A wood burning stove should be a part of every prepper’s heating plan, especially if you live in cold northern climates. Pellet stoves and gas stoves are not sustainable because you can only stock so many pellets and even less gas. Woodstoves, on the other hand, run on a sustainable energy source that you can … Continue reading »
Nov
09
Diabetic Survival in a SHTF Scenario
One of the most challenging things to prepare for is a type 1 (insulin dependent) member of your network. However, contrary to what some believe it is possible to do and being a diabetic prepper does not have to be an oxymoron. Type 1 diabetics don’t have to count themselves dead when the SHTF if … Continue reading »
Aug
27
Summer of Preparation at the Bug Out Location…Update 7
Since my last update, I’ve met two more of my prepper goals for the summer, leaving only the addition of a few fruit trees before I have met everything I set out to do. This month, I have finished my security “crowsnest” and installed a small tool shed that is also a functioning pit toilet. … Continue reading »
Jul
28
Making Herbal Tinctures from Lawn Weeds
We, like most of the country, have been experiencing drought the past few weeks, so the lawn hasn’t been mowed in a some time. While the grass is dead, there are several weeds (herbs) that are thriving. Two of them that I have identified are of course plantain and yarrow. Today, I decided to make … Continue reading »
Jul
05
The Dangers of Gardening and Self-Rielance…How You Can Be Prepared
Yesturday, I spent a little time in watering the garden when I caught my knee on a newly installed fencing stake, slicing a nearly 2 inch long and 1/4 inch deep laceration into my knee, as seen in the picture below! Before I knew it, blood was running down my leg and soaking into my … Continue reading »
Jul
01
Summer of Preparation at the Bug Out Location…Update 4
This week we finished closing in the greenhouse. We were unable to locate a 4th used patio window for the southern side of the greenhouse, so we put in a black panel of plywood instead. My thoughts at this point is to build a solar hot water panel with black hose and a circulating pump … Continue reading »
May
14
Radiation Detoxification Supplements for the Prepper
Almost everyone in the prepper community has heard of Potassium Iodide (KI) that is taken to fill the thyroid with non-radioactive iodine so that the thyroid, which loves iodine, is full when exposed to radioactive forms of iodine. I highly recommend having KI and taking it if a nuclear detonation occurs downwind of your location … Continue reading »
Jan
10
Preventing “Cytokine Storm” Death from Pandemic Flu
What many people don’t realize is that during deadly pandemic influenza outbreaks, it is not the virus itself that kills, but rather the bodies own super-strong immune system response to an unrecognized virus. A strong immune system releases what are known as Cytokine’s when it is attempting to fight a foreign virus or bacteria. However, … Continue reading »
Dec
31
A New Years Resolution You Didn’t Know You Had…Prepping
By all accounts, the year 2012 is going to a wild and crazy year! Whether your are predicting economic collapse, a world war, or even a Mayan doomsday prophecy…this is the year they all seem to converge together. So why not make preparedness a New Year’s Resolution for 2012? Many may answer this questions by … Continue reading »
Dec
27
AlertSomeone for your Catastrophe Network
An avid prepper, @VernSix, has created a free we based service called AlertSomeone that will automatically notify up to 10 people via email if you tell the system that you will arrive back by a certain time and do not arrive back by that time to cancel the alert. Although this system would be limited … Continue reading »
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