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Recently on Off The Grid News I discussed an alternative strategy for long-term survival if there’s a lengthy blackout or other catastrophe and society ends as we know it – and we have to return to a 19th century lifestyle. ...

A Michigan woman and her three children apparently will lose their home because of only one missed property tax payment, even though the woman bought the house with cash and owns it. The local government is refusing to back down, ...

Police around the country are wanting to turn home and business private security cameras into surveillance devices to monitor activity on streets and other public places. New technology can give cops instant access to video from homes and businesses. The ...

For many people home security can be as simple as buying an alarm and/or security system and letting it do all the work. However, there are problems with these types of securities. Many people forget to set the system when they ...

One of the most commonly overlooked technologies available to the prepared homeowner is thermal imaging. Many people are hooked on night vision devices, almost to the exclusion of anything else, yet few realize that a decent handheld thermal imager costs ...

One of the most fun kitchen science experiments I have done with my kids is the good old volcano project.  As any budding scientist knows, the combination of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) with vinegar (diluted acetic acid) generates carbon dioxide ...

It’s late, it’s dark, and all is quiet. Except for the click of a door lock sliding open. The intruder slides his lock pick into his pocket and pushes the door open only to see a large dog rise from ...

The strategy for dealing with a mob attacking your home, even if it only has 10 people in it, is much different than that for dealing with a burglar in your home. You can’t wait for the mob like you ...

A doorknob ban sounds like too silly of a law to be real, but it is. Vancouver, Canada, businesses and residents will soon be forced to install only lever-style door handles on new buildings. It doesn’t stop there. New construction ...

Many types of disasters that we try and anticipate bring destruction along with them. This is no more clearly seen than in the storms that hit St Louis (tornado) and the New Jersey seashore (hurricane). In both cases (as well ...