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DIY Solar Oven
This video shows how to easily build a very inexpensive solar oven with a total cost around $7.50. Items needed: 2 cardboard boxes, black paint and a piece of glass. Some used newspaper will be used to insulate the oven. The cost of an optional swivel base is $5.00. This bad boy reaches high temperatures and …
Homemade TIN CAN Rocket Stove – Awesome Stove!
Homemade TIN CAN ROCKET STOVE. Simple DIY. No special tools required. Easy clear directions.This stove is great! Items needed: 3 metal cans, gravel/sand and/or dirt! that’s it. Only tools I used were a hacksaw, pliers and a drill. This is a powerful stove that is wind and rain resistant. You can cook full meals using …
Home Remedies That Can Relieve Asthma Symptoms
There are lots of natural treatments that can help to relieve the symptoms of an asthma attack. Good remedies are not hard to find, easy to put together and can fill in an important role if an attack occurs but inhalers or prescription medications are not available. Here are a few remedies that have some basis …
Tips to Get out of a Burning Building Alive
Fires claim thousands of lives every year, and many people die because they either became incapacitated or didn’t know how to escape. The good news is that there are some simple things that all of us can do in order to maximize our chances of escaping a burning building alive. Let’s take a look at a …
Adjusting to High Altitude Survival
We all know that air gets thinner as altitude increases, and it’s important to allow the body to adapt to higher elevations. Annoying physiological changes to the development of serious medical conditions are possible, and people will react to living at high altitudes differently. Let’s take a look at some of the signs of altitude …
How Safe Are Your Stores of Supplies?
It is important that you don’t serve your storage setup, rather, let your storage system work for you. Don’t continue to stockpile item after item just because you can use it in the future, or because it was on sale. Quality is better than quantity, and we can easily get stuck in the mode of …
The Tremendous Value of Face Masks
Face masks are an important first line of defense against the inhalation of contaminants and the minimizing the spread of disease. The good news is that you don’t need a high-end respirator to protect against the vast majority of hazards that you will encounter. However, it’s important to know that different masks offer varying degrees …
Cover Your Bases: Focus on Here and Now Survival
There’s no doubt that it is important to prepare for a nuclear attack, massive natural disaster or any other cataclysmic event. These are the things that threaten to plunge our normal way of life into chaos, and we definitely need to be in a position where we are as self-sufficient as possible. However, by placing …