Tornado survival tips: Weather the storm safely

I’ve always been afraid of tornadoes, even before I heard of the Wicked Witch of the West and: “Surrender Dorothy!” If you live in an area with the potential for tornadoes or cyclones, you owe it to yourself and your family to be prepared! by Leon Pantenburg Anybody who grew up or lived near Gilbert, in …

Campfire Survival Cooking: Learn the Green Stick Tripod Method

Some of the most valuable survival tools are simple, useful methods of doing everyday tasks. Here’s a simple way to cook over a campfire when you don’t have a grill or some sort of pot holder. When it comes to cooking during a survival situation, you may only have a metal pot or cast iron …

Reader’s comments: Controlling panic when canoe capsizes in whitewater

Here’s what a reader commented about controlling panic: Visit our store! If you’re wired to the Net you can order your medications cheap viagra for women online and you’ll most likely receive the package the next day. Some common side effects of testosterone and anabolic steroids are: increased viagra soft tablet blood pressure, increased cholesterol, …

How to: Choose the right sleeping bag

One of the things you don’t want to have to improvise is a good sleeping bag. If you can’t sleep at night because you’re cold, the next day is guaranteed to be exhausting. Too light a bag can put you in danger of hypothermia. Too heavy a bag may be  too hot for comfort and …

How to make chicken fajitas with storage foods

  Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods. This survival recipe features Dried Chicken Dices. These  chicken dices can be substituted in virtually any dish that uses fresh chicken. The chicken dices are great in …

Leave a Note, Save Your Life!

Home If nobody knows you’ve gone, or where to look, or when you might be back, it could be a long wait  to be rescued! An detailed note, left behind before any outing, should be Standard Operating Procedure. The note could end up being a lifesaver! These writing materials could be some of your most important survival …

Video survival recipe: How to make Re-fried Beans

Home Beans are a staple of  long term food storage, and for good reason. Beans are a great source of useable protein, contain no cholesterol and are rich in fiber. They are also a good source of Vitamins A and C, Thiamine, potassium and iron. Pinto beans are a great long-term storage staple, and taste great …

Edible Wild Plants: Miner’s Lettuce

Home Miner’s lettuce (Montia perfoliata), an edible plant, is widely distributed throughout the high desert areas of Central Oregon. Learn how to recognize this plant, and you’ll be able to come up with a tasty salad in the wilderness! Visit our store! E-cig cartridges don’t manufacture any ashes or flames, smokes and different harmful gases …

Peter Kummerfeldt: How to use signal mirrors for survival signalling

Home At some point, you may need to attract a rescuer’s attention. It would be in any situation, from being lost in the wilderness to being stuck on a rooftop during a flood. But when people are looking for you, though, you may be an insignificant object in a vast  space. This signal mirror is …

10 tips for staying cool during a power outage/heat wave emergency

Home All things considered, any emergency situation can be made worse by the weather! Heat waves, coupled with power outages, can be deadly. Learn what you can do! By Leon Pantenburg What happens when an earthquake occurs along the New Madrid Seismic Zone (The United States’ second largest earthquake area, located near New Madrid, Mo., …