As the year ends tonight and we start to look forward to a new year, we tend to reflect on how we are doing. This year was a struggle for a lot of people, the Presidential election was bitter, the economy failing, unemployment is high, food and fuel prices are high, and we have no leadership. And that is only in California. We tend to reflect on the negative and hope for the best in the New Year.

Freeze-dried food pouches make convenient, light-weight camping meals. You don’t need any extra dishes beyond a spoon or fork to eat with and a pot to boil water in. You can also use pouches of freeze-dried food as long-lasting food stores in case of emergency. Freeze-dried foods are almost as nutritious as fresh, and they can be stored at room temperature for years. Making Freeze-dried food a great option for long term storage.

Everyone has an idea of what an earthquake is and how they happen, for those of you who don’t know well here you go. Earthquakes occur when energy is released deep in the Earth, along the fault lines where the mammoth plates that make up the earths outer layer push the sides of the fault
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Surviving Anything is a good book for tips on getting through life threatening situations, understanding basic emergency skills, and survival instincts. The book explains everything in a way that everyone can understand. I think that as a prepperOne who prepares and survivalist this is a good book to help make
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Is it finally becoming aware to some government and state officials that the value of the dollar is at risk of not being worth the paper its printed on? State Rep. Jerry O’Neil, R-Columbia Falls, is spooked enough about the country’s fiscal picture to request that his legislative pay come in the form of gold and
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Cleaning Your and Caring For Your Oven Now that you have your oven, know a little history on it and how to properly cook with it, you need to know how to care for it so it will last a lifetime or longer. Seasoned ready to use cast iron cookware can be used right from
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CampDutch OvenFuel Choosing and Lighting There’s not a lot involved in great outdoor cooking. It only takes a little preparation, a good recipe, and some hungry family, friends or neighbors. It is helpful to have everything you need at hand so you are not running back and forth. Here is a general list of what
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New Yorks Staten Island residents are proof that FEMAFederal Emergency Management Agency and other government aid doesn’t help everyone.  Residents of Staten Island are cold, homeless, and fed up with the lack of federal help more than a week after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the area and less than 24 hours after being hit with a more powerful than
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Today the 5th of November is a day to remember…ok that as far as my rhyming goes. Today is National Buy Ammunition Day, we are asking everyone to go to your local gun store, Wal-mart, Big 5, Cabelas, anywhere that sells ammunition. This move started off asking everyone to buy bulk ammo but we understand that some
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One of the most important, but probably one of the most overlooked aspects of survival preparedness is hygiene. In a disaster or collapse situation in which the services which most of us take for granted – such as water sanitation and trash removal – stop running, you will see large outbreaks of sickness and disease that come as result of living in our own waste in densely populated areas.