Jammed with field-tested information from real-world applications, survival instructor Tony Nester covers how to prepare for both short-term survival ranging from 24-72 hours as well as long-term situations resulting from a grid-down emergency or pandemic.
When the Grid Goes Down will show you how to make your home and lifestyle more self-sufficient and the critical gear needed along the way.
Stroud offers readers the essential skills and tactics necessary to endure in any corner of the globe, along with a wealth of insider information born of his own experiences in the outdoors and unavailable in any other book. Readers will learn:
How to make a survival shelter and why a lean-to is largely a waste of time.
Why survival kits are important, and why you should make your own.
Where to find water and why drinking contaminated water is sometimes warranted.
How to locate and trap small animals and why the notion of tracking and hunting large game is largely a pipe dream.
Whether seasoned in the outdoor arts or new to adventuring, all readers will learn something from Survive!. Stroud's many colorful anecdotes and cut-to-the-chase philosophy not only make for an entertaining read, but also enhance anyone's ability to focus on the main goal when everything else has gone wrong—survival.
From the creator of TheSurvivalMom.com comes this first-of-its-kind guidebook for all the “prepper” moms keen to increase their family's level of preparedness for emergencies and crises of all shapes and sizes. Publisher’s Weekly calls Lisa Bedford’s Survival Mom an “impressively comprehensive manual,” saying, “suburban mom Bedford helps readers learn about, prepare for, and respond to all manner of disasters. . . . From 'Instant Survival Tip' sidebars to a list of 'Lessons from the Great Depression'. . . Bedford's matter-of-fact yet supportive tone will keep the willies at bay.”
Читать полностью…Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before.
It isn’t just a scenario. A well-designed attack on just one of the nation’s three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure—and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon. Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault at any time. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors—from “hacktivists” to terrorists—have the capability as well. “It’s not a question of if,” it’s a question of when.”
How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It In How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, James Rawles, founder of SurvivalBlog.com, clearly explains everything you need to know to protect yourself and your family in the event of a disaster-from radical currency devaluation to a nuclear threat to a hurricane. Rawles shares essential tactics and techniques for surviving completely on your own, including how much food is enough, how to filter rainwater, how to protect your money, which seeds to buy for your garden, why goats are a smart choice for livestock, and how to secure your home. It's the ultimate guide to total preparedness and self-reliance in a time of need.
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Читать полностью…Carrots are great vegetables to grow. I always have some in my garden, usually next to my radishes. They two grow well together.
While not as rapidly maturing as radishes, carrots (which take about 10 weeks to mature) are more nutrient and calorie dense. You can also candy them, and damn are they good candied.
Carrots prefer sandy loam with a pH of 6.3 to 6.8, with temperatures between 60f and 70f. The soil should nbe moist, but not flooded. They grow best in full sun, but will tolerate a small amount of shade.
Plant them a 1/2 inch deep and 1 inch apart. Rows should be 12 inches apart, but 18 inches is ideal. Thin them as needed, and cover the crowns if they pop up above the soil.
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For anyone planning to spend time outside, The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival is the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of the modern survival genre. Informed by the real-life experiences of renowned outdoorsman Steven Rinella, its pages are packed with tried-and-true tips, techniques, and gear recommendations.
Among other skills, readers will learn about old-school navigation and essential satellite tools, how to build a basic first-aid kit and apply tourniquets, and how to effectively purify water using everything from ancient methods to cutting-edge technologies. This essential guide delivers hard-won insights and know-how garnered from Rinella’s own experiences and mistakes and from his trusted crew of expert hunters, anglers, emergency-room doctors, climbers, paddlers, and wilderness guides—with the goal of making any reader feel comfortable and competent while out in the wild.
Hence, in this book I have attempted to provide you with things to be aware of when
one stands amidst such cataclysmic events. In addition it imparts knowledge related
to survival tools and devices without which it is impossible to survive a single moment
in such dire events. You cannot make one move without them. This book also explains
the practical usage of such tools and devices. Take a journey with me throughout the
pages of this book. I believe when we arrive at the end we will emerge as survivors in
heart and fighter in spirit and would be able to withstand any major catastrophe that
may overtake our lives.
The Prepper's Pocket Guide From California earthquakes and Rocky Mountain wildfires to Midwest floods and Atlantic hurricanes, you can’t escape that inevitable day when catastrophe strikes your home town — but you can be prepared! Offering a simple DIY approach, this book breaks down the vital steps you should take into 101 quick, smart and inexpensive projects:
#6 Make a Master List of Passwords
#16 Calculate How Much Water You Need
#33 Start a Food Storage Plan for $5 a Week
#60 Make a Safe from a Hollowed-out Book
#77 Assemble an Inexpensive First Aid kit
#89 Learn to Cook Without Electricity
#94 Pack a Bug-out Bag
No matter your current state of health, these easy-to-follow steps will help you elevate your health and live a longer life. This book goes above the standard of healthy eating and exercise. Dr. Johnson tells you what to eat, how to employ proven dietary supplements as allies in your health, ways regularly cleanse your body of toxins and harmful chemicals to prevent common colds and diseases, and how to get the most out of physical activity, and more. The techniques outlined by Dr. Scott A. Johnson will create a bodily environment inhospitable to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more.
Through the sensible approach in The Doctor’s Guide to Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails>, readers will discover how to take personal responsibility for their own health and that of their families. Once these practices are established, they’ll be able to live longer without many concerns.
💦Drink water from the spring where the horse drinks. A horse will never drink bad water.
😸Make your bed where the cat sleeps.
🍎Eat the fruit that was touched by the worm.
🍄Freely pick the mushrooms on which the insects sit.
🌳Plant your tree where the mole digs.
🏡Build your house where the snake suns itself.
🐣Dig your well where the birds build their nests in hot weather.
😴Go to sleep and wake up with the chickens and you will reap the golden grain of the day.
🥗Eat more green vegetables, and you will have strong legs and an enduring heart.
🌊Swim more often and you will feel on land like a fish in the water.
🌤Look at the skies more often and not at your feet, and your thoughts will be clear and light.
🤫Keep silent more often, speak less, and silence will reign in your soul, and your spirit will be calm and peaceful.
📝 St. Seraphim of Sarov in Georgia
Anyone eager to master survival skills for outdoor vacations, or simply to find a fun new family activity for a Saturday afternoon, will be educated and inspired by the practical advice presented here by archaeologists, anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans.
These experts help modern readers rediscover the skills that have served humanity for millennia:
Fire-making
Camp cooking
Basket weaving
Pottery making
Animal tracking
And much more
You can even learn how to turn seashells into arrowheads or make glue from yucca plants. Plus, there’s intriguing information on the benefits of a hunter-gatherer diet. More than just a how-to, this handbook provides inspiration to live life to the fullest.
Trauma supplies are something you can't buy locally often so I'll make a list for a good blowout kit so you can order online if you want. We have maybe 2 weeks to a month at most before supply disruptions happen so now's the time to throw one together if you have already squared away food, bug out bag and rifle/mags/ammo. If you are wondering why I recommend basic first aid kit items in an ifak/blowout kit it's because it forces you to open it up a few times a year so you are familiar with it.
Basic compact kit:
NAR s fold guaze or H&H compressed guaze
CAT tourniquet or recon medical 3/4 gen tourniquet. The NAR version is genuine but the newest knockoffs from recon medical are arguably better.
Quickclot guaze
Nonstick guaze pads (2x3 and 3x4)
Duct tape folded into credit card size
Triple antibiotic, hydrocortisone, and burn gel packets.
Band-Aids of several sizes
Steri strips
Alcohol wipes
Suture needle with monofilament thread
Amoxicillin and Cipro antibiotics (thomaslabs fish antibiotics is a good source)
Acetaminophen/ibuprofen
Diphenhydramine
Anti diarrheal tablets
These items are a bare minimum, designed to take up no more space than a rifle mag pouch. All items are available online from either Amazon or medical supply store. They are designed to accommodate a 3x5 inch space (about the dimensions of a 20rnd rifle mag). None of these items require expertise to use. The tourniquet is stored separately away from the rest of the kit. For basic wounds use a nonstick pads and some triple antibiotic and secure with duct tape or medical tape. If small enough is a bandaid. Rashes get hydrocortisone. Burn gel is used to numb pain on the skin and for burns. Antibiotics are used for larger wounds. Tourniquet limbs which have bleeding that doesn't stop when pressure and guaze is applied. If not on a limb use quickclot (which can be used on limbs as well). Remember to write the time on tourniquets and release pressure slowly every 15-30 minutes to see if bleeding has stopped. Sutures are used for wounds that have stopped bleeding and need to be closed and can be removed after a week. Steristrips are used to close wounds that need more than a bandage but don't need sutures. Any deep wound would be a good time to administer moxifloxacin or easily available amoxicillin.
If you have a larger space for an ifak consider adding:
Trauma sheers
Extra compressed guaze
Oleas/Israeli bandage
Stretch bandage
Foreceps
Tweezers
Saline rinse
Celox granules
Hydration electrolytes
Space blanket
NPA
Decompression needle
Halo chest seal
And items to have in a large kit or at home:
The books "where there is no doctor", "where there is no dentist", and "emergency war surgery".
Dental tool kit
Tooth extraction foreceps
Temp dental repair/filling
Surgical kit
Sting eze numbing pen
Tons of guaze and nonstick pads
Petroleum jelly
Aspirin/acetaminophen/ibuprofen
Splints
Cold packs
Medical tape
Nasal spray (decongestant)
Mucinex
Cough suppressant
Colloidal/ionic silver solution
Zicam
Sambucol
Multivitamins
IV lock kit and saline bags (look on ebay or vet supply stores. Definitely do tons of research and education before attempting.)