It’s one of those pesky realities that rears its ugly head wherever life goes on—getting rid of the trash. In a long-term survival situation, it’s not going to magically disappear every Thursday morning, so it’s best to be prepared. For ...
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What Does Being a Survivalist Mean to You?
I think by now many of us are getting the sense that things are not recovering in the economy as quickly as we had hoped and as the mainstream media reported it would. Each week we read that yet another ...
Read More »Back To Basics = Restored Relationships
The idea for this article came from a strawberry. You might very well wonder what a strawberry has to do with relationships, and you would be justified in asking. Right now it’s June—the perfect time for harvesting plump, delicious berries ...
Read More »Should Your Retreat Be South of the Border?
On a recent visit to Tijuana it struck me as not being quite what the media was reporting. Sure there was border violence, random kidnappings and petty crime, but overall some things strike me as better there than in the ...
Read More »Do You See What I See?
Optics don’t get near as much attention as they should when it comes to survival planning. This doesn’t make sense given how important vision is. One reason for this is probably because most of us take our vision for granted. ...
Read More »What About Bartering?
Bartering isn't complex; it simply represents trading of goods and services where there is no common medium, such as money. You barter when you want or need something that someone else has.
Read More »Another Reminder of the Need to Prepare
In just a few short years we've seen natural disasters altering the lives of individuals, communities and now entire continents. There was Katrina, then the Indian Ocean tsunami, the earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and China, and most recently the volcanic eruptions disrupting travel and commerce in Europe.
Read More »Underground Rooms for Survival
It’s no coincidence that we use the term “go to ground” when we speak of taking refuge in an emergency. The earth has always provided us with shelter and always will, if we know how to take advantage of it. ...
Read More »Protecting and Preserving Important Documents
Record keeping is something many people prefer not to worry about. Unfortunately, life these days requires a lot of paperwork and information. Fortunately for us in the United States, we have not yet reached the point of a mandatory national ...
Read More »How to Build a Solid Survival Plan
As we begin to plan for survival preparedness, we need to look at the planning process used by Swiss Army knife designers. If the designer had his way, he would include a tool for every possible purpose. You might be ...
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