Backpacking Food for the Soul 100 Items to Disappear First 100 Items to Disappear First 1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy...target of thieves; maintenance etc.) 2. Water Filters/Purifiers 3. From a Sarajevo War Survivor: Experiencing horrible things that can happen in a war - death of parents and friends, hunger and malnutrition, endless freezing cold, fear, sniper attacks. 1.
"HOW TO" Knowledge Base for Emergency Preparedness This is an ongoing knowledge base dedicated to “How to” information that I’ve found already explained elsewhere. There are so many links–600+ in fact–that you’re sure to find plenty to make use of. I hope you find this informative and that it proves useful in your time of need. Note: Dates shown in curly brackets {such as these} are the date the link was added here. DISCLAIMER: Some of this information can potentially be dangerous, even deadly… attempt at your own risk! Water Treatment Water Procurement and Storage Food Procurement / Gardening Food Storage and Preservation Make Specific Foods Other Food Considerations Health Concerns First Aid / Emergency Medical Info Hygiene and Sanitation Concerns Home Safety / Personal Safety OPSEC / Privacy Defense / Security / Weapons Fire Resources Stoves and Ovens Solar Options Generators / Alternative Power Other Energy Considerations Bug Out / Wilderness Considerations Alternative Shelter / Clothing Everything Else
Bug Out Bag – The 7 Types of Gear You Must Have to Survive Bug Out Bag For someone new to being a Survivalist building your first Bug Out Bag can seem like a big task. Everybody you read about has been tweaking theirs for months or even years and has a pile of gear built up. A Bug Out Bag, also called a BOB, I.N.C.H Bag (I’m Never Coming Home Bag),Get Out of Dodge Bag (GOOD Bag), or 72 Hour Bag is usually designed to get you out of an emergency situation and allow you to survive self-contained for up to 3 days. Here are the 7 basic types of gear you will need for your Bug Out Bag: 1. It should go without saying that water is a survival basic for any situation. 1 Liter per day per person is really the bare minimum. To expand your capability or survive longer than a couple of days you will need a water purification system. 2. Backpack Meals For a 3 Day Bug Out Bag Backpack Meals and Energy Bars can be sufficient. 3. Your Bug Out Bag clothes should be similar to what you would pack for a weekend backpacking trip. 4. They Don’t have a ground tarp… 5.
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. If you were unexpectedly stranded in a wilderness environment then your chances of survival would be significantly enhanced if you had three common items in your possession. However, assuming you are simply in a dense forest, or in a jungle, or on a tropical island, then the following three items would significantly improve your chances of survival: a knife,a new butane lighter, anda compass. A Knife Other than the will to live, the most important survival necessity is a basic hunting knife. A knife has a multitude of practical uses such as providing you with: There are a number of companies that make good hunting knives, including Buck, Gerber, and Winchester. The Winchester Knife in the above center-right picture is a basic knife that is useful for a variety of tasks, including emergency self-defense.
Paranoid DIY: Do's and Don'ts of Faraday Cages, Build Your Own And Protect Your Vital Electronics. | Paranoid News - UFOs, Conspiracies and the end of the world. Get Paranoid! As you may recall, last week we talked about how to make a Faraday wallet which, while very effective to prevent the RFID chips from broadcasting information about you were still very small to put your electronic valuables in there. I tried to stuff my cellphone inside mine and I was barely able to cover half of it! So now as part of the Paranoid DIY series I am going to post an article about Faraday cages and how to make your own to save your computer, your radio, your camera or whatever electronic belonging you may have that you are attached to. In my case, is my coffee maker machine and my computer, cause I live on pr0n and coffee cigarettes, internet and coffee. Hit the break to read more about this. First of all, you need to know the DOs and DON’Ts and the myths about Faraday cages. Now, in the last DIY article, the one about the Faraday wallet I said that “Also, you can wrap whatever you want to shield in tinfoil” . Picture courtesy of jeddaniels.com Thanks to Isabelle for the tip.
Hobo Stove | Practical Survivor Urban survival is a tricky subject to discuss. There are advantages to urban survival. Anywhere you look there are items in trash cans and dumpsters that can be used to improve a survival situation. Keep an open mind during any survival situation. Whether backpacking, camping, or surviving, having a way to cook can make a huge difference. A coffee can or large vegetable/ravioli can will allow you to build a stove and cook. Items used to build this stove: * Coffee can * Can opener * Tin snips * Drill and drill bits * Metal coat hanger There are many methods that could be used to build this stove. We use a metal coat hanger to build rods which will help hold up the cooking pot. The top side of a coffee can is already opened. We then used the tin snips to cut a small door. We tried to use a can piercer (triangle can opener) to make the holes instead of a drill. For this project we used a drill with a 1/2 inch drill bit to make the larger holes at the bottom of the can. Materials:
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 sad truth is that the vast majority of Americans would last little more than a month on what they have stored up in their homes. Most of us are so used to running out to the supermarket or to Wal-Mart for whatever we need that we never even stop to consider what would happen if suddenly we were not able to do that. Already the U.S. economy is starting to stumble about like a drunken frat boy. Unless you already live in a cave or you are a complete and total mindless follower of the establishment media, you should be able to see very clearly that our society is more vulnerable now than it ever has been. But even without all of that, the truth is that the U.S. economy is going to collapse. Are you prepared? #1) Storable Food #3) Shelter
7 actions to take immediately following an EMP strike | Prepper-Resources.com - The Ultimate Prepper & Survivalist Blog. The threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) strike on this country is a very well documented one, I have written about the threat in the past and have used information from the EMP Commission report which was published in 2004 in several of my articles. Most recently I read an article published over on the Economic Collapse Blog which sums up nicely what impact an EMP strike would have on our country. An electromagnetic pulse can range from a minor inconvenience to a civilization-killing event. It just depends on how powerful it is. But in the worst case scenario, we could be facing a situation where our electrical grids have been fried, there is no heat for our homes, our computers don’t work, the Internet does not work, our cell phones do not work, there are no more banking records, nobody can use credit cards anymore, hospitals are unable to function, nobody can pump gas, and supermarkets cannot operate because there is no power and no refrigeration. 1- Use your cash. a. b. c. d.
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] These are now referred to as the "classic" essentials. In 2003 The Mountaineers revised the essential list as part of the 7th edition of "Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills"[5] to keep up with modern equipment. Navigation (map and compass)Sun protection (sunglasses and sunscreen)Insulation (extra clothing)Illumination (headlamp/flashlight)First-aid suppliesFire (waterproof matches/lighter/candles)Repair kit and toolsNutrition (extra food)Hydration (extra water)Emergency shelter (tarp, bivy bag, space blanket) The textbook recommends supplementing the ten essentials with: Not every expedition will require the use of an essential item. Other "essentials"[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
37 things you should hoard – or is it 55? Randomly checking emails today I came across a link that stated there were 37 thing I should hoard in case of emergency. We may have one or two snow storms this season so I clicked the link. Sadly, there was nothing there. Apparently the author did not think the domain was worth hoarding… I did a google search and found that the 37 things I wanted to look at was not a list, but a book. It had honestly never occurred to me to stock up on cat food… (maybe in part because I buy his food by tens of pounds) They had some good points with the list though. So, in lieu of politics at this time (I have numerous posts that I keep meaning to write and somehow hours slip away from me) and since it’s almost snowy season time – check out some lists of things you should hoard: Check out the particulars of this list here – as the lists are long and include some of their own shopping links. This list includes things like water containers, tarps, it’s pretty extensive. 1.