by Nick | Mar 20, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Knowledge, How to Prep, Surviving Attack
Death in and of itself is a scary proposition. As humans have struggled to understand death they’ve created stories, religions, gods, and underworlds to explain the unknown. Every civilization has both worshipped and feared death. But no matter what happens in the...
by Nick | Mar 11, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Knowledge, first aid, Medical Care
[hr] How is Granny Doing? From the most recent reports it appears this 71-year-old woman is expected to recover. When the firefighters arrived on scene they reported that it looked like she was wearing a bee suit. This resulted in over 1,000 individual bee stings. The...
by Nick | Feb 25, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Food Production
-eco-villagers at work- This last week I attended a workday at the new DFW Eco-village property about an hour East of Dallas. It is located a few miles south of Interstate-30 in Campbell, TX. This beautiful grassland property is 70 acres with 2 ponds and a few swales...
by Nick | Feb 4, 2014 | Bug Out, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Knowledge, first aid, Medical Care
Something recently caught my attention online – a debate between survivalist on the issue of emptying your bladder. The notion that holding warm urine in, and not relieving yourself will aid in keeping you warm is wrong. There are several reasons to make sure you keep...
by Nick | Jan 16, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Gear, Emergency Supplies
Recently my dad came across an old blow-dart gun at an estate sale and bought it for me as a Christmas present. It is a Jivaro survival blowgun by House of Weapons, Inc. Provo, Utah. Upon a quick Google search it doesn’t appear that this company is still in operation....
by Nick | Dec 15, 2013 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Knowledge, Emergency Supplies, self sufficiency
Winter storm Dion plowed through North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and other areas December 6th through the 10th dropping sleet, freezing rain and plenty of snow. Where I live in North Texas received mainly freezing rain and a little sleet. In some places the...
