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What Would You Do If You Broke Your Arm During a Disaster?
Just yesterday (in my 90 Day Exercise Routine Update) I mentioned that I had done something funny to my arm (and body) after messing around with my kids earlier in the week. Yeah, I know, I’m getting older and shouldn’t do stuff like that but it got me to thinking what if this were an actual emergency…
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Egg Storage – Week 10 Results
Another week past, who would have guessed these eggs made it 10 weeks thus far! I think we’ve had a small change but maybe not a big deal. For starters, the mineral oil egg didn’t float (like normal) and didn’t smell funny either: I then cracked the egg and began cooking it. As you can…
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3 Reasons to Stay Away From DIY Projects
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, especially about how I approach prepping. I’ve been re-thinking many things I do, from how I ensure I’m not neglecting things or better use of checklists and one area that I’ve been on the fence about is the DIY aspect of prepping… until recently. Now, I’ll be among the first…
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Today is World Water Day [infographic]
Apparently today is “world water day” and I was asked to mention this infographic on Why Plumbers are Heroes. Spend 30 seconds and read the infographic; it’s an eye-opening reminder about how important clean water is to our health. In fact, I’m reminded of a quote that went something like “we owe our health more…
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297 Free Survival Books and Manuals
ArmageddonOnline.org contacted me a few days back and pointed out they had a huge library of survival books (PDF files) and other manuals that you may want to bookmark… and I thought I had a lot of files to share! FYI, I had trouble opening these files in my browser (it could just be my…
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What Are You Neglecting? (Keep Up With Things That Wear Out)
Preparedness is about a lot of things, from buying stuff to learning new skills and especially about making plans. It’s also very much about keeping up with your stuff and ensuring your equipment and supplies are there and ready when you need them to be. I’m sure I’ve said it before but it bears repeating:…
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Review of O2 Cool Portable Fan
I know it’s the wrong time of year to talk about portable fans but I recently purchased this for upcoming spring and summer camping and, of course, couldn’t help but fiddle with it. That said, it’s also useful for emergency power outages which is another big reason why I bought it. Upon initial un-boxing, I…
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Introduction to Small Game Hunting and Trapping by Editor-at-Large, Jerry Ward
We’ve all heard the “rule”- the human body can survive for roughly thirty days without food. Our individual metabolism and body fat percentages can cause a shift of a few days in either direction, but at some point a caloric deficit will lead to the shutting down of organ systems and death. Given that fact,…
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Egg Storage Experiment – Week 9 Results
I can hardly believe I’m halfway through this experiment already! As you might remember from last week I choose to discard the control eggs since they were not going to be used or tested, so all I have left to show are the mineral oil eggs. There isn’t much to update this week as everything…