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 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 | 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...
by Nick | Nov 13, 2013 | Emergency Knowledge, Prepping Practice, Surviving Attack
For my entire life – literally – since I can remember, I’ve heard countless people say that when evading a threat you should run in angles and random patterns. I just assumed this was a natural defense to make it harder for an assailant to catch you. Like a leftover...
by Nick | Oct 17, 2013 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Gear, Emergency Knowledge, Emergency Shelter, Emergency Supplies, How to Prep
This year has seen some early winter weather that in some parts of the country has been fairly severe. Winter storm Atlas already moved through Wyoming, South Dakota and a few neighboring states. In some areas it dumped over 2 feet of snow on unprepared people. I was...
by Nick | Oct 2, 2013 | Bug Out, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Knowledge, Prepping Practice, Surviving Attack
In the wild there is one thing that helps an animal survive more than any other factor. That one thing is its health. An unhealthy animal will often be left behind by its group, sometimes killed and eaten by it’s own kind, or be easy prey for predators. It’s “survival...