Preparedness & Survival Blog

Are You Prepared for a Winter Roadside Emergency?

Quite a few years ago when our kids were young, I was driving with my 6-year-old son in the backseat.  It was snowing and the highway was slick, so I was driving about 10 miles per hour under the speed...

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Your Winter Survival Staples for the Kitchen

If we asked 100 people to name their top staple food items, we’d probably get 100 different answers. Canned or freeze-dried beans might be on one person’s list but not another’s. Nut butters could be on some lists but be...

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What’s the (Food) Spread for the Big Game?

More than 110 million Americans are expected to watch the Big Game a week from this Sunday. You may be one of them.  Some people will watch it in restaurants and bars. Others will view it at parties. Some folks...

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5 Common Mistakes People Make When Trying to Keep Food Cold

With the recent arctic blast of cold air still fresh in our minds, keeping something cold doesn’t feel like much of a challenge. That unwelcome polar vortex covered nearly the entire country and resulted in ridiculously low temperatures for over...

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Ways to Stay Warm and Keep Food Cold During Winter Outages

With the seemingly unending winter storms continuing to pelt most of the nation, power outages are inevitable. In fact, millions of Americans have already lost power this winter. Due to blizzards, heavy rainfall, and tornadoes.  There is plenty of winter...

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America’s Infrastructure Isn’t Built for This…

When was the last time you looked at a U.S. weather map and saw clear skies across the country?  I honestly can’t remember the last time for me. And it’s not just isolated winter storms here and there. They’re all...

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Wilderness Water? It May Be Growing Rather Than Flowing

We’ve all heard plenty of stories about people who survived when lost in the wild. Some of them did it by using their wits. Some by eating berries. And others by hunting or fishing.  But very few survived for long...

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America’s Enemies Continue to Play a Dangerous Game

Tick, tick, tick… Is anybody else hearing a ticking time bomb these days? If you’re keeping an eye on the news, I’m guessing you are. War in Ukraine between Russia and the country it attacked for no good reason. War...

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Could You Survive in a Bartering Economy? Here’s What You’ll Need Post-Collapse…

Remember the Great War of 1985? If you’re scratching your head on that one, I’ll admit it… it wasn’t so great.  The media called it the “Pasta War.” It started when Europeans refused to respond to U.S. complaints of discrimination...

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