Is Coat Compression Making Your Child Seat Unsafe? There are no doubts that car seats save children’s lives. I have actually seen a car where the child seat had the front wheel of an 18-wheeler resting on the top of the seat through the roof of the vehicle and the child survived with only minor …
Fire Survival Tips For The Disabled What if there is a fire and you or someone you care for can’t run down the stairs and out of the engulfed building? One of the worst-case scenarios I can imagine is being trapped in a burning building. As we see more and more of our wounded warriors …
Common Mushrooms that can Poison Your Dog or Cat If you love your pet like I do, you will want to read the featured article to know which common mushrooms to get out of their curious reach. Many pets are treated each year for mushroom poisoning. I was unaware that dogs and cats even ate …
Keeping Your Safe Haven Safe Note that for the purpose of this post, home invasion is defined as any breach of your property. Home being your primary residence, bug out location, vacation home, or any space that you consider your own and invasion meaning someone unwelcome entering that location without your consent whether you are there or …
Run or Not to Run From a Shooter Millions of people have watched the governments RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. ® video on how to escape harm from an active shooter. For the most part it’s a good video with reasonable rational good advice on avoiding the shooter. (if you haven’t perhaps seen it, it is included …
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 …
What should be Kept to Yourself and Why We do discuss operation OPSEC quite often. I am a believer in the need-to-know basis is how best to determine what should be kept to oneself and what should be shared. Some people don’t like to share their ideas or projects because then everyone will know! First, …
Body Targets in Self-Defense You can’t count on being armed 100% of the time. It simply isn’t feasible. There are areas in our society where firearms are not allowed. There are countries that don’t allow their citizens to carry a gun at any time. So, if attacked in one of the gun free zones you …
Build a Finnish Rakovalkea Gap Fire I always think of a campfire more like a primitive outdoor stove! The warmth emitted just isn’t awesome unless you are sitting or lying right next to it. Especially if have small children or even just are a restless sleeper yourself, sleeping warm and cozy next to the campfire …
Bomb Resistant Wallpaper Wow! If you are considering new construction particularly in a commercial environment this is definitely an upgrade, you may want to consider. Sadly, in the world today, protecting your building and customers from suicide bombers is not a far-fetched idea. But even better yet, if this wallpaper liner can reduce damage from …
