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How to Communicate When the World Goes Silent
So how would you communicate with your family or get help if communications go down? So if you found yourself in the middle of a wide-scale disaster such as a hurricane or other catastrophe and you had no government coming to help for a while, how would you communicate with your family or others? What if …
Diy Door Security Bar
Free instructions for DIY “do it yourself” door security bar for your home. For less than $25.00 you can have the peace of mind knowing that your family is safer and more secure. Keep reading for further details. Measure your door width, most are 32 or 36″ wide then add 6″ inches for the door trim width on both …
How to Make 3000+ Calorie DIY Survival Food Ration Bars (per batch)
Have you ever had those Datrex or Mainstay Emergency food ration bars? If so, you may have realized that they aren’t the best of survival rations for taste but they will keep you alive. Nuff said. And hard tack? Yikes! You may as well be eating a brick. Also note that according to the original article …
M40’s 10 Cent Survival Knife
Is it a high end blade? Is it big? Is it a chopper? Ummm… not really. It’s none of the above, but what do you want for a total cost of less than ten cents? Here’s a better picture: Okay, so it’s a piece of a hacksaw blade. The other day …
Complete Guide to Knife Blades
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Six survival skills you should learn now
Six survival skills you should learn now There are a lot of things that you could possibly spend your time on to get yourself ready in case you’re lost in the wilderness while hunting or checking out your bugout route. I debated how many categories I wanted to have but I think I came to …
Dirty Water and How to Easily Clarify Before Ceramic Filterin
Water is absolutely critical to survive more than a few days. Knowing how and where to get clean and safe drinking water is something we all must know now before we need it. There may be times when clear water is not available such as after a disaster including major flooding or when backpacking or …
Homemade Knife from Pry Bar
This particular survival knife is a good choice to make if you are bugging out in your car (assuming of course that you keep a pry bar in your vehicle). My grandfather always kept one in his truck and I’ve kept one in mine since. It’s come in handy more than once. Watch the pry …
30 Uses For Trash Bags In Your Bug Out Bag
Deciding how to spend available funds in the preparedness budget is not any easy task. Multi-use items are always a favorite of wallet-conscious preppers. Trash bags, even the brand-name sturdy ones definitely fall within the “reasonably priced” category, but when we look past the obvious uses for the plastic bags, they become an even more …
DIY Burnable Bricks & Logs Out of Paper
The ability to make long burning fire logs or fire bricks could be a life saver during and after a major crisis. The time to learn how to make, use, and store them is now, before any major crisis starts. Right now, devices used to make fire bricks and logs are as …
