Food Storage: Freeze Dried vs. Dehydrated

There are a lot of options available when it comes to long-term food storage. Choices range from heavier, bulkier wet foods such as regular canned goods and MREs to dry foods such as dehydrated grains or pasta and freeze-dried meals, and there are some distinct

The Art Of Self Reliance In 5 Steps

The journey toward self reliance has many paths. For some, you are beginning to distrust the food supply and want to grow our own food. Or, perhaps, you live in an area prone to many types of disasters and have seen how desperate people become when their needs aren’t met.

The Coming Plague Will Not Be Stopped By Drugs

In a breakthrough moment of truth for the CDC, the agency now openly admits that prescription antibiotics have led to a catastrophic rise in superbugs, causing the death of at least 23,000 Americans each year (an estimate even the CDC calls “conservative”).

4 Diversions To Scare Off Looters And Burglars

You know the classic “Looters will be shot” warnings written on American Patriots’ walls every time a major disaster strikes. Well, here’s the problem: they’re so popular, everyone’s using them to scare off looters. And looters… well, they’re not so scared anymore. They call

Challenging Bug Out Myths

Over the years I have read several blog posts, and statements in many different preparedness/survival forums about bugging out that I want to challenge today. I call them “myths” because, as I see it, they are just not true. The trouble with these myths is that the person saying them

15 Reasons Why Coke Is Actually Good For You

You probably all know those articles that present you a number of reasons why Coke is bad for you. “5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Coke”, “See what Coke can do to your body” etc. There are tens of hundreds of them on the Internet and most of them resort to these ultimate

20 Unexpected Uses For Soap

To chemists, soap is what you get when you boil down the sodium salts of fatty acids. To us, it’s just soap, known mostly for removing dirt from grimy hands. Here are a few other uses for soap…