the victim …
What the Five Stages of Acceptance will Look Like After a SHTF Event Acceptance as defined by Wikipedia Acceptance in human psychology is a person’s assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it, protest. The concept is close in meaning …
Contentment: The Quiet Survival Arsenal Content is an awesome state of mind to find yourself in. It’s rather rare these days though with all the strife and struggle to do more, have more, achieve more. No one wants to be left behind! Or seen as a slacker. So we worry, work, plan, and struggle all …
7 Special Preparedness Situations As prepared as we all try to be there are always kinks in the plan. Things that are either so simple that they are overlooked or that just don’t apply to your current situation or group but could suddenly become a major issue to be overcome in your preparedness plan. Let me …
Use Birch Oil to Fight Arthritis, Muscle and Joint Pain As we age we all develop those little aches and pains which we know will in all likelihood will only increase. One method of easing some of the discomfort is birch oil! This tree has a lot of healing and pain relieving properties. Never replace …
How to Know When to Refill Your Propane Tank No gauge on your propane tank or is your gauge not working properly? No problem! This nifty little trick shown in the video below will help you know when it is time to refill even without a working gauge. This is an aggregated site. …
DIY Rainwater Catchment Cistern A while ago, one of our followers on our Facebook asked a question regarding her defunct cistern. One end had been breached by tree roots and the property owner before her had begun to fill it with odds and ends including concrete bricks. Her question to the group was should she …
Post SHTF Dumpster Diving Many of us stockpile so that until we can get a sustainable source of fresh food we won’t have to go hungry, stand in a hand out line or stoop to dumpster diving. Our featured blog in this post challenges that thinking. In all honesty the thinking behind the recommendations make sense. …
