Mississippi Warrior

November 23, 2010 - "Mississippi Warrior" By Joseph Parish. Here's another of those short fictions that I had a craving to create tonight. Might as well enjoy a little light reading for a change, Hope you enjoy it. Click here

Beyond Borders

November 23, 2010 - "Beyond Borders" By Joseph Parish. Okay folks I got bored and did a little creative writing here so hope you enjoy it. This fictional tale is about a boy and his cat named C-Dee. Click here

Debt and the Survivalist

November 23, 2010 - "Debt and the Survivalist" By Joseph Parish. As the story goes, there once was a survivalist named Mel Tappan who wrote books on setting up the ideal retreat. His advice to the novice was to obtain some high ground in one of the western states and construct your self a log cabin complete with an underground bunker, have a usable barn to compliment your pasture land and locate all this near a free running stream. Click here

Inverter or UPS

November 22, 2010 - "Inverter or UPS" By Joseph Parish. Last evening I had a discussion with a like minded individual who felt that he could readily use inverters and UPS units interchangeably. Although the two types of power units may share some similar characteristics they are actual two different “animal”. Click here

The Joy of Flavored Butters

November 22, 2010 - "The Joy of Flavored Butters" By Joseph Parish. We are a family that bakes the majority of our own bread ranging from the usual sandwich style to the more elaborate flavored breads. I find nothing better then to sit down and munch away on some fresh garlic or herbal flavored bread however generally it is made in quantities of two loafs. The problem with this stems from the fact that if another member of the family does not particularly like that flavor there is usually wasted bread. To remedy that problem we often use flavored butters and spread it on regular pieces of our homemade bread. Click here

Surviving the Emperors New Clothing

November 22, 2010 - "Surviving the Emperors New Clothing" By Joseph Parish. We’ve all heard the tale of the emperor’s new clothes and as a survivalist I often wonder how long after the balloon goes up would it be until we start wearing similar clothing? Few people take into consideration the need to replace our attire in a post crisis America. Click here

Survivalist First Aid Checklist

November 22, 2010 - "Survivalist First Aid Checklist" By Joseph Parish. One can search the internet all day long and continually come up with another first aid checklist. Usually they all seem to contain similar items. Granted the products listed are critical in the event of a crisis but often the notations can provide a new insight into what otherwise appears as redundant. Hopefully, I have a least included some hints in my list that may have been missing from the others. If that’s the case then I feel I have accomplished my goal. Click here

There’s something about Hot Dogs

November 21, 2010 - "There’s something about Hot Dogs" By Joseph Parish. One of my favorite foods is the common hot dog. I view the frankfurter to be a better tasting food then the ever popular hamburger. When you take a good quality dog and add some brown mustard onto the roll it becomes paradise unlimited. Have you ever stopped to wonder where this strange food originated from? It certainly appears to be an all American traditional food as we readily find it at our baseball games around the country. Let’s face it a baseball game is not complete without a couple of good tasting dogs. Click here

Veterans Burial Benefits

November 21, 2010 - "Veterans Burial Benefits" By Joseph Parish. The vast majority of survivalists are veterans whether it be the current Iraqi wars or as in my case the Vietnam era conflict. As a veteran these brave men and women are afforded certain burial rights for the completion of their service to our country. The rights include the burial within a national cemetery as well as other benefits for the deceased veteran’s family. I would like to briefly review a few of these benefits as they relate to the death of the service member. Click here

Great for more than Lemon-Aid

November 21, 2010 - "Great for more than Lemon-Aid" By Joseph Parish. As survivalist we continually search for items which can “multitask” so to speak. We want supplies which can generally perform more with then a single work assignment. This saves us valuable space when planning our retreat or home emergency supplies. Here are a few of my favorite uses for lemons which perform well outside of their intended environment. Click here

The Donner Party

November 20, 2010 - "The Donner Party" The following is not the movie but rather a documentary completed by Ric Burn the brother of Ken Burns. This tragic story from our history provides each of us some measure of thought in the event which befell these unfortunate people. Had it not been for pioneers like these, America would not be the place it is today. Click here

Are you ready to Make Swiss Cheese of your Home

November 20, 2010 - "Are you ready to Make Swiss Cheese of your Home?" By Joseph Parish. Most survivalists own some sort of firearm to use for hunting or perhaps for defense of your family and home but have you ever wondered what affect firing one of your shotguns, your rifles, the semi-auto pistols or revolvers would have within a suburban environment? Click here

A Travel Bucket for Retreat Visitors

November 20, 2010 - "A Travel Bucket for Retreat Visitors" By Joseph Parish. Visitors who arrive at your retreat are generally viewed with suspicion and your goal is to move them out as soon as possible. With your limited provisions strangers are usually not welcome to stay however it is often difficult to send them away empty hand especially if children are involved. The humane thing to do would be to offer them some meager supplies and bits of food and water and than see them off. Click here

Coffee, Tea and Powdered Drinks

November 19, 2010 - "Coffee, Tea and Powdered Drinks" By Joseph Parish. Storing coffee, tea or powdered drinks for emergency situations has certain merits associated with it. In the past we have stored up great amounts of these products to be used not only in our own consumption but also as an item to provide bartering power after an infrastructure collapse. Click here

Emergency Exit Plans

November 19, 2010 - "Emergency Exit Plans" By Joseph Parish. When a member of your family needs to escape from the inside of your home, it is vital that they be able to do so in a quick and rapid manner. Most preparations fail to address the issue of getting out of ones home during a crisis situation. In view of the importance of such an event it would be to your advantage to take the necessary time and create an emergency evacuation plan. Click here

Saving some of your energy dollar

November 18, 2010 - "Saving some of your energy dollar" By Joseph Parish. Our countries need for energy has placed us at the mercy of foreign interests as the cost relating to our power needs has sky rocketed out of control. It is no longer a matter of a few cents increase but rather the rates are escalating with dollar signs in front of the figures. The worst part is that these costs continue to rise while our wages remain consistent. Click here

Winter Tips on Furnace Maintenance

November 17, 2010 - "Winter Tips on Furnace Maintenance" By Joseph Parish. The evenings and early morning hours are rapidly getting cooler and cooler. Before we know it our winter season will be upon us. Take it from someone who can not appreciate the winter months you don’t want to switch on your heater and discover it’s not working properly. Click here

Busy weekend

November 16, 2010 - "Busy weekend" Had a busy weekend this past Saturday and Sunday. Attended 3 Red Cross classes on Saturday entitled Fulfilling Our Mission, Mass Care and Shelter Operations. On Sunday I attended an all day session on Client Casework. I can now be woke up at 3 AM to respond to emergencies. I guess busy hands keep me out of trouble. LOL

Download Lesson Plan

November 16, 2010 - "Download Lesson Plan" Here is the link to the lesson plan mentioned in my article listed below. Click here

Preparing Children with Lesson Plans

November 16, 2010 - "Preparing Children with Lesson Plans" By Joseph Parish. When a disaster strikes children are frequently the most effected of all people. During disasters whether they are natural or manmade it is our responsibility to properly prepare our children to cope with what may befall them. They must learn how to survive on their own in the event we are not available to assist them. Click here

Survivalists Vegetable Soup

November 16, 2010 - "Survivalists Vegetable Soup" By Joseph Parish. Vegetables are one of the most universal food ingredients that you can find. They can be prepared by frying, in stews, as a baked entree or even eaten raw. How clearly I remember my youthful days working on the farm and munching happily away on a fresh tomato or pepper. I am a firm believer that as long as you have vegetables from a garden you will never go hungry. Click here

Jamestown History

November 15, 2010 - "Jamestown History" We have added another section to our library entitled Jamestown (History). Be sure to check it our. Click Here

The Jamestown Colony Experiment

November 15, 2010 - "The Jamestown Colony Experiment" By Joseph Parish. Since I home school my grandson and his current social studies topic is Jamestown, I decided to investigate the settlement in a bit more detail. King James I in 1606 granted a charter to a small group of Englishmen to establish a remote English settlement along the Chesapeake region of America. The settlers shortly sailed from London with instructions to create a colony in Virginia. Click here

Saving up for a Food Shortage

November 15, 2010 - "Saving up for a Food Shortage" By Joseph Parish. Every now and then we catch wind of a specific food shortage. This past year the shortage was pumpkins. It appears that last years crop which was intended to become this year’s canned product. Due to the damaging weather experienced last year there was a shortage this year of the canned pumpkin. Click here

How important is it to be prepared

November 15, 2010 - "How important is it to be prepared" By Joseph Parish. People frequently use the excuse that they simply do not have the necessary funds within their budget to regularly stock up on supplies in the event of an emergency. This may perhaps be true however let me throw this situation on you for a moment and see what your response would be. Click here

General Seed Saving for Beginners

November 14, 2010 - "General Seed Saving for Beginners" By Joseph Parish. Most people’s gardens have either come to a close for the season or are very close to that point. This time of year has its good points as well as the bad. We look sadly as our gardens end and we pull the last of our crop from the field, but on the other hand there is encouragement for the next season when we harvest the seeds obtained from our wonderful plants. Click here

Vegetable Pie for the survivalists Dinner

November 14, 2010 - "Vegetable Pie for the survivalists Dinner" By Joseph Parish. Here is a unique and interesting meal made entirely from vegetables. You will find no meat in this recipe, in fact the ingredients used are mostly canned which makes it an ideal choice for a dinner recipe for using emergency food supplies. As most people who know me realize that I am a big fan of canned foods for survival use. Click here

Self Defense against Unwelcome Guests

November 13, 2010 - "Self Defense against Unwelcome Guests" By Joseph Parish. I am certain that after the collapse of our infrastructure there will be hordes of ruthless gangs wandering around in search of what ever they can take. Like any major disaster these groups fully realize that there is no longer a viable law enforcement agencies in the area and this they feel they can do anything they so desire. Click here

Surviving any Storm

November 13, 2010 - "Surviving any Storm" By Joseph Parish. Most people consider Emergency Preparations as vital to be ready in the event of an emergency situation of any sort however that is not necessary the case. Often people are relieved to know that as a result of their prudent food storage program they are prepared for other crises which can occur in their life. Click here

Being Truly Ready for a Disaster

November 12, 2010 - "Being Truly Ready for a Disaster" By Joseph Parish. People simply never give a thought to the idea that major disasters can happen in their home town. When they do occur they continue to wait for the government to step in and help them out of the situation. They look to either their local or federal government for the essentials of life – food, water and supplies, unfortunately they don’t always get them. Click here

And Yet another Survival Kit

November 12, 2010 - "And Yet another Survival Kit" By Joseph Parish. No one can deny that a survival kit can be one of the most important assets which you can take with you when there is a crisis at hand. These kits are usually planned and created to ensure your safety and well being when you are un-expectantly traveling far from your survival retreat. Naturally, the key factor here is that you should make sure your kit is the best that you can create for your location as well as the time of the year. A well balanced survival kit should be a custom creation which would contain all the necessary survival items that you personally will need. Click here

The Influence of Inflation on the Survival Budget

November 12, 2010 - "The Influence of Inflation on the Survival Budget" By Joseph Parish. The largest affect that we will experience with runaway inflation is going to be the elevated costs that we encounter when purchasing our foods. I have noticed in my own part of the nation that the local farmers have quickly come to realize that they can make a better return for their efforts if they sell their corn to the bio-fuel manufactures as opposed to using their crops for human consumption. When considering the increased costs which have trickled down to the farmer with the higher then normal energy prices we simply can not hold it against them for wanting to make the best of their time and investments. Click here

Start your Medical Library today

November 11, 2010 - "Start your Medical Library today" By Joseph Parish. You may be asking yourself what other medical survival books you would need other then a good First Aid Manual. The answer is many more then you likely already have. Good survival reference books are hard to come by and good survival medical books are even harder. Regardless of how difficult they are to find a survival medical library is vital when the usual doctors or emergency rooms are no longer at our disposal. Naturally the level of the books that you select will be according to your abilities. Click here

If Henry Ford was a Survivalist

November 11, 2010 - "If Henry Ford was a Survivalist" By Joseph Parish. There’s an old saying that you don’t need to be a genius to succeed, you only need to know where to get your information from. Henry Ford was just such an individual. Mr. Ford had no outstanding IQ in relation to his business dealings however, he had one fantastic trait that set him apart from everyone else. He knew what he wanted. Click here

Homemade Cough Drops

November 11, 2010 - "Homemade Cough Drops" By Joseph Parish. Being sick during normal periods of peace can really get a person down but imagine being ill during a time of major national crisis. Nothing can be worse than coughing continuously and having it raise havoc with your throat. Unfortunately in the event of an infrastructure failure you can not simply rush to your nearest drug store and purchase something that would sooth your throat. In that case we have provided you with the next best thing – how to make your own cough drops in the comfort of your home. Click here

The Pow-Wow was here

November 10, 2010 - "The Pow-Wow was here" By Joseph Parish. Every fall the Native Americas put on a Pow-Wow in our neck of the woods. The host tribe of our local events is the Nanticoke Indian’s of Delaware. All around the nation we are seeing more and more of these cultural events taking place. The American people are finally rising up and taking an active interest in these interesting activities. Click here

Psyching the Enemy out

November 10, 2010 - "Psyching the Enemy out" By Joseph Parish. When the infrastructure crashes and the hordes of strangers are wandering around have you ever wondered how you will ever be able to tell if strangers are being less the honest to you. The Israeli’s have encountered a similar problem in the past and have perfected a useful technique to make the proper determinations. Click here

Who is entering the Retreat

November 10, 2010 - "Who is entering the Retreat?" By Joseph Parish. Have you ever stopped to think carefully about whom you would let entry into your retreat if and when the balloon goes up? When people start to realize that you have stored up on sufficient food and various supplies they are bound to come knocking at your door. Click here.

May I See Your Phone Bill

November 9, 2010 - "May I See Your Phone Bill" By Joseph Parish. Recently in my Criminal Justice university class a topic was brought up concerning law enforcements liberties for simply doing as they so please. Some people in the class felt this process posed no hazards to their constitutional rights assuming they had done nothing illegal. Their logic is that if they had done nothing wrong then they have nothing to worry about. Click here

Hints and Tips for the New Dehydrator

November 9, 2010 - "Hints and Tips for the New Dehydrator" By Joseph Parish. I bet as you begin using your new dehydrator you are coming up with a huge number of unanswered questions. You search through the instruction manual and still have the same initial questions that you started out with. As you get desperate you start to search through all the dehydrating information you can find on the internet. Click here

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