Uncommon Items for Your Survival Kit Most of you won’t find these “uncommon” items so uncommon to have in your survival kit. However, I found they did list some uses I was unaware of. I am a huge lemon fan, so I found that the uses in the featured article quite interesting. You may find …
50 Questions To Ask the Non-Prepper I hate to admit it but some of the 50 questions asked, I hadn’t even thought of! The featured article from The Backdoor Prepper does indeed give us all food for thought, not just the non-prepper! We all tend to stay within our own little worlds when thinking of …
Medical Survival Tips Medical tips are among my favorites. I am not an aspiring doctor or wanna be medic of any sort. But I do use a doctor regularly and figure if I do so do a lot of other people. Doctors, nurses and any kind of first responder experience will be a premium skill …
Getting Non-Preppers On Board This subject is one of the most debated and most important of all the questions ever dealt with when preparing. It is hard enough to squeeze a dime here and there to prepare us and loved ones for the eventuality of being caught in a disaster situation. We just can’t do …
EMP Myths and Facts I get asked questions about EMPs all the time. As I always reiterate no one is an expert on everything. I am definitely not an EMP expert or anything even close! Most of the time my response is to direct the person asking the question to the articles I have read with the advice …
Setting Broken Bones with a Emergency Splint In the event of an emergency where you have suddenly become the first or only responder there are some basic medical procedures, we all should know. CPR being the first and most likely to be needed by the average person. But after a disaster of any kind where …
Disaster Declared Now How Do YOU Get Help The 911 emergency operators are overwhelmed trying to answer all the concerned callers either worried about what is happening or in dire need of assistance. Fire and police vehicles are speeding everywhere with sirens blaring. When you get a snippet of news here and there it is all …
the Polarmond all-in-one sleep system Designed like a spacesuit this shelter/sleeping bag replaces the need for carrying a tent and bedding whether that be a mat and a blanket or a sleeping bag. What makes it different than the Australian Swag Tent (view here) is the unique design that prevents the buildup of moisture from …
8 Signs of Canned Goods Gone Bad There is always a good bit of controversy regarding the validity and actual meaning of “expiration dates”, “best by date”, “sell by date” and “freshest by dates”. It is agreed though that the day before the expiration date is really no safer or less safe than the actual …
Instant Boil a Meals These kinds of meals are just what I had in mind when I first began dehydrating my own produce and meats. At the time I was living in Kansas which is of course famous for its tornados. I thought I was so clever as to have stocked our dehydrated and emergency …
