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Bugging Out “Alone”, by Professor Prepper

…have neighbors that live nearby who can drop in to help or at least provide some human contact and conversation. Water Several men struggled to find a source of fresh water. Going several days without fresh water, or without a fire to purify the water, caused much stress among the men. After several days without water, Brant didn’t investigate his source of fresh water and did not boil it to purify it. It turned out that he was drinking brackish water, which caused intestinal distress and hallucinations. Death could have followed had he not called for help. Mitch had to move his camp to find freshwater. Joe also moved his camp but more to find dry tinder and wood to be able to purify water. My lesson learned is to be careful in finding freshwater and never drink it without purifying it. If you choose to bug out, have multiple…


How to Teach Situational Awareness to Children – Part 4, by T.Y.

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…which method you are practicing, but they could include a pot with a small fire, a water purification tool such as a Lifestraw or a Big Berkey water filter/purifier, or water purification chemicals such as Aquatabs. Before the Activity Become proficient at purifying water using whatever method and tools you are supplying. Practice this skill yourself many times before inviting your child to participate. If you need help, refer to the book Start Prepping!, which describes in detail how to make water safe to drink. How to Play Tell your children it’s time to get a drink of water. Go to the faucet, but pretend with them that it doesn’t work. Hypothesize with your children about reasons why the water might not work such as, the electricity is out or there is a broken pipe. Say that you are very thirsty, but you can’t get water from the usual source….


Community Crisis Planning for Societal Collapse, by J.I.R.

…water, often from towers in or near the town. If so, you have a few days until the tanks run dry. You will need to figure out a way to keep this system going if you can. You still need to add chlorine and get the water high enough to maintain water pressure. If the machinery for doing this is broken, you need to set a crew working on water immediately. Some towns won’t be able to keep their water flowing and will have to use extreme measures to provide water for their people and deal with wastes. You may have to haul water to a central point and purify it manually, or even set up public latrines and wash points. Without ready supplies of water, most private residences are going to be uninhabitable in the long run. The folks with homes you cannot supply may need to move closer…


Personal Survival Kit– The Pocket-size Giant of Preparedness, by R.B.

…more expensive, and slightly less compact, but they are proven. They cease to function when their time is up, so there is no guessing about how much water they will purify. The cheap ones reach their expiration limit and you ingest any combination of deadly bacteria. Water filters are very sensitive to what touches them, so be sure to practice at home. Recognize how one small error could spell disaster, since bacteria is only microscopically visible. Remember also that wet water filters will freeze in extreme cold conditions. Avoid the common cheaply-made zip-lock style water bags. Aqua-Pouch, Nasco WhirlPak, and Loksak make survival-specific water bags for the PSK. They have space-saving, zip-lock style closures. The PSK tin makes for an ideal vessel for boiling water. A coffee filter or tablet-size compressed survival towels, which (once unwrapped) become washcloth size or bigger, serve as pre-filters. EZ Towel, Ultimate Survival Technologies, Hoods…


Packing The Vehicle G.O.O.D. Bag, by Ryan S.

…exertion your body may require a gallon of water a day. Its not practical to carry three days worth of water. Water is heavy! Weighing 8.2 lbs a gallon, most people cannot carry 32.5 lbs of water along with their other equipment. Keep extra water in your vehicle to hydrate yourself with before you abandon your vehicle if time and circumstance allow. Look for small air force flask type canteens to stuff into pockets as well as a CamelBak-type water bladder or a pack that has an internal hydration bladder. Ever bit of water you can carry is important! Depending on where you live you may not have to rely as heavily on water you carry. Keep in mind depending on the situation presented you may not be able to stop and purify or boil water. It is still a good idea to carry as much water as you can….


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

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…more sunlight ends this terrible mess. God Bless wbuhrman Tunnel Rabbit, Can you detail how you plan to make double steam distilled water using “an adapted stainless steel pressure cooker”? Thanks. Rascon Jon It’s a virus. Abx don’t touch it. Anti-virals might, but they need to be developed for it. Tunnel Rabbit Hi Charles K, Here is the steam distiller I’ll make to produce double steam distilled water for making nano silver. We need the pmm to next to zero. Most store bought distilled water is not true distilled water, but de-ionized water that when checked, shows a low ppm, only because the salts and minerals that are in the water were stripped of their electrons. It is not true distilled water. Increase storage battery life by 5% by using steam distilled water. This set up can also purify unsafe to drink water, and distill alcohol up to a maximum…


Welcome to the Promised Land, by Rod E.

…they show up with thirty of their thirsty friends to steal your water? (See: We Cannot Protect You) You will need an efficient, sustainable means to collect, purify and store water…lots and lots of water. You will need the wherewithal to store enough extra water to carry you through the hard freeze of winter (no one wants to fetch water during an ice storm), when you are sick or disabled or overwhelmed with other tasks like vomiting because you ate a flower that looked friendly but wasn’t. You will need to know how to efficiently as effectively manage and protect your precious water supply and have a backup plan in case your primary supply is disrupted or destroyed. Ponds dry up or become polluted, containers leak and bad things happen. (Which is obviously our fault) Prepare for it, deal with it or die. Yes, we know about bio-sand filters. How…


A Prepping Reality Check – Part 4, by Mama Bear

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…hours for your family? Do you have access to a water supply other than a municipal water supply? A well, pond, lake or stream? Rainwater catchment? Is your alternate water supply safe? When is the last time it was tested? Do you have a way to filter/purify water? What quantity of water is needed for your family on a daily basis for drinking? Cooking? Cleaning? Hygiene? Can you adequately supply this quantity of water? Do you have a way to filter/purify water while traveling? I purchased property with a previously installed well. The water has been tested and is safe. The well has been in existence for over a century of documented good water supply. It is currently operating on a solar pump but is shallow enough that I intend to obtain a hand pump in case of emergency as well as a spare solar pump. Although the well has…


Top Six Outdoor Survival Skills, by Jonathan Gardner

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I love searching the Internet and libraries for bushcraft and outdoor survival-related videos and books. Now I have something to tell you. Many of these lists you read are wrong. If you do a search, there will be a general consensus of the top five skills being Shelter, water, fire, and so forth. I’m going out on a limb in reporting that they are wrong. Not all wrong, but it is not what you should study. Most of the listed are not skills. Water is not a skill, I’m not going to give you a tutorial on how to make water, water is not a “skill” it’s a priority. So the top five survival skills often listed, are priorities, not skills. In my opinion, the top six skills for outdoor survival are as follows: Rope Fabrication Bow Drill Use Pottery Making Spring Making Knot Tying Trapping Immediately, many people will…


Wilderness Survival in a Northern Climate, by F.D.

…last, water. Again, this is tailored to my environment where water is often easily located and the rules may change depending on where you are. You should always be aware of the area you are in or going to and the dangers that might be present in your water or the water found locally. Of course boiling is best to purify water however if you find yourself in an emergency situation, filtration might be your only next best option.  First locate a source. The next step is to dig a hole several feet from the source to allow the water to filter itself from the source, through the earth and into the hole. While you wait for the water to filter and the sediment to settle, you can make a makeshift Millbank filter with available materials. This is done by using a birch bark as a cone, or some large, strong leaves in the form…


Survival Information Binder, by C.L.

…from a natural spring. How to build a windmill to pump water. A list of plants that are good sources of water. Ways to purify water: The water you get may not be potable. How will you purify it? Boiling. How will you do this? How long will it need to be boiled? Chlorine. How much is needed to purify water? Distilling. How do I distill water? Include information on making a simple distillery. You may want to have the supplies on hand for this task. Iodine. How much per gallon? Does anyone in your group have an iodine allergy? If so, that person cannot drink water purified with iodine. You must have an alternate form of purification. Filtering. What filters do I have available? How do I use them? How much water can I filter before they need to be replaced? How do I backwash them? How do I…


Forever Preps – Preparations You Can Buy Once, and Have Forever, by Andrew D.

…value ultimately won’t ever go away. Forever Prep #9: Water Filters I store water in plastic jugs with a preservative in them, but they still have to be rotated.  The great thing about purchasing a high quality water filter is that its ceramic filters are chemically inert, and unless physically damaged should last indefinitely until used.  I only have a backpacking water filter right now, but that combined with my stored water, dry bleach, and knowledge of local water sources makes me feel pretty good.  You know what else feels good?  Knowing that if I don’t touch that water filter for another 40 years it will still be in great, usable shape.  As a caveat, please note that water filters with moving parts (e.g., most backpacking filters with a pumping action) may need to be inspected and/or lubed at some point.  My filter is gravity fed, just like the Big…


Your Brain On Paper—How to Write Useful Operating Instructions, by M.R. – Part 1

…sell you on the idea by choosing a common topic area of survival preps— emergency water supplies. You’ve done your homework. You read and studied and then purchased what you needed to process and store water for hard times. You now have a solid collection of storage containers filled with potable water, and you have the tools required to treat the water and access it when needed. Job well done! However, if the information in your head is not also stored so that others can access it, your diligent preps may suffer a potentially fatal and certainly inconvenient end result. If all the knowledge that remains in your head remains only in your head, your spouse and children as well as any others who may be depending upon that water are left on their own. Are we making too much of this? Not at all. Having great storage containers filled…


Prepping on a Budget, by C.G. – Part 1

…30 minutes to kill anything harmful in the water. Bleach can be bought by the gallon and is relatively inexpensive. One gallon will purify several gallons of water. Water purification tabs are also an option, but the amount of water that they will purify compared to bleach makes the bleach the best option. Again, the weight and size of a gallon of bleach will be a problem if you are forced to move on foot, but enough bleach can be poured in a 20 oz. Coke bottle to purify enough water for a couple days. Shelter Shelter can be a bit more tricky when on a budget. Obviously, if you are able to stay in your home, shelter will be a non-issue, and if you have to evacuate in your car you will be able to survive, but if you are forced to evacuate on foot, portable shelter will be…


Letter Re: Caustic Chlorine Troubles, and Using Dry Chlorine for Water Treatment

…emergency candles in tins were nearly rusted clear through, and the steel ends of some batteries were also corroded. Surprisingly, even some lightweight cardboard boxes were so badly degraded that they virtually disintegrated when handled, and a 10-page document (about emergency water) which had been printed on our computer’s inkjet printer was virtually erased! To combat these problems, I bought a fresh supply of (HTH brand $3.35/lb. at Wal-Mart) chlorine granules and stored them in an all-glass canister with a glass top, rubber ring, and spring wire snap latch ($4.44 at Wal-Mart) . That has solved my storage problem. In an article on emergency water purification, in addition to the old 10 drops of bleach per gallon of clear water or 20 drops per gallon of cloudy formula; I found this recipe for using granular pool chlorine: For use in purifying drinking water, first prepare a stock solution of one…