Category: SHTF

Switch From Store Bought to Homemade – Free Mini Guide

From Store Bought to Homemade - Free Mini Guide

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Switch From Store Bought to Homemade – Free Mini Guide As you know one of my favorite bloggers is the Survival Mom, Lisa Bedford. Today’s featured read is a free e-book Lisa has put together for downloading of recipes and hints for switching from store purchased products to homemade. …

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Survival Water Mistakes That Can Make You Sick

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Survival Water Mistakes That Can Make You Sick Survival sites of all kinds discuss water safety all the time. Why? Because it is the number one need for human survival. It can also be the most deadly if not properly stored and purified before drinking. Everyone in the USA …

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Why Your Gas Tank Should Always Be At Least Half Full

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Why Your Gas Tank Should Always Be At Least Half Full I have been a firm believer in always having at least a half a tank of gas at all times since I myself had an experience quite similar to the author’s and ran out of gas at an …

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13 Reasons a Rural Retreat May Not Be Safe Refuge

13 Reasons a Rural Retreat May Not Be Safe Refuge

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 13 Reasons a Rural Retreat May Not Be Safe Refuge Most of us think that rural beats urban in a disaster every time. Less chaos, fewer people, more room to grow your own food and raise livestock. Sounds great, like heaven on earth to a whole lot of self …

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Why Harvest Purslane

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Why Harvest Purslane I am so angry at myself for not learning this sooner! I have spent hours pulling these “weeds” out of my gardens. Now I find that they are so much more than weeds and have more nutrition then many of the traditional vegetables I worked so hard to …

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Sooner Rather Than Later, Civil Unrest Will Be At Your Doorstep

Sooner Rather Than Later, Civil Unrest Will Be At Your Doorstep

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Sooner Rather Than Later, Civil Unrest Will Be At Your Doorstep I will say it again. Terrible things happen everyday to other people… until one day you are one of those other people. Who ever imagined Ferguson Missouri would be the site of ghastly riots? Orlando Florida the scene …

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7 Urban Mistakes That Can Get You Killed If SHTF – Updated to 9

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 9 Urban Mistakes That Can Get You Killed If SHTF We see lots of articles and blogs telling us to do this and that and maybe we will survive whatever disaster that is of concern to the author. I like this article and choose to share it with all …

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Why More Citizens Are Preparing For The Worst

Why More Citizens Are Preparing For The Worst Many of us have been prepping for many years and large numbers of our fellow citizens joined us after major disasters like Katrina. Once they saw the enormous amounts of damage done, the number of deaths and the extremely long time it takes an area to recover to any …

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Understanding Hydropower

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Understanding Hydropower For DIY Usage Power made with the movement of water is genius, and we all are aware of major power plants that run on hydropower and provide power to a good part of the world. But in a grid down scenario. Do you know enough about how it works …

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Silent-Stealth-Compact-And-Lightweight-Survival-Air Rifle

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Silent-Stealth-Compact-And-Lightweight-Survival-Air Rifle As it was with the author, when I was growing up air rifles were considered the medium step between the cap guns of children and the rifles of the adults. They are powerful enough to bring down small game yet not over powerful for the novice or safety …

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