Collecting your Emergency Water Supply

November 9, 2010 - "Collecting your Emergency Water Supply" By Joseph Parish. In any crisis situation a useable water supply will need to be your first line of business. It doesn’t matter if you are at home, at work or driving in between. Your survival will entirely depend upon your access to an available water source within a reasonable period of time. Click here

Liquid Loss during Canning

November 9, 2010 - "Liquid Loss during Canning" By Joseph Parish. Summer is drawing to a close and most preppers are in the process of clearing their area of any edible produce at this time. Their goal is to freeze or can their harvest for use in the winter months. The only problem here is that many times as you begin canning your food which includes liquids such as soup you will likely experience some form of fluid loss. There are a number of logical explanations for this condition. Click here

Gathering of the Goods

November 9, 2010 - "Gathering of the Goods" By Joseph Parish. Our daily lives are crammed with an abundance of impending threats each and every day. Without any sort of warning we could experience such natural disasters as high wind, ice storms, tornadoes, winter blizzards, hurricanes or floods to the manmade types of events like terrorist attacks, dangerous chemical spills, a frightful pandemics or a nuclear meltdown. Click here

True news or not true news

November 8, 2010 - "True news or not true news?" By Joseph Parish. “Lady’s and gentlemen, we are now engaged in a struggle to beat all struggles. Civil War has broken out in the western portion of America while foreign troops are quickly escalating their entry into our country from the south. We may be witnessing a drastic change in America at this time.” That was the sounds emitting from the voice within the speaker of the portable radio. Click here

Hamming it up in an Emergency

November 8, 2010 - "Hamming it up in an Emergency" By Joseph Parish. Acquiring a ham radio license can assist you greatly during those times of grim emergencies. It doesn’t matter if the calamity is minor or a national catastrophe the value of the ham operator’s talents is priceless. The FCC designates various frequency bands for use according to what class of license you may hold. The higher the license class the more frequencies you have the privilege of communicating on. Click here

President Obama, No One in Arizona is Laughing

November 8, 2010 - "President Obama, No One in Arizona is Laughing" Here's a video where our president feels boarder security is a trivial and comical matter. The man is one hell of a comedian too bad he's also the president of our nation. Click here

The Value of Radios in Survival Kits

November 8, 2010 - "The Value of Radios in Survival Kits" By Joseph Parish. When bad weather threatens our wellbeing or a manmade disaster is evident a good survival type radio can be vital to prolonging our lives. With your emergency radio you can immediately obtain up to the minute information relating to the severity of the problem at hand or during times of calm it can serve to play some soothing music. Click here

Survival Kit Preparedness

November 7, 2010 - "Survival Kit Preparedness" By Joseph Parish. Take a moment or two each day and for several weeks examine the amount of adverse weather which America is being subjected to on a daily basis. These deteriorating weather conditions are nothing but a major disaster waiting to happen. It doesn’t matter if you reside in the country or the heart of a large metropolitan city, the effects will be the same. Click here

Changing Your BOV’s Spark Plugs

November 7, 2010 - "Changing Your BOV’s Spark Plugs" By Joseph Parish. Have you discovered that your BOV is lagging down when loaded with your emergency supplies? If it formerly pulled away from traffic stops without difficulty perhaps your problem is fouled spark plugs. Your spark plugs represent an essential element in the vehicles high-voltage system. Click here

Lessons from a Mudslide

November 7, 2010 - "Lessons from a Mudslide" By Joseph Parish. It has barely been several brief months since the small settlement of Gansu in China encounter their devastating mudslides. This disastrous incident left in its wake 1,500 dead people. We can learn a lot as far as setting up our survival retreats from these horrible events that occurred in August. Click here

Security Tips for Travelers

November 6, 2010 - "Security Tips for Travelers" By Joseph Parish. Life since 9-11 has never been the same for many people. Some citizens have flatly refused to board an aircraft after that frightful day in September while others live in constant fear every time they leave their homes. These are unnatural feelings and should not be controlling factors in ones life. Click here

Are you a doer or a talker

November 6, 2010 - "Are you a doer or a talker?" By Joseph Parish. Frequently you find survivalists who considered themselves experts in the field and believe there is nothing left for them to learn or understand. I can say but one thing for these people – they are fools. I know a lot about surviving; in fact I am currently going back to college for a degree in Emergency Management. When I sit down and think about it however I still consider myself as an amateur. Click here

All Terrain Camping and Survival Trailer

November 6, 2010 - "All Terrain Camping and Survival Trailer" This is a great demonstration of a really amazing all terrain survival system. There is some brief footage here from Moab Utah and also from the Rubicon Trail. Take a look at all these features! Click here

Skillful Maneuvers

November 5, 2010 - "Skillful Maneuvers" By Joseph Parish. As we build up our survival group members we have started to become picky at whom we select for membership. It has gotten to the point where certain skills are badly needed while common workers are not so necessary. Click here

Beyond the Basics

November 5, 2010 - "Beyond the Basics" By Joseph Parish. Do your friends and family inform you that you have become paranoid as a result of your emergency survival preparations? In reality, as all your acquaintances sit comfortably in their small home surrounded by the lily white picket fence they truly believe they are safe from any outside influences or that in an emergency the federal government will be there to bail them out. Click here

Developing a Strategic Plan for Survival

November 5, 2010 - "Developing a Strategic Plan for Survival" By Joseph Parish. To originally develop any sort of plan you must initially generate a mission statement. This will assist you by soliciting detailed questions as you formulate your plan. Click here

Gotta Have Water

November 4, 2010 - "Gotta Have Water" By Joseph Parish. Well it finally happened. Mother Nature was feed up with all the abuse and nonsense that mankind had befallen her and simply decided to fight back. It seemed like the end of our world and way of living was coming and rather quickly at that. First, we experienced several back to back hurricanes heading up the east coast hitting major cities all the way up. Click here

Survival Requirements of Sheltering

November 4, 2010 - "Survival Requirements of Sheltering" By Joseph Parish. By now everyone must appreciate the value associated with having emergency supplies readily at hand during a major crisis. The situations that developed during the Katrina disaster should only serve to reinforce our goals to be able to take care of ourselves during a national or local emergency. The government responses were sluggish and in many cases ineffective. In this article I will briefly review the requirements for establishing an adequate shelter plan. Click here

Supplies for an Emergency Earthquake Kit

November 3, 2010 - "Supplies for an Emergency Earthquake Kit" By Joseph Parish. If you have been reading the news lately you will know that earthquakes are no longer a phenomenon that happens strictly on the west coast. California no longer has a monopoly on the earth movers that have traditionally caused so much damage to cities in the western portion of the nation. It was this year that Washington DC experienced a sizable shake of their own. Click here

Talking the Talk

November 3, 2010 - "Talking the Talk" By Joseph Parish. Talking the talk can mean many things to different people. What I am going to discuss here is talking the talk as it relates to survival situations when stranded in unknown locations Click here.

Water for Survival

November 2, 2010 - "Water for Survival" By Joseph Parish. Let’s briefly discuss the topic of food storage in retreats or at your home station. Most survivalists have plenty of food and water readily available in the event of a disaster or major disruption of the normal social order. According to what your survival plans are you may have more food at your home then at the retreat or visa versa. Click here

What is the Key to Survival

November 2, 2010 - "What is the Key to Survival?" By Joseph Parish. Have you ever sat and deliberated how two individuals could be in a similar emergency setting and only one of them will survive even though they may have the same basic survival knowledge? The key has to boil down to the person’s individual mindset and not specifically on knowledge. Such was the case with the Georgia hiker who was lost and missing for several days. Click here

GPS or Maps

November 2, 2010 - "GPS or Maps?" By Joseph Parish. Let’s be realistic for a moment, I would not trade my “Tom Tom” for anything, in fact I don’t know how I ever got along without it. No longer do I get lost and have to wonder how I will ever get back on the right track again. The GPS merely checks my location with the satellite and like magic I hear a voice say, “In one half mile turn right.” Nothing could be more comforting when traveling. Click here

In Defense of a Good Weapon

November 1, 2010 - "In Defense of a Good Weapon" By Joseph Parish. One simply can not hide from the fact that our nations financial stability is quickly deteriorating. Our country is surround both from outside and from within by adversaries who desire nothing more then to destroy the lifestyles that we are now living. If the worse comes and it will eventually, we must be prepared. Click here

Landscaping for Security

November 1, 2010 - "Landscaping for Security" By Joseph Parish. One of my foremost goals in preparing for emergencies is security of my retreat location. Being one of only three permanent members of the retreat, I can not be everything and all things at once. I technically need as much assistance as I can muster up when it comes to security matters. Click here

Can Ancient Egyptian Medicine Help Survivalists

October 31, 2010 - "Can Ancient Egyptian Medicine Help Survivalists" By Joseph Parish. As any of my friends and family knows I am an avid fan of ancient Egypt, in fact at one point as a young man I came very close to becoming an archeologist. The ancient Egyptian civilization was extremely advanced in the amount of knowledge they possessed concerning the human body. They become experts on the internal functions of the body by way of their mummification process. They fully understood most of the bodies internal organs since nowhere in their religious beliefs was it forbidden to open and examine a dead body. This allowed them the opportunity to completely study the various systems that made up the human cadaver. Click here

Survival Toothpaste

October 31, 2010 - "Survival Toothpaste" By Joseph Parish. Dental hygiene is vital whether we are functioning as a normal business as usual society or one where turmoil and crisis peers its head from around every corner. The likely result of avoiding proper tooth care is the associated pain from a damaged or diseased tooth. No one wants that to happen especially during a period of time when dental professionals may not be readily available. Click here

Now’s the time to get ready for Winter Weather

October 30, 2010 - "Now’s the time to get ready for Winter Weather" By Joseph Parish. The temperatures are slowly getting cooler with each passing evening and that means it would be a good time to prepare for winter weather. We are currently being forecast with extreme cold weather in the upcoming months. Locations such as the Pacific Northwest have been predicted to have a colder then normal season while our southern states may be warmer and much dryer then they usually are. The various threats for different areas of the nation leaves no doubt that everyone regardless of where they reside will get a healthy dose of winter weather. Click here

Dealing with Poison Ivy

October 30, 2010 - "Dealing with Poison Ivy" By Joseph Parish. Now that the autumn season has descended upon us we find that we are more inclined to take a brisk walk and enjoy a bit of nature. The various state forests and parks are excellent places to visit this time of year. The children have an opportunity to observe nature’s yearly metamorphous as the trees and plants start to turn in color. Click here

Homeschooling for the survivalist

October 29, 2010 - "Homeschooling for the survivalist" By Joseph Parish. Homeschooling is rapidly becoming an accepted activity for survivalist these days. It embodies an excellent alternative to the public school system and provides a one on one learning environment for impressionable children. It is also a wonderful way to promote bonding between the child and the parent. One of the largest advantages of homeschooling lies in the parent’s ability to structure the student’s classes to match their abilities. If you happen to be a parent who would find homeschooling beneficial for your children read on. Click here

Changing the Air Filter in your BOV

October 28, 2010 - "Changing the Air Filter in your BOV" By Joseph Parish. There is plenty of maintenance that you can readily accomplish yourself on your bug-out vehicle. In many cases a family will not have a separate BOV but must incorporate the family SUV or sedan as their primary BOV when the time draw near. Having the knowledge and skills needed to take care of your own vehicle will likely come in handy when you are traveling to your survival retreat and encounter mechanical problems along the road. Click here

Last Days on Earth

October 28, 2010 - "Last Days on Earth" The Last Days on Earth was a science special which aired on ABC in August 2006 and since then has been aired on The History Channel. The movie counts down the seven most likely ways in which the world could end including gamma ray bursts, machine rule, asteroids, super volcanoes, nuclear war, pandemic flu, and global warming. Click here

When War is Inevitable

October 27, 2010 - "When War is Inevitable" By Joseph Parish. There is much that a survivalist can learn from Sun Tzu’s book entitled “The Art of War’. The field manual was created specifically as a basic text for conducting and winning battles which ultimately would lead to conquest within the war. It would be virtually impractical for me to portray the entire contents of Sun’s manuscript in this short span of space allocated for my article. If the ideas presented here are of interest to you, I would recommend reading it in its entirety. Click Here.

Obama Authorizes 80,000 Refuges to Enter Country

October 27, 2010 - "Obama Authorizes 80,000 Refuges to Enter Country" By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. President Barack Hussein Obama, in a determination letter to Congress, has announced that he will allow an additional 80,000 immigrants mostly from Islamic countries to resettle in the United States during fiscal year 2011. Mr. Obama says that the increase in Muslim immigrants is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. Click here

The Get out of Dodge Emergency Fund

October 26, 2010 - "The Get out of Dodge Emergency Fund" By Joseph Parish. There you are folks, you have the BOV all loaded up and you are actively watching the news to investigate what actions are taking place in real time. Perhaps the expected hurricane will shift slightly to the right causing it to completely miss your neck of the woods. Or on the other hand it may target its high destructive winds and violent forces directly towards your location. Either way you are packed and prepared to go at a moments notice, or are you? Click here

Returning from the Dead

October 25, 2010 - "Returning from the Dead" By Joseph Parish. As I glanced at the internet news sources, I read with renewed interest an article which I chanced upon dealing with the issue of extinction. It appears that although the environmental conservationists have designated specific species of animals as prone to extinction they have never-the-less been discovering these same animals alive and roaming joyously in various parts of the globe. Click here

Beware of Bottle Bombs

October 24, 2010 - "Beware of Bottle Bombs" By Joseph Parish. Please take heed of this safety announcement and inform all your friends and relatives. Perhaps you may have already been notified of this concern, but I have just been informed and wanted to pass the information on to my readers. Once again it is a sad moment that such smart people often tunnel their intelligence in such a destructive manner by taking common household items and making them into something dangerous. With the Halloween holiday quickly approaching I would like to warm people about the hazards of bottle bombs or as they are often known “the Works Bomb”. Click here

Are you too complacent with hurricanes

October 23, 2010 - "Are you too complacent with hurricanes?" By Joseph Parish. Are you troubled about a hurricane striking your region of the nation? Are you concerned for your safety and that of your family in the event a rouge hurricane walks its way up the eastern seaboard? If you think it won’t happen to you at this time you are not alone. Click here

Is Delaware ready for a Hurricane

October 23, 2010 - "Is Delaware ready for a Hurricane?" By Joseph Parish. One of my recent projects in college was to pretend that I was the State of Delaware’s Emergency Management Director. It was suppose to be my responsibility to justify the appropriate placement of necessary funds for our states Emergency Plans. We were presented with four potential hazards that would not only be facing our nation and but our state as well. Of these threats I decided to select the meteorological problems for my report. Click here

Building that Hurricane Survival kit

October 22, 2010 - "Building that Hurricane Survival kit" By Joseph Parish. Well for a brief period of time I thought our luck had run out and we had a hurricane heading directly towards us. Lucky for us it swerved towards the east at the last moment. We received a bit of rain and some winds but nothing serious. Once again we got lucky. Click here

Your Honor the Burgers Stink

October 21, 2010 - "Your Honor the Burgers Stink" By Joseph Parish. There are typically two sides to every account and the argument involving the District of Columbia hamburger shop is one of those situations. At first glance, one would be led to believe that the “Rogue States” hamburger restaurant was unfairly ordered to shut its doors this past month by DC Superior Court Judge John Mott. Click here

Will the German Third Reich Rise Again

October 20, 2010 - "Will the German Third Reich Rise Again?" By Joseph Parish. Upon initially investigating the announcement made by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, I developed mixed feelings. On the one hand, I could concur with her assessment of the immigrant problems which her nation was now facing for we are seeing a similar dilemma here in America. Click here.

Hurricane Survival Bag

October 19, 2010 - "Hurricane Survival Bag" By Joseph Parish. We have all heard of the traditional 3 day bug out bag or the automotive emergency supply bob but now I would like to talk to you about something slightly different. We are currently full steam into the hurricane season. Every evening as we switch on the television set and watch the local weather reports, we are reminded by the various newscasters that there are developing tropical depressions off the coast of our southern most states. Click here

Is Operation Paperclip Still in Use

October 18, 2010 - "Is Operation Paperclip Still in Use?" By Joseph Parish. In the year 1945 the Third Reich was on the brink of defeat at the hands of Allied forces. It was not long before this collapse of Germany that the world finally learned of the horrors which the regime had inflicted upon there prisoners at Auschwitz and Dachau. After freeing the agonized men, women and children from the German prison camps the American forces discover volumes of military and scientific knowledge hidden within the confines of the barb wire fences. Click here

Retreat Group Personnel

October 17, 2010 - "Retreat Group Personnel" By Joseph Parish. The old adage stating there is safety in numbers is just as accurate today as it ever has been. This perception is especially significant when contemplating the safety of your family during emergency or crisis conditions in your immediate area. You often hear people discussing their retreat plans and what features they have incorporated within it. Click here

Locating Survival Group Members

October 16, 2010 - "Locating Survival Group Members" By Joseph Parish. Have you nonchalantly asked an acquaintance about the likelihood of him joining a local survival group? His reaction was likely to be a whimsical glance in your direction akin to you being from outer space. Unfortunately, not everyone shares the enthusiasm that we have towards being ready when any sort of emergency strikes. Granted, it may be exceptionally challenging to encourage these people to join your group but it certainly is not impossible. Click here.

Where have these bedbugs come from

October 15, 2010 - "Where have these bedbugs come from?" By Joseph Parish. Every day it appears like we turn on the television and discover another well-known department store announcing that they are now treating their location for the dreaded bed bugs. Here we are currently in a drastic fight to once again eradicate a pest that we once had previously gotten rid of. Click here

Preventing Mosquito Bites

October 13, 2010 - "Preventing Mosquito Bites" By Joseph Parish. Several evenings ago I sat down at the computer to compose some fresh articles for my website when out of nowhere I was bite by not just one mosquito but two. These twin blood suckers must have come into the house as I opened my back door to see what was going on in the yard. By now I would have thought we would no longer be bothered by these pesky nuisances but alas they are apparently still around. Click here

In 2013, the Sun will destroy all means of communication on Earth

October 12, 2010 - "In 2013, the Sun will destroy all means of communication on Earth" A frightening forecast was published recently by experts of Space Agency NASA. According to American astronomers, in 2013, after years of hibernation, the Sun will wake up, and Earth will be threatened with unfortunate consequences. Widespread outbreaks on the hot star can lead to a global failure of satellite communications. As a result, the planet is awaiting chaos. Click here

Organizing your Retreat Group

October 12, 2010 - "Organizing your Retreat Group" By Joseph Parish. Few of us have the financial resources to incorporate and support a vast number of people in our retreat groups. When you figure that a family typically consists of the husband and wife plus perhaps an average of two children we are looking at a huge number of people. This would necessitate sizeable facilities just to house that many people in an emergency, therefore most groups will limit their membership to a maximum of five families. Click here