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Is Your Families Next Disaster Going To Be Apocalyptic In Nature?

From Modern Survival Blog

Solar Flares, EMP, Hyperinflation due to a global collapse of the economy or Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, although these I believe are all very real possibilities in our world as it exists today, are there other equally devastating emergencies that can literally cripple your families livelihood? Prepping is not just for the “American Outliers” as National Geographic refers to the subjects on its “Doomsday Prepper” television program. In other words I guess they think of us, as individuals that are on the outside of a bell shaped curve or the prepper “crazies” as referred to in a recent article on this blog. Prepping and being prepared for natural disasters, TEOTWAWKI scenarios, and personal disasters such as the loss of a job or an illness that prevents you from work just amounts to plain old “common sense” something that seems to be in very short supply in our culture.

I guess being prepared and by having some long term food storage and a few emergency supplies around just makes sense, especially to a guy who grew up on a farm in the upper Midwest, which is in tornado country. My folks always planted a garden and prepared canned goods that were stored and placed basement so that we would have the necessary provisions to make it through the winter and when times were not as plentiful. Many of our neighbors had root cellars for food storage and some folks even bomb shelters! So were we…

Top 20 Survival Preparedness Books

From Modern Survival Blog

The following list of survival preparedness related books are the top twenty most popular linked through Modern Survival Blog on Amazon.com during 2012, so far. What people are buying, and the rankings may pique your interest for you to know the popularity of the many survival books that are available out there, some of which you may want to pick up for your own reference.

1. Encyclopedia of Country Living

2. Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game

3. SAS Survival Handbook

4. U.S. Airforce Survival Handbook

5. Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness

6. Where There Is No Dentist

7. Back to Basics: Complete Guide to Traditional Skills

8. Doom & Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook

9. Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Veggies

10. Where There Is No Doctor

11. All New Square Foot Gardening

12. How To Survive the End of the World As We Know It

13. One Second After

14. Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook

15. Emergency Food Storage and Survival Handbook

16. Trapper’s Bible: Traps, Snares & Pathguards

17. Mini Farming: Self Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

18. Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing and Smoking Meat, Fish & Game

19. Prepper’s Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things

20. Field Guide to Medicinal Plants
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Alternate Food Storage: A Week in a Bucket, by ChemEngineer

From SurvivalBlog.com

Food Storage has been talked and written at length, but equally important are the logistics of Food Usage when it comes time to break out that food and begin using it. To store the food that way that it will be used, I’ll put “A Week in a Bucket”. It takes some meal-planning and some smaller packages to be able to store “A Week in a Bucket”; but when it comes time to use these pre-planned, balanced diets, opening one bucket at a time is much preferred to opening a bucket of beans, a bucket of rice, a bucket of canned chicken, canned beef… you get the idea… plus it is easier to inventory as well as easier to “grab-and-go/ take a week” for shorter stints in case of temporary evacuation or trips to “the country”.

Those who store 45 pounds of wheat (or oats, or beans, etc) in mylar lined 5 gallon buckets may get very tired of that wheat (or whatever) before it gets used up or may not have a large enough pantry if several different buckets need to be opened at the same time to provide balanced meals at the point of use. I certainly do not want open food containers all around attracting bugs and rodents if I can pre-plan to get meal-sized portions into mylar and into the buckets, then open them when I need them. Then discard (or reuse) the mylar bags. For me, being a big fan of…

The judging is complete……finally!

From ModernSurvivalOnline.com

Below are the results from the latest Guest Post Contest. The next one starts Tuesday.

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Letter Re: Feeding The Redoubt: The Painted Mountain Corn Project

From SurvivalBlog.com

Dear SurvivalBloggers:
For all who are called to the American Redoubt: Secure your food and preserve your freedom of action!

If you don’t have a place to grow your own healthy food, support those who do. Go in for shares. Help them every way you can. Growing all your own food now may not be economically viable, but secure sources of food are your lifeline in the future. Our goal should be not only to survive, but to thrive!

My brother and I were born and raised in the American Redoubt and grew up living the life of “preppers” and “survivalists” out of financial and environmental necessity. We did not realize our lifestyle was unusual until going off on scholarships to boarding school on the east coast and college in the south. In these uncertain times, we have come back home to our wild mountains, to make the preparations that need to be made. As our father, New Ordinance, says, “I want to turn the lights back on. As I see it, we are here not only to survive the approaching vicissitudes but to preserve the ‘arts of civilization’ and pass the torch to the next generation so that a new civilization can emerge from the detritus of the old to fulfill the original promise and destiny of America.” (From “The Secret Weapon,” Copyright © 2012 New Ordinance)

Speaking as a member of my generation, this is a daunting responsibility. How does one…

Thank you Contest sponsors…….

From ModernSurvivalOnline.com

I want to give a special “Thank You” to the sponsors of my most recent contest.

Below is the breakdown of the prizes awarded and the sponsoring company involved.

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 A fantastic Rainwater Harvesting System provided by Water Tanks.com. This system consists of a 305 gallon Water Storage Tank, a Clean Rain Ultra Downspout Diverter, Rainwater Harvesting Manway Adapter Kit,  and a 3/4″ Drain hose Kit.

Rainwater Harvesting System:

When it comes to being prepared, nothing is more important than water…without it, you become a refugee with-in 24 hours.  In this day and age of uncertainty and skyrocketing prices, water saved and reused is money saved.  Having an adequate supply of clean useable water on-hand at all times means peace of mind for you and your loved ones.  When it comes to water storage, nothing proves to be more efficient and cost-effective than Rainwater Harvesting.  This kit includes everything you need to get started on your own Rainwater Harvesting System and prepare your family for the unexpected.

System Includes:

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Clean Rain Ultra Downspout Diverter: $ 73.00 - http://www.watertanks.com/products/RAIN______0595-040

Rainwater Harvesting Manway Adaptor Kit: $ 53.03 - http://www.watertanks.com/products/RAIN______0590-007

¾” Hose Drain Kit: $ 22.69 - http://www.watertanks.com/products/DRAIN_____0570-005

Shipping $…

What’s under my lawn?

From What if IT is today? – A Survivalist’s Blog

Since I’ve watered my front and back lawn several times this week it’s greening up nicely.  I know it means I’m going to be mowing more than two or three times a year but to not have the foxtails on the animals or the grand kids clothes will make it all worth the extra time.  This evening I was moving the back sprinkler that’s in the middle of the lawn.  I only have one sprinkler for the back and it pretty well covers the lawn which is about 80 or 90 feet square.  I moved it before I turned it on because it wasn’t quite reaching the patio.  About a ten foot strip wasn’t getting watered.  I must have moved it too much because the patio was soaked when I looked at it about 30 minutes later.  I turned the water off and moved it again.  I tried pushing the stake into the ground.  It wouldn’t go more than 2 inches.  It sounded like I hit a rock.  I moved it a few inches away, hit something again.  Moved it a little more, hit something again.  I dug through the wet lawn and felt the rock.  It wasn’t a rock.  It felt like cement.  I have no clue what is under my lawn. 

When I moved in 15 years ago the yard was split in half with a bunch of plants enclosing the lawn area to about 25 feet.  There were…

Guest Post: Essential Earthquake Survival Tips

From ModernSurvivalOnline.com

Essential Earthquake Survival Tips

Earthquakes are one of the most devastating natural disasters out there, and they affect hundreds of thousands of people all around the world each and every year. They also sadly lead to a lot of deaths and in many cases, these deaths and/or injuries can be avoided by gaining a little bit of knowledge on what to do if and when an earthquake strikes.

If you live in an area of the world that is particularly prone to earthquakes (San Francisco perhaps) then I urge you to read on as I’m going to be sharing some essential tips for surviving an earthquake that you might not already know and could even save your life.

How to prepare for an earthquake:

A big part of surviving an earthquake is actually making sure that you are prepared for one. There are quite a few ways in which you are able to do this, including the following:

Stock up on emergency supplies: You never know how bad an earthquake is going to be before it strikes to it makes sense to be prepared. You should stock up on anything you could possibly need in preparation for an earthquake including bottled water, emergency supplies of food (tinned foods perhaps), first aid kit (this is essential for any home in an earthquake prone zone), flashlights and a radio if at all possible. You should also consider having spare blankets or warm clothing in your…

Make Your Own DIY Bags

From SHTF blog

I love making bags.  And not the cute frilly gift bags, I’m talking about really useful bags here. There’s something so satisfying about starting with a jumble of stuff and organizing it with a simple fabric bag. Some basic sewing skills are needed to make all of these.  I’m not going to tell you how to thread your needle or measure properly. If you need help with fabric selection or the right/wrong sides of fabrics, consult your nearest seamstress.

The basic bag pattern I use is as follows:  If you need your bag to be 10 inches wide and 30 inches long, you’ll need two rectangles of fabric, 10×30, or one length of fabric, 10×60.  If you want to drawstring close the top, add another inch to the top of both rectangles, this will be folded down and sewn to make the casing for the drawstring.   Pin the two rectangles together, right sides together, sew 3 sides, leaving the top open.  If using 1 piece, fold it so the right sides are together and sew  the two sides, leaving the top open.  If you want the drawstring closure, fold the top edge down, sew around that folded down edge, close to the raw edge, leaving an inch  or so open so you can thread your cord of choice in the casing.

Bags for food storage - Root veggies like potatoes and onions and garlic can all be stored in bags. Sometimes it’s easy to acquire…

DIY Bags

From SHTF blog

I love making bags.  And not the cute frilly gift bags, I’m talking about really useful bags here. There’s something so satisfying about starting with a jumble of stuff and organizing it with a simple fabric bag. Some basic sewing skills are needed to make all of these.  I’m not going to tell you how to thread your needle or measure properly. If you need help with fabric selection or the right/wrong sides of fabrics, consult your nearest seamstress.

The basic bag pattern I use is as follows.  If you need your bag to be 10 inches wide and 30 inches long, you’ll need two rectangles of fabric, 10×30, or one length of fabric, 10×60.  If you want to drawstring close the top, add another inch to the top of both rectangles, this will be folded down and sewn to make the casing for the drawstring.   Pin the two rectangles together, right sides together, sew 3 sides, leaving the top open.  If using 1 piece, fold it so the right sides are together and sew  the two sides, leaving the top open.  If you want the drawstring closure, fold the top edge down, sew around that folded down edge, close to the raw edge, leaving an inch  or so open so you can thread your cord of choice in the casing.

Bags for food storage - Root veggies like potatoes and onions and garlic can all be stored in bags.   Sometimes it’s easy to acquire…