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It’s announcements like that one that make you feel all warm inside knowing you and your family have plenty of essential emergency supplies stored away for such an event. You’re so well prepared, you wave off those 72 hours as nothing. As a prepper you throw your head back and laugh at the prospe...
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If you are concerned about surviving a disaster, you need to prepare your supply of emergency essentials. Water is the first priority, at least one gallon per person per day. FEMA recommends keeping a minimum of two weeks supply for each person in your family on hand at all times. Add a portable ...
Food
When the grid goes down, satisfying hunger is going to become a priority. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people in the Western world are used to a certain amount of comfort when it comes to food. While there are a fair number of would-be preppers who have a freezer full of venison ready to g...
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Seed saving may not be the first thought that comes to mind when you prepare for a future disaster. To tell the truth, it probably should not be the first thing on your list either. However, after you prepare your bug out bag and have some sort of escape plan in place, it is time […]
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Going “off the grid” means more than simply getting some or even all of your power from the sun and/or wind. It means having a means to store this power so that it can be used when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing. Thankfully, there are a wide range of […]
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MRE stands for “Meals Ready To Eat,” and is the name for a prepackaged, lightweight and nutritious meal that is provided to military troops during war. MREs are also available to the civilian population, and some individuals like to have MREs on hand for achieving preparedness in case of times of...
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“ Home canning food is a lost seasonal art these days when the local grocery store is well stocked year round with anything and everything we need. But for the average prepper, canning remains a trusted and rewarding method for stocking a long term food supply. The goal for any prepper is to main...
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Preserving food through a home canning process is a time-honored tradition especially popular before every household had refrigerators and frozen food was readily available. The popularity of home canning was started around 1860 when a New York tinsmith named John L. Mason invented a glass jar wi...
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Floods, tornadoes and earthquakes among many others disasters can disrupt power grids and water supplies over an entire region. Even a local gas line break or power failure would leave the appliances we rely on daily useless. Now if you and your family are avid preppers or campers this is no big ...
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When it comes to longevity, canned and dehydrated foods are your best friends. But cans are heavy and bulky when it comes time to bug-out. And, no matter who you are, dried apples and bananas are tolerable for only so long, as far as your taste buds and digestive system are concerned. Eventually ...
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How To Seed Your Own “Seed Bank” The concept is nothing new. People have collected and stored their own seeds from a number of given sources for hundreds of years to continue productive crop lines, to prepare for crop failures, to even protecting against environmental calamity by way of large sca...
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“Wherever you live, emergencies and disasters happen. Be it a tornado, winter storm, wildfire, flooding, a disease outbreak, an economic collapse or even an act of terrorism, it only makes sense for you and your family to be prepared with a stockpile of dehydrated food.” A disaster can leave you ...