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Think Green For Security – What Your Landscape Tells Criminals About You

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Think Green For Security What Your Landscape Tells Criminals About You Many people want their home to be charming and inviting both inside and out.  Typically, the landscaping outside of a home sets the stage of how it looks on the inside.  Criminals know this home design trick all to well.  We have …

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Mass Shooters: Who Were They Really? Could They have Been Stopped?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Mass Shooters: Who Were They Really? Could They have Been Stopped? Across the world we have seen an increase in mass shooting murders. Most of the time we are told by Media reports that these shooters, these killers of the innocent had terrorist ties or a personal vendetta against the particular group …

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Risk Analysis Index

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Risk Analysis Index How likely is a particular risk to hit you, your family, or community? True Prepper has put together a risk analysis index based upon the FBI Crime Database, EM-DAT International Database, NOAA Environmental Information Database, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, RAND Corporation, and First hand DOD …

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Defending an Apartment After A SHTF

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Defending an Apartment After A SHTF Living in an urban area during and after a SHTF event has its own challenges. Add that thousands of us live in an apartment which adds another layer of factors. I actually can see some advantages, but most folks see only the difficulties …

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Harvesting, Preparing, & Using Yellow Dock Root

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Harvesting, Preparing, & Using Yellow Dock Root The primary uses for yellow dock root are considered to be medicinal. Please never replace your doctor’s advice or prescriptions with a herbal remedy. Always talk to your doctor prior to using any herbal or home remedy. It may be that something …

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DIY Iceless portable camping evap air conditioner

DIY Iceless portable camping evap air conditioner This system reminds me a lot of the 5 gallon bucket air conditioner that was used to cool a tent. Only this one by Gray Wolf Survival is big enough to cool a room or a small RV.  It uses a larger fan and more filter pad but …

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Firewood Heat Value Comparison Chart

Firewood Heat Value Comparison Charts

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Firewood Heat Value Comparison Chart It really does matter what wood you choose to burn and stockpile. One cord of the right wood can produce the same amount of heat as around 200 gallons of fuel oil! Many homeowners stop burning wood due to the sooty mess it can …

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Convincing Loved Ones to Prep and When to Stop

Convincing Loved Ones to Prep and When to Stop

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Convincing Loved Ones to Prep and When to Stop It is one of the hardest aspects of prepping. Convincing loved ones to prep and deciding when it’s time to stop trying. Following that comes even a harder choice…. do you just try and prep some extra for them or …

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Are You Ready to Live in the Woods?

Are You Ready to Live in the Woods?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Are You Ready to Live in the Woods? You’ve read all about it. You’ve got your bug out bag together, you have a state of the arts tent, and a bunch of camping gear. You have even spent a night or two in that tent and loved it! Bring …

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Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects You can’t become proficient in bush craft without practice. Most of us don’t have time to spend day and night in the wilderness learning. So we need some simple projects that we can learn from and that will actually provide useful knowledge that will teach us self-reliance skills. Survival Sherpa …

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