Some posts may contain affiliate links. Redundant Capability Not Redundant Gear Prepper terminology has long said one is none and two is one. This is referring to gear and supplies. The reasoning behind it is that if one is broken, lost, used up, stolen, etc.. you have a back up. However, our friend over at …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. LuminAID PackLite 16 Inflatable Solar Light (link + video) Now this is one of those wow items! I saw this video and just had to find out more about them and when I did I knew I had to share that with you! I think they rate as one …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips for Hiding Your Survival Garden It is already against the rules of many HOA’s to have a vegetable garden. Now I don’t mean to be putting the HOAs across the land on blast. I do understand their purpose and sometimes even agree with the restrictions they place on …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Creating an Awareness Formula Evaluating Human Behavior We have had other featured articles that talk about situational awareness. But rarely do they tell us the formula for creating the baseline that is our normal so that we can determine what is out of place in our own environments. Sometimes we are too …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Basics That Should be in Your Pantry How do I start building my survival food storage? What basics should I have? Why should I have those specific items? These are just some of the questions that preppers ask when beginning and adding to their pantry. One bit of advice is store what you eat and …
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 …
Foraging for Winter Wild Berries Did anyone else do this as a child? I vividly remember picking wild berries in open fields and along roadsides for my grandmother’s preserves as a child. I know I am aging myself by saying that! As this was back when it wasn’t a legal issue to do so. When I …
