Keep Your Family Safe
A trick I’ve used for years is soap or another lubricant to slip the ring off but it can still be very painful to remove the ring, and can damage the tissues of your finger. And if swelling is too bad it doesn’t work at all! But in a survival situation, the condition of your hands and feet can
I’ve just come out of hibernation from writing another survival book (details to come soon). I really need a fun ‘creative’ and not too serious survival project. I figure since my SURVIVAL TAMPON post went over so
Well, knowing about poisonous or unsafe plants is just as important (or maybe even a little more). Some of them pose serious risks of injury, illness and even death to humans or animals. So it is only to our benefit to learn about them – how to identify these plants and test them
Altoids have been freshening bad breath since the turn of the 19th century. But while they are touted as “Curiously Strong Mints,” perhaps the real curiosity is not the allure of the mints themselves, but the popularity of turning the tin in which they’re packaged into all sorts of truly
For your safety, know these 4 poisonous (venomous) snakes, and what they look like – to avoid being bitten by one. There are thousands of types (species) of snakes in the world, while more than one hundred species are found in North America – and some of them
Intro: As I read the posts on MD’s Blog the other day I was thinking about our prepping. I figured we are very well prepared but it was also obvious that there were some areas where we could improve. One thought
When faced with an emergent survival situation, the human brain rifles through your life experiences, trying to find a way to process the information you’re taking in to tell you how to respond. There are people who experience “brain lock” or behavioral inaction when faced with something they’ve never had experience with or never
This happens when you’re trying to learn how to sharpen and you start with a knife that should’ve been sharpened years ago. You start sharpening and you don’t see any change in the dullness or sharpness of the knife, so you try something else, which also fails to bring an edge
I knew we were in trouble the moment I saw the Black and Decker battery-powered adjustable wrench. I’d encountered screwdrivers with dead batteries, saws without extension cords, and drills with easily over-heated motors, but an electric wrench? Most of us, myself included
By this, I mean cut out everything that has to do with food except for 6 high calorie energy bars (I pack CLIF bars). The average human can survive for 3 weeks without food and still have no ill effects to the body. In fact, I read one time that the record human fast was 1 year. That makes eating less during a 72 hour Bug Out seem more than
