Author: Damian Brindle

  • Twas the Night AFTER Christmas… Prepper Style!

    Twas the Night AFTER Christmas… Prepper Style!

    ‘Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that there would be food in there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of a meal danced in their heads; And mamma in…

  • 7 Disaster Awareness Tools to Bookmark

    7 Disaster Awareness Tools to Bookmark

    While you’re having a good time thinking about the holidays, I figured I would compile a list of the most useful disaster awareness tools you can and should make use of, all of which are listed in my Hazard Risk Assessment Tools page. 🙂 The following can be used to track ongoing or potential upcoming disasters…

  • Rainwater Harvesting: Why You Should Do It And How! (Guest Post)

    Rainwater Harvesting: Why You Should Do It And How! (Guest Post)

    Storing water almost always ends up at the top of a prepper’s checklist of essentials during SHTF situations, and understandably so as it is the most important aspect of a person’s survival. Having water in your body could spell the difference between life and death. Always remember that a person can last only three days,…

  • THRIVE Freeze Dried Chopped Spinach

    THRIVE Freeze Dried Chopped Spinach

    My wife decided to make some vegetable quesadillas but didn’t have any frozen spinach and so we choose to use some of our Thrive Freeze Dried Chopped Spinach instead: Here’s what it looks like directly in the can: After a few minutes of rehydration this is what you get: Added to the rest of the…

  • Be Your Own Handyman… When You Can

    Be Your Own Handyman… When You Can

    It seems to me that one of the MANY skills we’ve lost as a culture–especially as a result of our “disposable” goods mentality–is the ability to fix things and otherwise to make do with what we have. Don’t get me wrong, if I could honestly afford to always call a repairman to fix things for…

  • OxyLED Q6 Smart Rechargeable LED Flashlight Review

    OxyLED Q6 Smart Rechargeable LED Flashlight Review

    I received this OxyLED® Q6 Led Lamp / Lantern for review and I can honestly say that I was surprised at how useful of a light it’s turning out to be. Thought I have many lights–in the form of flashlights, lanterns, and headlamps–I’ve never had a flashlight like this, in that, it’s sort of like a…

  • Best 5 Minute Soda Can Alcohol Stove!

    Best 5 Minute Soda Can Alcohol Stove!

    No doubt there are quite a few designs for mini soda can alcohol stoves… it’s like people have a fascination with them or something. I guess I do too. 😉 Most soda can builds, it seems to me, require two soda cans and a bit more cutting than I’d prefer. This design, however, is quick…

  • THRIVE Express Garden Fresh Vegetable Pasta

    THRIVE Express Garden Fresh Vegetable Pasta

    This Thrive Express Garden Fresh Vegetable Pasta is a nice entree for a small dinner party, for example. I ended up bringing this dish to my kid’s end-of-season basketball party and it went pretty fast. 🙂 Unlike any of the other Thrive Express meals I’ve revised thus far this particular one seems to have sucked in…

  • Collect Pocket Change… You’d be Surprised at How Much You Can Collect!

    Collect Pocket Change… You’d be Surprised at How Much You Can Collect!

    Seeing as though most people (I assume) tend to use credit and debit cards for most purchases these days, cash tends to be far less “valuable” to have on-hand and, oh boy, let’s not consider keeping loose change around… talk about useless these days. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. In recent weeks–since…