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How to Make Your Own All-Natural Antiseptic Ointment

Just came across a great post that shows you how to make your own all-natural antiseptic ointment. This homemade antiseptic has excellent antibacterial properties to treat everyday cuts, scrapes and abrasions just as you would with any tube of over the counter

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How To Make A Bedside Gun Holster

Bedside holsters are a great system if you don’t have curious little toddlers running around the house (I don’t).  When you go to sleep at night your weapon is secured within reach in the exact same spot each and every

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How To Assemble A Red File For Emergency Preparedness

Many potential emergencies may require you to evacuate your home. Some may be short, others longer and still others may prevent you from returning at all. Despite your displacement, many facets of normal life continue. Bills need to be paid,

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5 Knots You Need To Know How To Tie At All Times

Knowing how to tie knots, especially these 5, is a super important skill you should make a priority. Because whether you’re just out camping or you find yourself in a major SHTF survival situation, it will come in handy and

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10 Survival Lessons Learned In Combat

(Thomas Miller) My time in the Army taught me many things, from the “proper” way to make a bed all the way to how to correctly assault an enemy stronghold; and while every lesson is a valuable lesson, some seem

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18 Of The Best Folding Knives For Self Defense

Whether it’s backup for a jammed firearm or your only tool for self defense, a knife can make all the difference in an emergency. The smaller, discrete folding blades in this post can be tucked in your pocket as an

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How To Make Homemade Lamps from Everyday Objects

Having the ability to create light without needing electricity should be part of everyone’s emergency essentials. While flashlights are certainly helpful, batteries quickly die out so having a store of candles on hand can provide the light and morale boost

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How To Build A Top Secret Bunker Under Your House

This may not be doable for everybody, but definitely one of the cooler DIY projects you’ll come across, if not the coolest. If you want to know how to build a top secret bunker under your house, then make sure

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How To Build An Emergency Power System

Just came across this hands on “how-to” which will show you how to size and build your own emergency power system.  It covers all the soup to nuts including what you’ll want to power with the system, and then design

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Using Antacids as a Treatment for Exposure to Nuclear Fallout

This prepping and survival post contains important information on using simple OTC antacids as a treatment for internal contamination with radioactive isotopes from nuclear fallout. The radioactive fallout might come from a nuclear power plant disaster, or a dirty bomb,

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