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Years ago, I read a tragic account in the news about a family who had been traveling to visit relatives and friends and somehow got lost in the Pacific Northwest. They had driven down a back road and their minivan had become stuck in the heart of the mountains far away from civilization. They stayed ...

On a fundamental, biological level, water is the most critical, ingestible resource for survival of most any organism, including humans. The average person engaged in average activity in a temperate climate can live for three days without water. No exceptions. ...

There you are, high up in the mountains, wide open sky, a few scattered clouds, squirrels playing in the tree and the sound of a babbling brook in your ears. Just the thought of it is enough to make you ...

Are you preparing for economic collapse? Or perhaps you are simply preparing a simple weekend outing. Whichever event, or any in between, you likely have some form of checklist to guide you. If water is not the very first item ...

There seem to be a lot of articles going up in one place or another about survival kits. Different people are showing how they make a kit; whether it is in an Altoids mint tin, a coffee can or a ...

October 9, 2013 I built a scaled down basin type solar still recently to create drinking water from surface or sea water. I’ve now solved some problems that I had with it. Here’s what I changed and some results. From ...

October 8, 2013 My homemade solar still. Shallow basin design of 3 square feet of water surface area. It’s a work in progress but it’s very functional. Video courtesy of CrypticCRICKET Previous Video

October 7, 2013 NMSU Assoc. Professor Kenny Stevens talks about homemade solar water distillers, which use evaporation and condensation to purify water. These distillers are effective, safe, and cheap. They are ideal for disaster situations, such as floods, where water ...

Are you happy with your survival pantry? Do you feel you’ve got a pretty good store of food and supplies should a disaster come about? You’ve got a good stock of sugar and salt, cans of vegetables and bags of rice ...

By Anthony Zaca of Rainier Distillers – Yelm, Washington Distilling removes radioactive iodine, heavy metal, salts, and microbes from water. This is the definition of what distilling does. For the past few days I have been disturbed by what has ...