A big part of survival is making sure you’re sufficiently warm. Normally, you rely on various machines and contraptions to provide heat to the household, but what if those options become unavailable to you? In a prolonged grid outage, electricity may be out of the equation, especially if you don’t have a generator on your …
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Let’s not get too excited about Doomsday. I know some people were disappointed when nothing happened in Y2K, but if doomsday really does happen, the initial excitement will wear off, reality will set in, and cold, heat, hunger, and thirst will become the new First World Problems. If you do have to bug out, eventually …
Paring down a tool kit to its bare essentials An emergency tool kit is not a “survival kit,” and it’s not a “bugout bag.” Nor is it the same as your common household tool kit. Rather, it’s a set of household tools (hammer, screwdriver, pliers, etc.) selected in consideration of your needs in an emergency …