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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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The Family Car needs a Bug Out Bag, too!
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...
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Duct Tape And 9 Other Survival Tools You Already Own
The advent of the prepper trend running on the heels of a dreaded solar flare, predictions of global economic collapse, or even fears of the zombie apocalypse, has brought along with it a whole assortment of gadgetry designed for every niche duty one can imagine. But what if most of what you need...
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Bug Out Bag Checklist
While the other checklists you’ve found here on US Preppers have been geared more towards sheltering-in-place, this one is specifically tailored to your needs in the event staying put is not in your best interests. Many of the essentials of food and water are the same when it comes to daily requi...
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Survival Gear For Every Prepper
When preparing for an emergency such as a natural disaster, you need to do everything possible to stay alive. In addition to having food and water, you need several survival tools. The best survival equipment is durable and well made. Below are some items you often need in dire circumstances. Wat...