Category: Emergency Preparedness

Create a Mini-Solar Heater With Plastic Bottles and a Sun Shade

Create a Mini-Solar Heater With Plastic Bottles and a Sun Shade You can create a mini-solar heater that is powerful enough to heat a bottle of water with some plastic bottles and a reflective vehicle sun shade.   This is an excellent way to have some hot water available for re-hydrating foods or uses that …

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How To Make An Off-The-Grid Tealight Slow Cooker

How To Make An Off-The-Grid Tealight Slow Cooker   Slow cooking is an art form that has been around for eons, and there are a lot of ways to get the job done.  However, many methods are not all that efficient and require a lot of fuel to keep the heat on for hours at …

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How to Make Ant Bait Traps With Prescription Bottle Caps

How to Make Ant Bait Traps With Prescription Bottle Caps Prescription bottle caps are the perfect size and design for improvised ant bait traps.  All you need to do is make a couple of modifications, use the right bait and place them in the right location.  Take a look at the following steps and see …

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Caffeine…What You Need to Be Aware of When SHTF

Caffeine…What You Need to Be Aware of When SHTF Caffeine is so abundant and widely-accepted as a stimulant that most people don’t think of it as a drug that has harmful side-effects.  The reality is that too much caffeine can lead to a wide-range of health problems that include headaches and muscle cramps to cardiac …

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A Berry Delicious and Simple Canning Recipe

A Berry Delicious and Simple Canning Recipe Canning berries is a great way to have access to the nutrients and flavor that they offer without the need to freeze them for long-term storage.  The process is really easy, and the major thing that you need to think about is whether you want to can them …

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5 Must Have Items That Will Make Wilderness Survival Easier

5 Must Have Items That Will Make Wilderness Survival Easier The trick to bugging out and setting up camp in the wild is to keep things as simple as possible.  While it is very important to learn good bushcraft skills, it is equally important to have the right supplies on hand.  Let’s take a look …

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Time to Prep/Upgrade Your Vehicle for Summer

Time to Prep/Upgrade Your Vehicle for Summer As the weather starts to get warmer, it’s important to look at your vehicle and survival kit, and modify it for summer driving conditions.  The last thing that you want is to experience a breakdown in the middle of nowhere and have the wrong items on hand.  Let’s …

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Why Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Are Still a Threat

Why Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Are Still a Threat With North Korea on the verge of having them as well, the world is entering into a degree of nuclear uncertainty that it has never experienced before.  Couple this with continuing political and economic instability across the globe, and it’s easy to see how the clock is …

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How to Make a PORTABLE Camping Stove From a Can

How to Make a PORTABLE Camping Stove From a Can You can take an empty can and create an effective, but simple camping stove with a handle in a few  steps.  It is portable, durable and the handle makes the can safer than a typical rocket stove.  Check out the following steps and see how …

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What To Do When Lightning Strikes!

What To Do When Lightning Strikes! The majority of injuries and deaths from lightning strikes occur while undertaking outdoor activities.  This makes lightning safety a key element of survival preparedness, and the steps to avoid injury or death are pretty straightforward.  Let’s have a quick refresher lesson about lightning safety in order to ensure that you …

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