Why You Never Want to Try And Outrun a Charging Bear I recently saw a story about an experienced wilderness guy who got utterly mauled by a bear that he was trying to outrun. For whatever reason, he panicked and left all common sense behind when he encountered the large, lumbering beast, and he has …
Incorporating the Present Into Your Food Storage System We place a great emphasis on long-term food storage, and for good reason. However, focusing on the distant future can prevent us from making the most of immediate and intermediate options as well. Let’s take a look at a few tips that will help you to round …
Practical Guide to Emergency Medical Evacuations Dealing with a medical emergency in the field requires that you make good decisions in a short amount of time. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to determine what the most appropriate course of action is to take. Let’s take a look at some basic guidelines that can help …
First Aid: Ligament and Tendon Injuries There are very important differences between ligaments and tendons, and injuries to either one will have different impacts on the body. In many cases, it is easy to identify whether an injury is caused by a torn or ruptured ligament or tendon, and this can help to ensure that …
When Aspirin can Actually Kill You The use of aspirin has ebbed and flowed over the years as a wonder drug that could cure everything from clogged arteries to the flu. However, study after study indicated that this miracle tablet does little to stop heart attacks and improve cardiovascular health. It also is the last …
How to Avoid Impediments to Your Situational Awareness Maintaining constant and effective situational awareness is an essential facet of survival, whether facing a SHTF scenario or during the normal course of our lives. It’s important to recognize that there are times when we’re not always on top of our game, and it’s very easy to …
Reasons Why We Worry About Dirty Bombs The mention of dirty bombs doesn’t seem to send fear coursing through the veins of the population at large. Maybe this term is benign enough to make these weapons seem relatively harmless compared to a biological or nuclear attack. However, dirty bombs are extremely deadly, and they can …
Banana Fungus Threatens to Kill Global Supplies One of the biggest risks to our global food supply is a lack of seed diversity. Huge, multi-national agricultural companies have found ways to coerce farmers around the world to use only their seed products. This has led to a limitation of varieties of plants that are available …
How to Make a Simple and Effective Pepper Spray with CURRY Curry is not usually the ingredient of choice when thinking about making homemade pepper spray. However, the active ingredients along with its oily consistency can produce an effective and highly-irritating product. Take a look at the steps below and see how this simple recipe …
Another Earthquake, Another Reason to Prepare for the Worst A large Earthquake struck Southern Japan on April 15th, 2016 in the middle of the night, causing widespread damage and trapping scores of people. While deaths were minimal compared to the scale of the disaster, the devastation blocked roads, made access to medical services difficult and …
