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5 Red Flags of Imminent Collapse: Be Aware of the Warning Signs. These indicators will give you anywhere from a few days to a few months of warning that things are about to change drastically. 1) Interest rates on US Treasuries go up steeply, and/or suddenly The definition of ‘defaulting’ on it’s debt means the US Gov’t isn’t able to pay the interest on the almost $16 trillion it owes.

5 Red Flags of Imminent Collapse: Be Aware of the Warning Signs

Currently interest rates are at all-time lows – as many homeowners are enjoying by re-financing their homes at lower rates. Interest on the debt is currently the smaller of the four biggest expenses the US Gov’t has. As interest rates rise, the interest expense will get bigger – and this will be very difficult for a Gov’t that is already deficit spending way beyond its means. Make Hardtack. Edit Article.

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EDC Methodology – It’s More Important Than What You Carry. Let’s get one thing straight: everyone’s idea of EveryDay Carry (EDC) equipment is different.

EDC Methodology – It’s More Important Than What You Carry

EDC is as personalized as the clothes you wear and the thoughts you think. Make a Butter Candle - Emergency Candle McGyver Style! You can cut the block of butter into as many pieces as you want.

Make a Butter Candle - Emergency Candle McGyver Style!

As a rule of thumb, I've found that 1 Tablespoon of butter will burn for about 1 hour. I used a 4 Oz bar of butter (8 Tablespoons) and cut it in half to give me two 4-hour candles. (4 Tablespoons each.) Cutting the bar with the seam at the top will help minimize the paper from ripping as you cut through the block. How To Preserve Dairy Products For Emergency Situations. Preserving dairy products is tricky, but it can be done.

How To Preserve Dairy Products For Emergency Situations

A part of storing food for emergencies is ensuring that the food you store is nourishing and will keep you and your family fortified for a time when food may not be readily available. Dairy is an important component in a well-balanced diet, and many meals require dairy in their preparation. While you can stock up on evaporated and dried milk, there are also ways of storing dairy in your home that could potentially be less expensive than store-bought items. A note: Some of these methods are not recommended by the USDA for food storage and are presented for information purposes only. Antacids as a Treatment for Exposure to Nuclear Fallout. This prepping and survival post contains important information on using simple OTC antacids as a treatment for internal contamination with radioactive isotopes from nuclear fallout.

Antacids as a Treatment for Exposure to Nuclear Fallout

The radioactive fallout might come from a nuclear power plant disaster, or a dirty bomb, or a nuclear bomb explosion. Regardless of the source, at least several different types of radioactive elements are released, and these isotopes can end up in the air, food, and water. Coffee Can Cooking With Chicken. Published On Saturday, August 03, 2013 By Ken.

Coffee Can Cooking With Chicken

Under: Bushcraft, Projects. Tags:Camping, Can, Chicken, Coals, Cook, Cooking, Foil, Meat Recently I was approached by a sweet lady who told me about a television program that she had watched where they cooked chicken in a can. I did some research and found quite a bit of information about “coffee can chicken” sometimes called “swingin’ chicken”. I’m sure that other meats could be cooked as well but I decided to follow the procedures that I found. I began by preparing the coffee can (alternatively you can use a number 10 can).

Next I placed 16 briquets into the bottom of the can. While the coals were getting ready I prepared the chicken by adding a dry rub to it then placed it head-end down on two large sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil. My wife suggested that I put veggies like onions, garlic and celery inside the chicken body which I did, but it may have extended the cooking time a little. 26 Five Minute Prepping Projects. One of the excuses used for not prepping is that it takes a lot of time.

26 Five Minute Prepping Projects

True enough. Anything that you pursue with passion and intensity is going to take some time. On the other hand, there are plenty of prepping activities that can be undertaken in just five minutes. Come on. I said just five minutes. Saving Tomato Seeds. Four easy steps to saving your own heirloom tomato seeds!

Saving Tomato Seeds

Seed saving offers plenty of perks aside from saving money, it’s the long term benefit of cultivating the plants you really love and just knowing where they came from! Nothing ever tastes quite as good as a home-grown tomato! Chose your favorite tomato, ripe off the vine, healthy and soft. Seeds collected from upripe fruit will not germinate the following year. Survival Downloads Section Mushrooms, Mushroom seed pdf Files, Homestead Downloads.

Survival Downloads Section Ham Radio, Ham Radios pdf Files, Homestead Downloads. Pole Shift Survival Information. I.N.C.H. Survival is a Blog, Social Network, and Information Resource on Prepping, Survival, Self-Reliance and Sustainability. Are You Ready For What's Coming? Salt Water Purification. If only salt water is available a distilling plant can be made.

Salt Water Purification

You will have to improvise and use containers that can be found or that you may have. First you require a container of sea water and material to seal the container to prevent steam from escaping. Push one end of the tubing or rubber hose through this seal material and check to see that the seal remains intact while blowing into the loose end of the tubing. Place the container onto a fire and bring to the boil.

How to Prepare for an Economic Depression: 9 Steps for the Average Joe. 311stumbleupon Psst. I’m gonna share a little secret with you… Pumpkin Spaetzle Recipe - A Recipe for Squash Spaetzle. Photo by Holly A. Heyser Spaetzle are a cool little dumpling common around the Alps: Northern Italians eat them, as do the Austrians and Germans. 25 Tips For Making Camping Easier And More Fun. 25 Practical Survival Uses For Duct Tape. If there ever was a miracle product better than spray-on-hair or the ShamWow, it is duct tape. Over the past 70 years of its existence, this staple product of fix-it-yourselfers has been used by virtually every walk of life, for jobs that I’m sure the duct tape developers never imagined.

So how can we use it for survival? Are We Crazy, Or What? Survival preparedness. WillowHavenOutdoor.com: School for Survival, Preparedness & Bushcraft. Jefferson and Madison’s Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Constitution. Get a FREE copy of “Jefferson and Madison’s Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Constitution” by J. David Gowdy This publication is intended to assist teachers, students, parents, and citizens in understanding and appreciating the Constitution of the United States of America. It is designed as a handbook for studying the Constitution in the tradition of the founders, using the source documents and writings identified by them as the “best guides” to its principles and meaning.

These sources include the writings of Locke and Sidney, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, and Washington’s Farewell Address. A main purpose of this book is to serve as a teacher and student manual for use in secondary schools, but is also for use by parents in the home, as well as by individual citizens. To download “Jefferson and Madison’s Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Constitution” by J. Rediscover Haybox Cooking - Do It Yourself. I've discovered a great way not only to use less energy in food preparation, but to serve tastier and more nutritious meals at the same' time! It's great-grandma's nonelectric version of the modern Crock-Pot: the haybox cooker. Make (Or Find) Your Own My family first used this once-popular pioneer cooking method about two years ago, and we've been haybox cooking fans ever since! Here's how we went about it: We began by building a sturdy, attractive, nearly airtight box out of tongue-and-groove knotty pine.

Backyard Liberty. Why we are heading towards an Economic Collapse and the Steps you Need to Take to Survive. While the political morons in Washington would like you to believe our countries on the road to recovery, a new survey from the Associated Press suggests the complete opposite. According to their study, four out of every five Americans struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives. 25 Ways You Can Be More Self Reliant Today. Surviving the Middle Class Crash. Mom Prepares. How to Make Hardtack for War Reenactments. How to Make Pemmican. Invented by the natives of North America, pemmican is the original MRE. Survival Common Sense: tips and how-to guide for emergency preparedness and survival. How To Purify Water During Disasters. Bow - The Bike Wheel Bow. How to Make an Everlasting Candle from Crisco (it doesn’t smell!) How To Build an Emergency Power System. 10 Survival Lessons Learned In Combat. How To Build A Vertical Aquaponic System.

11 Steps to Living a Strategic Life - Free for Everyone Today. Survival Gear Checklist for Beginning Preppers. TheSurvivalMom. Backdoor Survival - Survival blog and prepper tools for creating a sustainable lifestyle using self-reliance, thoughtful prepping and optimism. Helping each other on the climb to self-reliance and preparedness…the Survival Sherpa way…One step at a time. Scavenging. About Us - Provident Living Today.

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