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Wandering in the New World- Part 2, by JMD

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…Siege Tomahawk makes a decent hatchet, and it can also be used for fighting, prying, et cetera. For a saw, something like the Bahco Laplander should be fine. Medical Supplies Having some basic supplies can help you address common injuries, and having the knowledge of how to supplement those with things you can find in the wild can help stretch them out. Water You’ll want some way to carry and purify water. I’d recommend a stainless steel canteen. Plastic ones are lighter, but they tend to fail a lot sooner than quality metal ones. A metal canteen can also be used to boil water to purify it. You’ll also want some sort of water filter and water purification tablets. Maps and Compass Assuming you’ll be wandering in a certain area, having maps and a compass can help you figure out where you are, where you’re going, and where you’ve stored…


The Top 7 Items Left Off of Survival Lists, by David in California

…to ensuring you have potable water. I’m still saving up for a top-of-the-line filter system, but you can bet I have plenty of bleach stored in the meantime! And if you are looking for the most valuable thing to store for charitable purposes in a crisis, pound for pound it’s bleach. Just ounces given in charity will purify many gallons of water for needy groups of people who might otherwise die without it. 2. Sunscreen. I’ve never seen this on a “bug out bag” list, and in my opinion, omitting it is a big mistake. When TSHTF, in most cases you’re going to be spending a lot more time being active out-of-doors than is usual. (Even if you plan to hole up in a shelter, you’ll probably have to travel to get to it.) This means sun exposure. It’s dangerous because you’ll probably be focusing on other things (such as…


Active Preparedness Planning: Identifying and Mitigating Threats, by Paul C.

…one with adults, as an example. Look at you and your family and identify what is needed for their survival. Special requirements like medicines have to be kept in supply. Water might be available in your area but a massive chemical spill might render it contaminated, do you have the ability to purify it with a filter? Winter storms can be a killer in Minnesota and North Dakota or a nuisance in Phoenix or San Antonio. Your requirements are going to differ both based on the make up your family and your location. 5. Estimate outage time that can be tolerated. For each of your critical needs how long can you do without them? Some might call electrical power a critical need. If that electrical power is required for a medical device that loss could be tolerated a whole lot less than one who requires that same power for communication…


Letter Re: Storing Dry Hypochlorite Bleach

Dear Mr. Rawles – Regarding the recent post on “Forever Preps”…. “Forever Prep #3: “Dry” Bleach This has often been covered by various sources on SurvivalBlog, but so-called “dry” bleach (pure Calcium Hypochlorite) lasts forever. If you go a little crazy and buy two 25 pound boxes of it from a big box store, you can make a solution that can purify about 4 million gallons of water! And, by the way, this Forever Prep is also very cheap (about $45-$50 for 25 pounds) and takes almost no storage space. You must store dry bleach extremely securely if you have even a remote risk of an unauthorized person gaining access to it. A child or pet could be fatally poisoned by only a small amount of calcium hypochlorite. You could also get sick if you don’t use it appropriately to purify water with the correct chemistry. I store my containers…


The Cactus Police, by Hubbyberry

…purify what we breathe. An amazing admission! Actually, all green plants do this in a method scientifically proven, called photosynthesis. Plants take in CO2, CO, other gases, and impurities and release oxygen (which we need to remain alive). Sunlight is the power source for this amazing process. Lately, however, woke globalist types have spun the truth and called it a lie….that plants are allegedly killing the planet. So just how, or why this particular company is doing plant registrations given their obvious “progressive” stance while holding on to one piece of actual science is a bit of a puzzle…until you get back to that little tag. Could it be that they hope to win people over with one claim (that plants purify your air) but on the other hand what they really wanted to know was just who the plant lovers and gardeners are? Yeah, it sounded far-fetched to us,…