Tag: safety

Stopping and Reporting Phone Harassment

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Stopping and Reporting Phone Harassment Some people may not consider phone harassment to be a preparedness or SHTF concern. Unless you have been a victim or know a victim. It can begin as nuisance and become a major safety issue. Many violent crimes begin with the victim particularly a …

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FREE Wild Plant Identification eCourse

Some posts may contain affiliate links. FREE Survival eCourses An awesome opportunity to learn more about the wild plant life around us, as well as other survival and nature courses for free! I haven’t yet taken the course myself but intend to do so. It is good know what plants around you are poisonous, edible, …

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DIY Improvised Weapons

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Improvised Weapons Whether you like or dislike guns, you may find yourself someday in a position to require a weapon of some sort to defend yourself. Some people are just uncomfortable with them in their homes and in some countries they are illegal for the public to own. …

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What Economic Collapse Really Looks Like

Some posts may contain affiliate links. What Economic Collapse Really Looks Like We have front row seats to seeing what an economic collapse looks like in today’s world. We watch and hopefully learn from what we see happening in Socialist Venezuela as their economy collapsed piece by piece to where it sits today. Often, we …

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Prepare for a Pandemic: Stockpile these 21 items – Updated

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Prepare for a Pandemic: Stockpile these 21 items – Updated The last few years Covid viruses have been all over the news and the concern of governments all over the world. Add the Zika virus, MRSA, Vibrio vulnificus, a variety of vaccine resistant flues and even Ebola have become dangerously infectious …

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Do Preppers Need a Bullet Proof Vest

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Do Preppers Need a Bullet Proof Vest Police officers and soldiers wear body armor when they are on duty in dangerous areas where gun fire is likely. The majority of us don’t expect to get shot at while at work. But it does indeed happen so much so that saying you …

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Protecting Yourself from Home Invasion

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Protecting Yourself from Home Invasion Home invasions are becoming more and more troublesome and more common. There are many steps that can be taken to protect ourselves from these crimes, but unfortunately we continue to make the same mistakes over and over giving these often violent criminals the opening they need.  …

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A Pictorial Guide to 13 Herbs

Some posts may contain affiliate links. A Pictorial Guide to 13 Herbs For all of us visual learners this can be a great tool for learning which herbs are which in their fresh or wild form! It can even be printed out for foraging expeditions done for enjoyment or out of necessity. I am much more …

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Locations To Avoid Post SHTF

Locations To Avoid Post SHTF The featured article lists12 locations to avoid after a SHTF event. I agree with their thinking on why these areas should be avoided if possible. But would add a couple more! Large Churches. Many will gather there to draw on their faith. Most will be unarmed in what they consider …

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Avoiding and Surviving a Carjacking

Avoiding and Surviving a Carjacking Locally the incidence of attempted armed carjacking has drastically increased. I am told this is not just an issue here but across the western world. The last two incidents I heard about involved women stopped at stop lights who were approached by a pedestrian who pretended to be using the …

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