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Tips For Preparing Your Parents and Other Elderly Loved Ones

Tips For Preparing Your Parents and Other Elderly Loved Ones You can’t be with those you love 24 hours a day everyday. As parents we try to teach our children how to keep themselves safe when we can’t be with them, just as our parents did us. But now many of us have aging parents …

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Last Minute Hurricane Preparations

Last Minute Hurricane Preparations

Last Minute Hurricane Preparations It has been predicted that this year’s hurricane season will be busier than usual. Texas is still reeling from Hurricane Harvey. Before another hurricane hits this time perhaps in your area you need to be ready! What should your last actions be to protect yourself or your home before evacuating or …

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What You Can Take Away From Famous Outdoorsmen

What You Can Take Away From Famous Outdoorsmen Both Canada and the United States were built so to speak on the backs of outdoorsmen. The Brave, adaptable, and creative this men moved from the populated areas of our budding country to explore and conquer the unknown regions many of us live in today. We can …

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Prepper Books Worth Buying

Prepper Books Worth Buying   I believe strongly that knowledge is power. We have all heard the prepper’s adage that knowledge is the lightest thing you carry with you. I believe in this strongly enough that daily on our Facebook page I locate and offer you a kindle book that is at that time available for …

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Top 10 Uses For a Tarp

Top 10 Uses For a Tarp

Top 10 Uses For a Tarp Every survival, preparedness, prepping and homesteading site will advise you to own a tarp. Probably several tarps because they have so many uses. From temporary repairs to temporary shelters. I could probably name 50 uses off the top of my head But what are the top uses? See them …

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Get Your Apartment Ready for Hurricane Season

Get Your Apartment Ready for Hurricane Season Especially along the coast real estate is at a premium and many of you live in an apartment. Just because you don’t own the property you live on doesn’t change the fact that this is your home. Your family’s safety isn’t any less important than that of a …

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50 Outdoor Survival Tips and Tricks

50 Outdoor Survival Tips and Tricks

50 Outdoor Survival Tips and Tricks The majority of us are wise enough to know that bugging out into the great outdoors, shouldn’t be our plan A in a time of crisis. We know much more about how to handle things and survive off grid in our own homes then in the wild. However, as …

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30 Survival Tips From Les Stroud

30 Survival Tips From Les Stroud

30 Survival Tips From Les Stroud You really can’t turn on a survival-based television program without hearing the name Les Stroud. In some circles he is called the king of bush craft and surviving in the wild. So, who better to provide us with survival tips? See 30 survival tips at the link below from Les …

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Building a Remote Escape Bunker

Building a Remote Escape Bunker

Building a Remote Escape Bunker All preparedness sites talk about an escape bunker. They were quite popular during the cold war and are regaining their popularity If you are considering building one for your family to bug out to there are some considerations you should think about before beginning the project. Where? How far from home? …

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Off-Grid Tiny House for $1100

Off-Grid Tiny House for $1100

Some posts may contain affiliate links Off-Grid Tiny House for $1100 Who knew Ikea had off grid items? First the flat pack vertical garden and now this awesome off grid solar powered tiny house or shelter. My own plan for temporary shelter after a localized event has been tents on my own property while we …

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