The threat of natural disasters is ever-increasing with the changing of our environments. From tornados to big freezes, our planet earth manifests its unrest in many ways. Altough you can’t prevent Mother Nature showing off her powers, you can prepare to deal with her moods and live to tell the story.
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Top 4 Types of Guns You Need For A Major Disaster
One of your top priorities in any major disaster needs to be security and protecting your home and your family, and that means that you need to have the proper weaponry to give you the capability to keep them safe.
Martial Law: The Ins and Outs – Are We At Risk?
During martial law, the government can suspend constitutional rights and enforce an authoritarian power by use of the military. Even fundamental rights and democratic processes can be limited or suspended entirely. Any and every democracy has the potential for martial law.
Noxious and Toxic Plants To Avoid When Exploring The Wilderness – Part 2
In the previous article about toxic plants, we learned about the most common noxious plants that won’t kill you, but will definitely hurt you. Today, we’re going to move forward and learn about the toxic plants that can scar you for life or put you in the ground. Some of these plants are far more common than one would think and you better keep your eyes open if you don’t want to have an accidental encounter that can send you to the hospital.
Ultimate Multi-tools For The Contemporary Survival Enthusiast
If you are a superhero or a robot, you don’t need this article! Feel free to stay away. But if you are a regular human, who is also a survival enthusiast, keep on reading, because you are going to find out all you need to know about ultimate multi-tools for the situations that require heroic acts.
Noxious and Toxic Plants To Avoid When Exploring The Wilderness – Part 1
Seeing that good weather is upon us, a lot of people will pack their bags, grab their hiking boots and head towards the wilderness. It’s the perfect time for that camping trip you keep postponing and exploring the wilderness is the perfect body-mind workout. However, when being out in the field, there are some toxic plants you should stay away from if you don’t want to ruin your day.
Stuck At Work When SHTF – Making Your Workplace Safer
The vast majority of people spend more than eight hours per day at their workplace. We often dedicate a lot of time to improve ourselves and get better at our jobs, but we keep ignoring the elephant in the room. Few people actually spend time thinking about what they would do if the brown stuff hits the fan and they are stuck at work. Your workplace plays an important role in your survival during a bug out or bug in scenario and you should make sure you have a backup plan.
The Ultimate Medicinal Garden
There are a multitude of important skills one may need to bring to the table when SHTF. While many are “top-list” and cliché, I fear that a few important abilities have been discarded or perhaps subconsciously abandoned. There were others, however, that disappeared for more shady reasons. Such as today’s topic: The knowledge of medicinal plants in the home garden.
6 Great Knives for Wilderness Survival
Remember the rifle mantra from Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick’s take on the army life? Just as a rifle’s the soldier’s best friend, so’s a utility knife for the survivalist. In this article, we’re going to show you some of the best wilderness survival knives available on the market. Some of them are variations on iconic melee weapons (knives used by soldiers in hand-to-hand combat) while others were designed for wilderness survival only.
The Philosophy on Bartering Post-Crisis
It sure is easy to swipe a card and have anything you need; so easy, in fact, you can make simple transactions with your card on someone’s personal cell phone. Cash, credit, the name makes no difference, it is as simple as grandma’s apple pie. We’ve come a long way since the bartering time and people are forgetting about those challenging days.
The Reality of Foraging When There’s No Food
You’ve seen in movies and TV shows how people manage to survive in the wild with the bare minimum. How they manage to procure food through foraging and hunting. Even more, they provide a false sense of security by making these activities look like a child’s play. The reality is totally different and few people have any idea of what foraging requires.
Being In Denial – A Disaster Won’t Happen To Me
After years of dealing with both the prepared and unprepared, I still can’t believe how many people live in denial. “It won’t happen to us!” is the sentence I keep hearing although history showed us that we could never be 100% safe. Denying the possibility of a disaster hitting close to home, it’s a big mistake and here is why.
Making A Wild Herb Poultice And A Few Useful Recipes
When people hear the word poultice, they think it’s some elaborate way to prepare herbs for healing purposes and some even say it has some kind of mystical connotation. There’s nothing further from the truth, and a poultice is simply another way to apply various herbs directly to the skin. As you will see in this article, these old home remedies are simple to make and use.