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Editor’s Note: The importance of candles in a survival situation is sometimes underrated. Probably because a candle is not that likely to save...

If you have a lot of heat, then you can do what power plants do: use the heat to generate...

Whether you want to secure the perimeter of your home, your bug out location or a camp site, this DIY...

Dr. Alton – medic and prepper: “If we ever find ourselves without modern medical care, we will have to improvise...

This post was an April Fool’s Day prank It all started in 2013 when researchers in Australia detected gold particles in...

Editor’s Note: This article is an update of the original - posted one year ago.   Using a Smoke Grenade...

Dr. Peter Pry (Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security) warns that the consequences - of...

Just about all bullion investors worry about counterfeits. Those concerns are magnified when someone is buying for the first time....

Editor’s Note: Powdered Eggs are cheap, lightweight, nutritious and can last up to 10 years without refrigeration. If it weren’t...

Mosquitoes kill more people every year than any other creature (including humans-murderers). And every person who prepares for an epidemic...

Though I have never been or never desire to be a killer much of my life’s success was predicated on...

Nettles are high in iron, potassium, manganese, calcium, vitamins A, C and protein (a whopping 25% protein). Nutritionally nettles are...

Did you know that although Europeans knew how to tap trees, it was the American Indian who discovered how to...

It’s really difficult to explain one of the most delicious tastes that I know! But I can tell you this:...

I don't usually drink Cola, but after 13 months adrift I'm sure it tastes goooooood. His mother, Maria Julia, said...

Some people have the monetary luxury to prepare for the "just-in-case." While most of us have a supply of candlesticks...

Back in the old days, before all our modern detergents and soaps and powders, housewives and their children battled the...

In both World Wars they used everything they had. If they had had more, they would’ve used more. So, I...

Herbal tinctures are typically an alcoholic extract of plant or animal material. One of the best solvents you can find...

The most important thing you should know about antibiotics! Never expect a doctor to phone-in a prescription for an antibiotic...

“For over four decades of the Cold War the world lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation. Nuclear powers spent...

“Most of us are so used to running out to the supermarket or to Wal-Mart for whatever we need that...

The best apple cider vinegars are organic, unfiltered and raw (unpasteurized). I personally use scraps (peels and cores). This way...

During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever...

Why stockpile flour (max shelf-life 1 year) when you can turn it into Hardtack Biscuits which will last indefinitely. Hardtacks...

"If the grocery shelves are empty, you are only nine meals away from anarchy" - Mike (Doomsday Preppers) All the...

My guess is none of you experienced a long time hunger. But probably most of you are familiar with the...

Inflammation and congestion of the sinuses – known collectively as a sinus infection – can have a wide variety of causes...

Have you ever opened a can you made a year before, and you didn’t know whether it was spoiled or...

Invented by the natives of North America, pemmican was used by Indian scouts as well as early western explorers. These...