10 Ways to Survive a Snowstorm. There's no truer statement than the old adage "you can't control the weather.
" You can't even predict it with complete certainty. As advanced as our meteorological forecasting techniques are these days, weather systems are changeable forces of nature. They can come on quickly, switch direction without notice and build in intensity in a short period of time. Whether you're at home, on foot, in your car or at work, a winter snowstorm can catch you off guard. The National Snow and Ice Data Center defines a blizzard as a "violent winter storm, lasting at least 3 hours, which combines below freezing temperatures and very strong wind laden with blowing snow that reduces visibility to less than 1 km.
" If a blizzard is bad enough, snow plows and salt trucks won't even brave the elements. 3 Things You Will Always Need. WTSHTF maybe you are prepared for an extended survival scenario away from civilization, but you have to get out of the city first (maybe).
In a disaster situation that might not be so easy. If you have these three things in place you will greatly increase your chances. 1. Three Most Important Wilderness Survival Items. The Three Most Important Wilderness Survival Items Copyright © 2008 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All Rights Reserved. Click Here for a Microsoft WORD printer friendly copy of this article. 8 Common Mistakes of Wilderness Survival. 1.
No Shelter This is a two fold mistake that will cost you your life in a Wilderness Survival Situation. The first fold of this mistake is not having a proper shelter with you, the second fold is not having the knowledge to build a shelter from nature’s tools which are all around you. A List of Lists. Primitive Camping Supply List Essentials. 100 Items to Disappear First. 100 Items to Disappear First 1.
Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Rise Of The Preppers: 50 Of The Best Prepper Websites And Blogs On The Internet. Are you preparing for the collapse of society?
If so, the truth is that you are definitely not alone. The number of preppers in the U.S. has absolutely exploded in recent years. It has been estimated that there are now approximately 3 million preppers in the United States, and “Doomsday Preppers” is currently the highest rated show on the National Geographic channel.
In fact, you could be living next to a prepper and never even know it. All over America, families are transforming spare rooms into long-term food storage pantries, planting survival gardens, unplugging from the grid, converting their homes over to alternative sources of energy, taking self-defense courses and stocking up on just about everything that you can imagine. The Top 100 Items to Disappear First. You could also call this “The Top 100 Things You should start stocking up on.”
Even if you don’t need more than 2 (you should always have 2 of everything) each item on this list will be great for bartering. This list was discussed and chosen by the members of SurvivalCache.com Forums. No Particular Order. I’ve also linked to items that we carry at our store Forge Survival Supply. 1. The Fantastic Four – 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life. Did you realize that knowing just 4 wild edible plants could one day save your life?
If there were any four categories of plants that I would recommend all people to know how to use and identify it would be these: Grass, Oak, Pine, and Cattail. For the knowledgeable survivor, knowing just these four plants can make the difference between life and death if stranded in the wilds – for each one is an excellent food source which can sustain you until help arrives.
Top 100 Items to Disappear First During a National Emergency. Top 3 multi-purpose survival items. With a very limited number of items that you can carry in a survival situation, you need to make sure that some of those items have multiple purposes.
Please click on the link below and let me know what you think of this article by security, survival and self-defense expert David Morris. Top Post-Collapse Barter Items. By Brandon Smith Alt-Market.com The concept of private barter and alternative economies has been so far removed from our daily existence here in America that the very idea of participating in commerce without the use of dollars or without the inclusion of corporate chains seems almost outlandish to many people.
However, the fact remains that up until very recently (perhaps the last three to four decades) barter and independent trade was commonplace in this country. Without it, many families could not have survived. Whether we like it or not, such economic methods will be making a return very soon, especially in the face of a plunging dollar, inflating wholesale prices, erratic investment markets, and unsustainable national debts. It is inevitable; financial collapse of the mainstream system ALWAYS leads to secondary markets and individual barter. 10 Reasons to Become Self-Sufficient & 10 Ways to Get There. By Michael Edwards and Jeffrey Green Activist Post We are now three to five generations removed from the rural backbone that strengthened America.
The world at large has undergone a similar transformation as the promise of easier work has created a migration to big cities. These mega-cities could be seen as an experiment gone awry, as general well-being has declined, with suicide rates increasing across the world. Crowded conditions and economic strife have led to rampant crime, pollution, corporate malfeasance, and a dog-eat-dog type of competition that can be described as a temporary insanity.
20 Things You Will Need To Survive. Today, millions of Americans say that they believe that the United States is on the verge of a major economic collapse and will soon be entering another Great Depression. But only a small percentage of those same people are prepared for that to happen. The Top 100 Items to Disappear First. By Mr. Smashy Survival Cache You could also call this “The Top 100 Things You should start stocking up on.” Even if you don’t need more than 2 (you should always have 2 of everything) each item on this list will be great for bartering. This list was discussed and chosen by the members of SurvivalistBoards.com. No Particular Order. I’ve linked to a couple of the items you are less likely to find at Wal-Mart and other local stores. Generators Water Filters/Purifiers Portable Toilets Seasoned Firewood Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps Coleman Fuel.
The 25 Rules of Disinformation. Ten Essentials. A simple dry magnetic pocket compass The Ten Essentials are survival items that hiking and scouting organizations recommend for safe travel in the backcountry. List[edit] According to the Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 6th edition, the ten essentials are:[3] Top 10 Survival Downloads.
The 12 Rules of Survival. The 12 Rules of Survival has been out of a couple of years now, but it never hurts to reread them. Read the whole book “ Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why ” if you get an opportunity! Also, check out his new book “Lucy” at www.laurencegonzales.com ! By Laurence Gonzales As a journalist, I’ve been writing about accidents for more than thirty years. In the last 15 or so years, I’ve concentrated on accidents in outdoor recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and why.
38 Survival Downloads and Handbooks. Posted on Aug 16, 2013 in Emergency Preparedness & Survival, Featured Articles, Urban Gardening, Farming & Homesteading Kevin Hayden – TruthisTreason.net If you find this material helpful, please consider donating $1 or $2 to the website! Thanks! 37 things you should hoard – or is it 55? 38 Must Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist. The Big List. Suggested Items for Long Term Survival. Some people are saying we should prepare for at least 7 days, but the way things go after a hurricane, tornado, floods, loss of electricity and the fact that these disasters will continue and perhaps even get worse in coming years according to trends, one week is not enough.
100 ITEMS TO DISAPPEAR FIRST. 9 Kits You Should Have in Your Home to Prepare You for Anything. How To Be A World-Class Survivalist in 5 Simple Steps. Top 14 Survival Downloads You Should Have. 33 Awesome DIY Projects For Preppers. By Todd Walker DiY skills may one day turn a tinkering hobby into life-saving knowledge. Turning book knowledge into useful stuff takes initiative. 10 Off-The-Wall Survival Tricks And Tools. 21 Ingeniously Mind-Blowing Camping Ideas. I’ve always loved camping and being in the outdoors. 36 DIY Survival Projects. 10 Skills Every Survivalist Should Learn. 21 DIY Emergency Preparedness Hacks. 21 Blogs with Advice on How to Create an Emergency Plan for Your Family.