WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE!
It is no exaggeration at all to say that the global economy is in totally uncharted waters. Consider that throughout history nations have borrowed money, and paid interest,...
Preparedness
This category is for all articles related to disaster preparedness.
OBTAINING AND STORING CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
Many preppers are storing calcium hypochlorite because a small quantity of this chemical enables you to create enough bleach to purify a typical family’s drinking water for YEARS....
BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO AMMUNITION
Galileo’s famous 1589 experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, in which he dropped two different spheres of different mass and observed that they reached the ground at...
HISTORY IS NOT REPEATING:
There are those who would argue that the current world situation is simply part of some enormous, multi-decade social cycle that must occasionally play itself out. Such individuals...
Disinfecting with Bleach
The definition of the word ‘disinfect’ is “to clean something, especially by using a chemical substance, so as to kill all viruses, bacteria and other microbes”. As important...
Something Wicked this Way Comes
With a world economy in tatters, unstable global stock markets and an upcoming US presidential election it is impossible not to speculate about the future. There is so...
The Carrington Event
On September 1, 1859 a huge solar storm, which later came to be known as the “Carrington Event”, struck the Earth. The resulting electromagnetic pulse destroyed telegraph lines...
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING
Many people, when confronted with the notion of preparing for a major disaster, simply shrug and reply that they have neither the time, the budget, nor the physical...
PREPPER BUSINESSES
In the aftermath of a major disaster that disrupts the economy there may still be opportunities for those who are properly positioned to make a living. Many of...
WATER FILTERS AND PORE SIZE
The ability of water filter elements to remove harmful bacteria from a water source is directly related to the ‘pore size’ of the material through which the water...