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Emergency radio frequencies: what to monitor when the grid goes down
The NOAA Weather Radio channels to program before the grid goes down, plus the 3-3-3 rule that keeps your radio on the air without killing the battery.
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The complete bug out bag checklist: what to pack and how much it should weigh
A bug out bag is a packed backpack you grab and go when you have to leave home in a hurry. Fire. Flood. A downed grid. An evacuation order. The bag is the bridge between "I have to leave now" and "I'm somewhere safe."
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Emergency communication radio: what you need when the grid goes down
When the power goes out and the cell towers go down, a radio is how you find out what's actually happening and how you reach your people. Phones fail in exactly the emergencies where you need them most. A radio doesn't care about the grid. Here's what's worth owning, what each radio can and can't do, and how to set yourself up without throwing money at gear you'll never use.
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26 Survival Uses for Bandanas
Twenty six ways to use a dollar's worth of cloth. Tourniquet, water pre-filter, sling, signal flag, trail marker, sweatband. Toss a few in every bag and vehicle you own.
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Packing an Office Bug Out Bag
If the SHTF while you are at your desk, your home supplies are useless. Stash walking shoes, a water filter, emergency food, and a change of clothes at the office. Getting home is the mission. This bag gets you there.
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9 Bug Out Supplies for Your Purse (or Pocket!)
Your bug-out bag means nothing if you are nowhere near it. Nine pocket-sized items bridge the gap: a bandana, flashlight, lighter, multi-tool, cordage, cash, water tabs, and basic first aid. Carry them everywhere you go.
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Car Bug Out Bag: What to Keep in Your Vehicle Emergency Kit
Time to feel proud, go ahead and pat yourself on the back. The stockpile of food and water are set, plenty to last more than week. The house is stocked and ready for sheltering everyone in place. The whole family all gathered together in the living room last Saturday, backpacks in hand and provis...
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Making a Mini Bug Out Bag for Your Kids’ School Backpack
Most preppers with families know how important it is to make sure your children are prepared. Every member in your family should have a bug out bag, preferably one that will cover at least 72 hours in a survival situation. But what happens when your kid is at school and separated from you and the...
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Top 5 Survival Hacks
In a perfect world when a disaster happens you would have everything needed to survive. Of course, in a perfect world disaster and catastrophes would obligingly never happen. Yet having to contend with those frequent bad things that befall us at the most inconvenient times is a consequence of liv...
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Top 5 Bug-Out Mistakes to Avoid
Anyone who has lived through a disaster of any type knows the roller coaster of emotions and stress such a situation causes. Those circumstances, if nothing else, do not need additional burdens piled on by mistakes made in the heat of the moment or from simply being unprepared. Avoiding common mi...
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Bugging Out in Mom’s Grocery-Getter
When asked to imagine the ultimate post-apocalypse vehicle the mind immediate conjures images of road beasts, armored and defended against the worst, capable of crawling over any terrain, tasked with the sole purpose of taking its owner far and away from the crumbling civilization. While such an ...
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Aluminum Foil: The OTHER Duct Tape
Tucked away in a kitchen drawer or slid atop the refrigerator is a roll of material whose uses can go well beyond its traditional daily function. The very characteristics that make aluminum foil great for cooking are the ones that make it so very useful. The OTHER duct tape Now, we are all famili...