My Toolbox by Richard T. for Survival Blog I’m now 71 years old, and I have had a toolbox ever since my dad helped me build my first one when I was about 12. He cut all the parts on a homemade tablesaw that he had built out of an old washing machine motor and plywood. He showed me how to nail the parts together and paint it. It was a simple tray-style toolbox; one side had room for pliers, a hammer, screwdriver and the other side had partitions for…
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5 FREE PREPS ANYONE CAN DO! by Mac Slavo for SHTFPlan When one decides to begin the journey into “prepping,” that doesn’t necessarily mean they have a lot of money at their disposal. That’s why it’s important to do the things that cost nothing first before you start buying things to store for when the SHTF. This list is in no particular order, nor is it a complete list of all the possible things you can or should do after you decide to start prepping that doesn’t cost any money. …
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How to Survive a Mass Shooting by Daisy Luther for The Organic Prepper Mass shootings are happening more and more often in America. Yesterday, there were two mass shootings within 24 hours that claimed the lives of 29 people and injured 52 more. A mass shooting in a Texas Wal-Mart took the lives of 20 people, and a shooting in a popular nightlife area in Dayton, Ohio killed 9 more. Being caught up as a victim in something like this is a hellish nightmare you wouldn’t wish on your worst…
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Nickel Iron Battery Off Grid Energy Storage | Last One You’ll Ever Need by Ken Jorgustin for Modern Survival Blog The Nickel Iron battery from Iron Edison of Denver, Colorado, is an updated version of Thomas Edison’s battery design that he considered to be nearly perfect. For Off-Grid energy storage and renewable energy systems, this battery will likely be the last one you’ll ever buy. Why? Because it’s nearly indestructible and lasts up to 30 years! (UPDATED 2019) COST ANALYSIS (further down the page) Edison’s battery recipe used iron oxide and nickel…
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Bulk Freeze Dried or Dehydrated Food Storage | Eat It! Test It! by Ken Jorgustin for Modern Survival Blog This weekend Mrs.J and I went through some of our bulk emergency food storage for preparedness. You should do this on a semi-regular basis. Here’s why: Eat some, and be sure that you like it. Food Rotation so it doesn’t go bad Eat Your Freeze Dried Food What if you don’t like it? Does it taste off or bad? Is it getting way beyond it’s recommended use-by date? Most freeze dried or…
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What Women Need to Learn About Violence: Prevention, Avoidance, and De-escalation by Dr. Tammy Yard-McCracken for The Organic Prepper Note: Dr. McCracken is the instructor of a one-day women’s self-defense course in Ashburn, Virginia on Sept. 21. You can find more information about the course here. I’ve worked as a therapist for nearly 30 years. As a therapist, I have worked with hundreds of people across a nearly 30-year career. Many of these people had been/are survivors of violence. Here’s an example: Kelly (not her real name), was a 30-something mother of…
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How to Stock a Prepper Pantry by Tess Pennington for Ready Nutrition Those of you who plan to take the first steps toward preparing for emergencies may feel a bit overwhelmed at first. Here is a pantry primer on the easiest course to get started in creating a well-stocked emergency food pantry. The overall goal of our emergency food pantry is to have a wide array of nutritious foods stored away in order to carry us through an emergency. In my book, The Prepper’s Cookbook, I wrote how firmly I believe…
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First Five Things To Do If/When The Lights Go Out by Ken Jorgustin for Modern Survival Blog What First Five Things will ‘YOU’ do If/When? Hypothetical “Lights Out” Scenario K; let’s set up a hypothetical scenario. You are at home or at the BOL (bug out location) and suddenly, oddly, it seems quiet. Very quiet. Too quiet. No noise around at all, except for Nature Sounds. The ceiling fans are winding down. The TV / Radio is quiet. Even the refrigerator is noiseless. What lights you may have had on are…
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Ebola Declared an INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY But “Experts” STILL Recommend Keeping DRC Borders Open by Daisy Luther for The Organic Prepper If you haven’t heard by now, the World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo an international emergency. Despite this, experts STILL recommend keeping the borders open to the DRC. After 3 previous meetings in which WHO was reluctant to provide this designation to the crisis, the tipping point was a case of Ebola in Goma, a city of over one million people that…
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Extremely Dangerous Heat Wave Will Impact 200 Million in the US This Weekend By Dagny Taggart for The Organic Prepper It is currently 93 degrees in my neck of the woods, and we are being warned that with the heat index, daily temperatures could warm up to 110 degrees. We are under an “excessive heat warning” through Saturday evening. If you live in the Central or Eastern US, chances are you are also under a dangerous heat wave warning. AccuWeather estimates that more than 87 million Americans live in an area where a…
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