Ready for that Road Trip

February 13, 2009 - "Ready for that road trip?" By Marcus Parish. There is no better time to practice survival then now. Summer is right around the corner and people will start taking the family road trips and why not combine a survival retreat exercise with your planned road trip. For some people this might be their very first road trip to the wide open country side and as such they will want to make sure that everything is just right particularly if they have young children with them. Here are a few important things which you might want to consider checking twice. Click here

Build an emergency fort in the woods

February 12, 2009 - "Build an emergency fort in the woods" By Marcus Parish. Let’s face it as survivors there just might be a time when we would need to build a fort out in the woods away from prying eyes. The problem that we might encounter is how do we start? One point worth keeping in mind with this project is the more brush and trees that you use in its construction the better you will be. Click here

Urban Survival - Pet care in a Survival Situation

February 11, 2009 - "Urban Survival - Pet Care in a Survival Situation" By David Hardin. While you are preparing your home and family for disaster, do not forget to make preparations for your pets. Click here

Coins for a Survivalist

February 10, 2009 - "Coins for a Survivalist" by Joseph Parish. In the event of an emergency it is extremely important that one have a tank full of gasoline, all the necessary survival equipment and a good supply of money prior to bugging out. This supply of money should include not just small bills such as ones, fives and tens but also a healthy amount of coins. Click here

Survival Tips - Ten Life Savers

February 9, 2009 - "Survival Tips - Ten Life-Savers" Let's face it surviving is a lot like camping in the sense that there are many similar tasks needed in order to survive. Here is an article on ten life savers when a person goes camping. Click here

Like Minded Folk

February 8, 2009 - "Like Minded Folk" by Joseph Parish. Many people have asked me over the last several years about getting a group of like minded people together just in cases one of our worse case scenarios come to past. To this I can only say that I would put the feelers out and see what I get back. Click here

United Nations threat: No more parental rights

February 7, 2009 - "United Nations' threat: No more parental rights" The following pact would ban spankings, homeschooling if children object. A United Nations human rights treaty that could prohibit children from being spanked or homeschooled, ban youngsters from facing the death penalty and forbid parents from deciding their families' religion is on America's doorstep, a legal expert warns. Click here

How to make your own worm bin

February 6, 2009 - "How to make your own Worm Bin" You never know when you may need some worms to catch those large fish. Here is a video that explains to you how to make your own bin so that you have a handy supply always ready. Click here

What Now Mr. Obama?

February 5, 2009 - "What now Mr. Obama?" By Joseph Parish. Since I am a retired military member perhaps my loyalties lie more with my country then someone who was raised in some foreign nation that is notably unfriendly to the US. With Obama’s recent idea to appease the liberal elements within our society as well as the Muslim fraction it did not take him long to close the gates to Cuba's Guantanamo Bay detention facility. He was quick to issue orders to close this jail area down however he failed to consider where he would place the 250 terrorist suspects after he does so. Click here

How Dangerous is MSG

February 4, 2009 - "How dangerous is MSG" By Joseph Parish. I always manage to develop breathing difficulties whenever I ate at many specialty restaurants, in particular those which served oriental style foods. Several years back I began to realize that there was a very good likelihood that I was experiencing some sort of a reaction to the MSG which the chef must have used in the food I was served. Click here

Civil Unrest during crisis situations

February 3, 2009 - "Civil Unrest during crisis situations" By Joseph Parish. All survival conscious people should provide due thought towards the probability of civil unrest during those times of impending disasters and emergency situations. It goes without saying that when the law is running thin the lower level trash will attempt to take over the masses. Click here

Flu Pandemic Stock Up List

February 2, 2009 - "Flu Pandemic Stock Up List" What kinds of things should you store away for a possible flu pandemic? Keep in mind that there are other possible threats too. We could have some kind of bio warfare in the future that causes some unknown sickness. You could also just be isolated somewhere without medical help - so it’s good to think about these things ahead of time and stock up. Click here

RV Food Storage

February 1, 2009 - "RV food storage" I did cover this before, but I understand that my huge reader growth, rivaling that of the birthrate of an infertility clinic, dictates that I cover this again. Click here

Emergency and Disaster Warnings

January 31, 2009 - "Emergency and Disaster Warnings" Besides the things you may observe or experience personally, there are several ways you may be alerted to a disaster or an emergency situation before it occurs. Being aware of what is happening or about to happen can mean the difference in surviving a disaster or becoming a victim of one. Click here

What number please?

January 30, 2008 - "What number please?" It is extremely important that during any sort of emergency that you keep in touch with family members and friends. This simple act keeps the family from worrying and contacting the authorities in an effort to find out what your status is. These simple procedures may help to ease the way you contact people. Click here

Kitchen Sprouter

January 29, 2008 - "Kitchen Sprouter" Having looked carefully at all the commercial kitchen sprouter that are on the market I decided that prior to purchasing a store bought unit that I would try to make my own. I felt it would be very simple to take a mason jar, a rubber band and some cheese cloth and construct my own. click here

Alternate plans for safe retreats

January 28, 2009 - "Alternate plans for safe retreats" by Joseph Parish. While we may think that we are clever and very smart when it comes to creating different scenarios which could take place in the real world when danger threatens us we may find that we are merely fooling ourselves. We will never know for sure if we are selecting the proper course of hunkering down or perhaps to bug out. Click here

Granny Know how when dealing with Bee Stings

January 27, 2008 - "Granny know how when dealing with Bee Stings" by Joseph parish. When it comes to bee stings there can be no doubt in my mind that granny knew best. If you search around I am sure that you will encounter at least a dozen or so different remedies that originate from someone’s family tree telling you how to deal with stings experienced by bees and wasps. Click here

Power Outage

January 26, 2009 - "Power Outages" Are you prepared? During winter in our area, power can go out & stay out for 3-5 days. Fortunately, this hasn’t happened in several years, BUT it can. (how about those summer “rolling blackouts" in California? We’ve never been part of one, but it’s a possibility here. Click here

An Obituary printed in the London Times

January 25, 2009 - "An Obituary printed in the London Times" Here is something that my wife received in her email and you may find it to be of interest. Sadly it is rather true. Click here