How many times have you found that a tire on your vehicle was flat or halfway flat, sitting in your driveway or garage? Yeah, me too – too many times over my lifetime. I hate to change a tire, especially on our SUV or pickup truck. On these rigs, the...
The following recipe is from reader S.A.. The intent of this flexible recipe is to improve the taste of a store-bought canned soup. S.A. Asks: Are you practicing cooing with storage foods from your survival pantry? Are you serving and teaching your children and grandchildren to eat foods that may...
Today, in place of my regular Economics & Investing column, I’m posting my predictions for the nascent sovereign cryptocurrencies — now commonly called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs.) The CBDCs will use a variant of the blockchain technology that was first created for Bitcoin. But unlike private cryptos that use...
Today, we remember the 220 Marines, 18 U.S. Navy Sailors, and three U.S. Army Soldiers who died on this day in 1983 when terrorists attacked the Beruit Barracks. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 103 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this...
Remotely Operating Transceivers Via Field Phones If one could potentially be DFed, then we should operate a transceiver remotely, and should do for this purpose at a distance of no less than 500 meters away from a base station. 500 meters was once the standard for an adequately small enough...
This is the birthday of painter and book illustrator N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945). It is also the birthday of actor Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), who had unforgettable roles in Buckaroo Banzai and in the Jurassic Park and Independence Day films. — The post Preparedness Notes for Saturday — October 22, 2022...
The odds of survival for those attempting to defend themselves in a Mad Max kind of world, or less dangerous environment, are higher if we have a solid communications plan. The amount of time and effort applied to establishing easy-to-use, and redundant communications is a critical investment that could pay...
Many of us have been victims of a natural disaster. Or perhaps more than one. And even if we haven’t, we’ve seen the devastation that results in other parts of the country. Such as in Florida and South Carolina recently with Hurricane Ian.
Whether it’s an extreme weather event or...
Perhaps the most common reason people give for not preparing is money.
They say that because they live paycheck to paycheck, there’s never anything left at the end of the month for stockpiling supplies.
It’s not that they don’t believe in the concept of preparing for an uncertain future....
Herbs and other plants have been used for survival purposes for as long as humans have existed.
Archaeological evidence reveals that humans were using plants for medicinal and survival reasons some 60,000 years ago. During the Paleolithic Era.
In the sixth century B.C., approximately 700 plants were described in...
© All Rights Reserved.
