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6 Essential Maps to Store Before an EMP
The US Army maintains a complex known as the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, California. There are a number of other "National...
Stop Giving Advice, Give Assistance Instead
Today’s fortune cookie from the local China Buffet was indeed prophetic. “Give assistance not advice during a crisis;” stated the white paper slip from...
What Happens If You Put Silver In Milk?
Back in the day, before refrigeration, a particular problem was keeping stuff fresh for extended periods. There were many weird and wonderful ideas, the...
Prepping Tips for the Disabled
Whoever said a person with a disability could not train like a pro did not know what he was talking about. Indeed, it shouldn't...
The Lost Pioneer “Flu Shot”
Are you familiar with camphor and the healing properties of this essential oil?
Used for its medicinal and aromatic properties since time immemorial, camphor's health...
How to Can Water for Emergencies
While it is important to know how to generate or obtain clean water in an emergency situation, canning water is often ignored. Not that...
The Long-Forgotten Cheesecloth
The original purpose of cheesecloth was, as you may have guessed from the name, cheese making. This was used in the cheese making process...
Is it Safe to Drink Old Stored Water?
What happens when you put enough water back to get your family through an emergency and it's been sitting for a while? Was that...
How To Make Survival Lamps With Used Cooking Oil and Mason...
Being prepared means providing fallback solutions that can help to provide you with essentials when the standard methods fail. When law and order breaks...
Your Great Depression Era Recipe for Hard Times
‘Good for what ails you,’ bone broth has been calming, nourishing and feeding people for thousands of years. During the Great Depression, which lasted...