Quick Poll – When Do You Think TS will HTF?

April 30, 2012

On Friday I was trolling around the various blogs and noticed that the economy is coming up a lot lately.  Yeah, yeah, it’s been coming up a lot since 2008, but it seems more people are naming 2012 as the year it all goes to hell. It seems that the Godless vermin… uh, I mean [...]

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Starting a Fire With a FireSteel – A Recap For When TSHTF

April 27, 2012

One of the things I bought my nephews for part of their camping kits was a firesteel to put on their knife sheath.  This is a great piece of gear – if you know how to use it. This is just a quick recap on how to use a firesteel to get a fire going. [...]

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How Much Salt To Store

April 26, 2012

Once again, I was replenishing a staple, salt in this case, and I started to crunch numbers in my head about how much salt I should consider storing for SHTF.  I thought enough about it that it turned into a post. :-D Enjoy. Cooking with/Seasoning with – This part is easy. Even if I include [...]

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A Case for the Pipsqueak .22lr AR-15

April 25, 2012

Great guest post today from a Vietnam Veteran, career firearms instructor, and friend. He makes the case for purchasing a .22lr AR-15. See what you think. But before we get there, special thanks to BePreparedNow.net for their ad purchase. Visit them and use coupon code “shtf” for a 10% discount on your order. – Ranger [...]

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Build a Last Resort Gravity Water Filter

April 24, 2012

Calamity here, I’m still on my babymoon, so for today, enjoy this guest post from Jessica at Salt N’ Prepper. ************************************************** No matter how you prepare, it seems like all of us have been in a “last resort” situation. Water purification is so important for survival that it’s good to have several “last resort” options [...]

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Testing Yourself and Your Gear To Survive When TSHTF

April 23, 2012

You went out and bought the latest backpack and a white gas stove that will work on top of Mt. Everest.  You bought the newest sleep system, all the best cold weather gear, freeze dried food, water filter, a great survival knife, and the latest .22 survival rifle that breaks down and fits into its [...]

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Educating The Younger Generation

April 20, 2012

As you may remember I’ve been putting together a camping kit for my two nephews who don’t spend a lot of time in the wilderness.  The boys not getting any dirt time has been weighing heavy on my mind, but instead of letting it get me down I decided to take action and do something [...]

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A Small Calamity is on the Way

April 19, 2012

Well gang, it seems our small calamity has decided today is a good day to have a birthday. I’m writing this on Weds morning, I’m betting I won’t have the opportunity to finish the post I started for Thursday.  Hopefully RangerMan will give me a pass this time.  :-D No need for worries, we’re pretty [...]

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Indoctrinating the Children – Survival Style

April 18, 2012

So I went to my daughter’s first grade parent-teacher conference the other day, sat down at a kid-sized desk with the teacher and she starts off by handing me THIS: And says, almost apologetically, that “we’ve been asked to hand these to parents” as she shrugs. It’s a juicy sized 8.5×11 foldout informational piece on [...]

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Non-Prepping Family Members

April 17, 2012

My mother asked me this weekend, what I plan to do with family members who don’t prep, in the event of an actual SHTF emergency.  Her and Daddy are some of those non-preppers, even though they know all about my views on that subject.  On a side note, does it tarnish my prepper creds when [...]

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Gear Review–Five Man Military Surplus Arctic Tent

April 16, 2012

I spent the last few months looking for a tent for cold weather camping.  The criteria I had for the tent were a little vague in my mind, but basically it didn’t have to be something I had to carry, it had to be durable and it had to be warm, which got me thinking [...]

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Survival Scenario – Can You Survive a Nuclear War?

April 13, 2012

With the North Koreans getting ready to test their latest rocket it seems like a good time to scare the hell out of everybody with a nuclear war survival scenario.  Honestly, I doubt it will amount to much (but it is Friday the 13th!); however, in the interest of a thought experiment I thought I’d use it [...]

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Perennials and Renters

April 12, 2012

Perennial plants make some of the best SHTF food supplies.  Whether they’re raspberries or strawberries, or jerusalem artichokes. They can be a great source of food that doesn’t require much effort from you to store year round.  I hear from a lot of people though, “I can’t do perennials because I’m a renter.”  I’m here [...]

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