#Survival

35 articles tagged with this topic (Including both blog posts and archived content)

Announcement Equipment

Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag - Book Give Away

Ekim December 4, 2012

2 min read

#72 Hour Kits #BOB #Books +10 more

Books Cooking

Preparedness items at local Sam's Clubs

Ekim June 6, 2012

1 min read

#Books #Education #Evacuation Kits +7 more

Family Preparedness Links

Living in the Past: Iron Age Reality

Jayce January 30, 2012

1 min read

#Education #Gardening #Howto +5 more

Equipment Fire

Homemade camping stove

Jayce January 21, 2012

1 min read

#Camping #DIY #Fire +4 more

Guns Skills

Sniper Training - Hitting 1200 Yards out in 3 days!

Phil January 5, 2012

4 min read

#Firearms #Howto #Preppers +1 more

Equipment Events

Group Stove Test: First Thoughts

Jayce November 22, 2011

3 min read

#Cooking #Food Storage #meetup +4 more

Alerts Family Preparedness

Parents - Keep your kids AWAY from the rivers!

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/06/IMGP0543.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3770" title="new nickname of "2shoe"" src="/images/uploads/2011/06/IMGP0543-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Last night was a pretty rough night, we <a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=15895363">pulled the body of an 8 year old boy out of the American Fork River here in Utah</a>. He was the fourth kid to<a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15740924&s_cid=rss-148"> die in the local rivers in the last week</a>.

Phil June 9, 2011

5 min read

#Community #Education #Flood +3 more

Earthquake Family Preparedness

Post Japan Earthquake Notes

I'm posting in an email that was forwarded to me, second hand from the source. The email is from a lady who's family is currently stationed in Japan, and relates their experiences with the earthquake. What I like best in this is her own analysis on her preparedness level, and what she wishes she could do better.

Jayce March 24, 2011

9 min read

#72 Hour Kits #Evacuation Kits #Food Storage +4 more

Links Winter/Snow Preparedness

Utah survival example in the news

There is an interesting example of Winter survival in the news today courtesy of <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=14657496">KSL</a>.

Ekim March 9, 2011

1 min read

#Article #BOB #EDC +5 more

Medical Personal Preparedness

Hypothermia - Signs and Symptoms and Treatment

<img src="file:///C:/Users/Phil/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Phil/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png" alt="" /><a href="/images/uploads/2011/02/hypothermia.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3429" title="hypothermia" src="/images/uploads/2011/02/hypothermia.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="199" /></a>With more than half the country being inundated by massive snow and ice storms and much of the rest of the country having below freezing temperatures, people are at a very high risk for Hypothermia. Knowing what Hypothermia is and how to treat it not only prepares you to help yourself but most importantly, to help others. I've consulted several resources to try to put together a very comprehensive overview of Hypothermia. Those resources include the<a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypothermia/DS00333"> Mayo Clinic</a>, my EMT Training Manuals, the<a href="http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/pdf/cold_guide.pdf"> CDC Guidelines for Hypothermia</a> and the <a href="http://www.hypothermia.org/Hypothermia_Ed_pdf/Alaska-Cold-Injuries.pdf">State of Alaska Cold Injuries Guidelines </a>(Alaska knows more about Hypothermia than anybody, their standards are what we use here for Search and Rescue).

Phil February 2, 2011

6 min read

#Cold Weather #Hypothermia #Medical +2 more

Family Preparedness Fire

Making Fire Starting Candles

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/01/EggTinder.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3368" title="EggTinder" src="/images/uploads/2011/01/EggTinder-194x300.jpg" alt="" width="194" height="300" /></a>Continuing my series on Light and Heat, today I'm going to talk about making Fire Starting Candles. There are a variety of ways to do this, today we're going to cover using cardboard egg cartons and dryer lint or cotton balls. This particular project will likely already be familiar to experienced Preppers and Boy Scouts. This post is aimed at those new to prepping who have never been exposed to this kind of thing.

Phil January 28, 2011

3 min read

#72 Hour Kits #BOB #Fire +5 more

Family Preparedness Light

Making Tallow Candles

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/01/TallowCandle.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3342" title="TallowCandle" src="/images/uploads/2011/01/TallowCandle-300x252.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="252" /></a>One of the things that frustrates me in Preparedness is that many of the texts and resources out there don't adequately cover "Pioneer Skills". That is to say, they present material lists and instructions that include things that are only available via modern-day manufacturing methods. Often times what I'm looking for is how do I make something out of nothing - nothing being the great abundance that nature provides us with! This is very true when it comes to activities like candle, cheese and soap making. I want to know how to do it in a true collapse or long term survival scenario.

Phil January 25, 2011

5 min read

#candles #Howto #light +4 more

Equipment TEOTWAWKI Survival

Building an A.R.K.

Probably the most well known TEOTWAWKI of all time is the story of Noah’s Ark. A devastating flood wiping out everything and everyone you know, and relocating you to some foreign land, is definitely the end of the world as you know it. When thinking about this story, we usually think about the 40 days and nights on the ark, and how Noah and his family had to survive that. But in reality that was not the real survival situation. The real survival situation started when the waters receded and Mr. and Mrs. Noah had to start over. Building, planting, raising animals – all had to be handled from square one.

LukeHopkin October 29, 2009

6 min read

#escape #rations #self defense +3 more

Equipment Guns

Burying a gun or other preps

Ekim October 7, 2009

3 min read

#Evacuation Kits #Firearms #G.O.O.D. Bags +8 more

TEOTWAWKI Survival

Making Better Char Cloth

When starting a flint and steel or striker type of fire, char cloth makes all the difference in being able to actually get the fire started or just making a bunch of sparks that never catch anything on fire. Char cloth (sometimes also called charred cloth) is one of those amazing mountain man items that is still very useful today. Char cloth is pieces of blackened fabric that easily catch a spark and burn similarly to the way steel wool burns--no big flame, but a nice ember burn that doesn't blow out once it's lit. The spark lights the char cloth and the char cloth is used to light the other tinder. I've been wanting to add char cloth to my fire kits and having used all my char cloth made by others, I decided to make a batch of my own.

Angela July 27, 2009

5 min read

#72 Hour Kits #BOB #DIY +6 more

Clothing Equipment

Emergency Preparedness Priorities

<strong><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2205" src="/images/uploads/2009/06/scenery-mountain.jpg" alt="mountain scenery" width="240" height="164" />Our physical needs prioritized - The Rule of 3's</strong>:

Royal July 10, 2009

6 min read

#72 Hour Kits #BOB #Education +7 more

Lessons Learned Links

Prepping example on 18 Kids and Counting 4/7 on TLC

Tomorrow night, April 7th <a href="http://www.tlc.com">TLC</a> will be showing a new episode of <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/18-kids-and-counting/duggar-family.html">18 Kids and Counting</a>.

Ekim April 7, 2009

1 min read

#Links #Preppers #preps +2 more

Lessons Learned

TV Worth Watching

I'm not a big TV fan myself, as I expect many of the readers of this blog. But last year I did stumble on a show I really liked, called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alaska_Experiment">The Alaska Experiment</a>". The show took a couple small groups (2-4 people) of "regular people", and dropped them in backcountry Alaska, to survive into the winter. Now, not only was this TV, but it was reality-tv, which by nature I detest. And yet it drew me in like no other. Why? Because it showed just how little people knew, and just how difficult it was to survive, even with the large amount of help these people received. They had minimal food supplies given, they had shelter, and constant checkups to make sure they weren't in real harm. And yet it was still *very* difficult. Sure, at many points I would scream at people for what I saw as dumb decisions, but I have a better camping background than they. I was also sitting in my nice chair at home, instead of in the middle of Winter in Alaska.

Jayce March 25, 2009

2 min read

#Education #Survival #Winter

Personal Preparedness TEOTWAWKI Survival

My EDC (EveryDay Carry)

Phil February 25, 2009

5 min read

#BOB #EDC #gear +3 more

How To Personal Preparedness

Building a Vehicle Emergency Kit

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Phil February 23, 2009

13 min read

#BOB #Driving #Howto +2 more

Food Storage Lessons Learned

Ice Storm Stories and Preparedness

<img class="alignright" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20090131/i/r1571731380.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=5WL2ww2eC6Oik14Zea3.Xg--" alt="" width="251" height="167" />As most everyone should be aware, the last week has provided a harrowing survival experience for Kentucky and surrounding states with a major Ice Storm cutting off power to over<a href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9j8eu2_rYhJ_Z0A_yTQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjdmNoOTVjBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12jq0ecc4/EXP=1233780543/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm_97"> 1.5 million homes and killing 55 people</a>.

Phil February 4, 2009

11 min read

#Bugging In #Ice Storm #Lessons Learned +2 more

Personal Preparedness

Prepping for and Surviving an Airplane Crash

<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-982" title="plane-crash-2" src="/images/uploads/2009/01/plane-crash-2-150x102.jpg" alt="plane-crash-2" width="150" height="102" />Yesterday's incident of a crash landing on the Hudson River where there was a 100% survival rate got me thinking about airplane crash survival and prep. Apparently several others were thinking about it too, there are several articles out in the last (less than) 24 hours about surviving a plane crash. Hopefully I can provide a useful summary and some fresh thought on this topic.

Phil January 16, 2009

8 min read

#BOB #EDC #Plane Survival +2 more

Personal Preparedness

SOS Sportster Solar Oven

I ordered a Solar Oven Society Sportster Oven with optional reflectors on a Monday and it arrived on my door step a precisely one week later. My neighbor has a Global Sun Oven, but hasn't used it. Not having any experience with this subject, and not knowing anyone who had used one, I performed some research online.

Ekim January 15, 2009

3 min read

#Food #Food Storage #gear +4 more

Seasonal Preparedness

Get Home Bag

Jayce December 30, 2008

11 min read

#Article #Driving #EDC +7 more

Seasonal Preparedness

Winter/Snow Driving Preps, Part 3 of 3, Driving Tips

<img class="alignright" src="http://www.freefoto.com/images/16/16/16_16_37---Car-in-the-snow_web.jpg" alt="" width="261" height="174" />This is the final post in our 3 part series, Winter and Snow Driving Preps. The first post, Prepping your Vehicle, can be found here followed by our second post, Supplementing your Gear.

Phil December 18, 2008

5 min read

#Driving #Preppers #preps +4 more

Seasonal Preparedness

Winter/Snow Driving Preps, Part 2 of 3, Gear Supplements

This is the second post in this series, the first can be found here.

Phil December 17, 2008

4 min read

#Driving #Preppers #preps +4 more

Seasonal Preparedness

Winter/Snow Driving Preps, Part 1 of 3, Prepping Your Vehicle

<img class="alignright" src="http://www.ratemyeverything.net/image/8723/0/Car_in_Snow.ashx" alt="" width="282" height="205" />Here in Utah, Winter is finally upon us! This generally means we get to share the road with a bunch of inexperienced snow drivers who think it's safer, not more dangerous, to drive 15 miles an hour on the freeway. Hopefully, all those people will read this post and we'll fix the I15 problem right here and now! Yeah right. But for you, dear reader, I offer some advice on how to prep your vehicle for winter, what to stash in your vehicle and some driving tips. Hopefully you'll have some sage advice to add to this in the comments.

Phil December 16, 2008

5 min read

#Driving #Preppers #preps +4 more

Food Storage

one-quarter cup

Over on "Food Storage... A Necessary Adventure", there is a recent post called <a href="http://adventuresinbloggingtoo.blogspot.com/2008/12/have-you-seen-14-cup-lately.html">Have you seen a 1/4 cup lately</a>.

Jayce December 12, 2008

2 min read

#Charity #Education #Food +4 more

Food Storage Political

The post where we go all Doom and Gloom

I suspect that most readers of this blog are slightly more intelligent than the average reality show addicted, talking head worshiping American that thinks that everything going on in the world and economy right now is just a hiccup that'll go away in the spring. You know, the ones that we preppers are pretty sure we're going to have to fight off from killing us and stealing our preps WTSHTF. But, just in case any of you are slightly towing the line with the popular hero-worshiping of the Socialistic head of the 'Office of the President Elect' thinking somehow he's going to Change anything but his mind, or that somehow he's going to bring Hope to the country - I bring you this.

Phil December 5, 2008

6 min read

#Depression #Economy #Food Storage +5 more

Reviews

Make some noise

Jayce December 3, 2008

1 min read

#Article #BOB #EDC +7 more

Links Reviews

Family BOB Example: The Lances

A local friend of mine recently posted his notes about creating a set of emergency bags (<a title="Definition of BOB - Bug Out Bag" href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/glossary/#BOB">BOB</a> - <a title="Definition of 72 hour kit" href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/glossary/#72-hour">72 Hour Kit</a>) for his family. It's great to see a friend getting his family so ready, and even better when they can share such excellent information. In his example, I think he does a great job of presenting how he will get his young sons to carry a small part of their own gear, without overtaxing them. I know all younger families like myself worry about how to 'carry enough' for the younger children, and this example shows great thought in dealing with that concern. Check out <a title="72 hour kit" href="http://www.thelances.net/james/2008/11/emergency_preparedness_-_72-ho.html">the Lances BOB setup</a>. Several pictures showing all the included gear, in and out of the bags.

Jayce November 30, 2008

3 min read

#BOB #EDC #gear +6 more

Food Storage Reviews

Review: Costco Emergency Supply Kit Deal

In the recent Costco mailer, some friends and I all noticed that a "72-hour" kit that Costco carries had a limited time online discount available. The $60 kit was/is available for a limited time for $40 with shipping (<a href="http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11314388&search=344593&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=344593&Ntt=344593&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1">Costco 72 hour kit sale</a>), so I decided to check it out. One more 72 hour kit could be good for my family, and if it was nice, would make a great gift to give to some family members and friends.

Jayce November 25, 2008

8 min read

#72 hour kit #BOB #Food +5 more

Food Storage Links

Why a Depression today would be worse than in the 1930's

Ekim November 20, 2008

5 min read

#Economy #Food Storage #Links +2 more

How To TEOTWAWKI Survival

Awesome Firestarter - cotton balls and vaseline

Phil November 18, 2008

3 min read

#Fire #firestarter #preps +1 more

Links

Teach Them Well

Sometimes it's nice to hear a little bit of good news. In a <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-survives-reality-tv-widerness-skills/story?id=12524850" target="_blank">story from last week</a> a boy in Oregon survived getting lost on Mt. Bachelor after losing a ski. The boy had been skiing apparently off regular tracks, and when it got dark, he took several smart steps.

Jayce January 1, 1970

2 min read

#Education #Survival #Winter

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