Show Notes
This week I start the
show with When You Know What Hits the Fan, then the The Ultimate Paracord
Survival Bracelet Review, the Blizzard survival 10% Discount Offer, RITN Review, Support these companies, The threats we Face, The Ribzwear 30%
Discount Offer, Survival Cooking Risks, The Wilderness121 10% Discount Offer, How
Safe are You at Home? The Field Leisure 10% Discount Offer, More companies to
support, The Buggrub 10% Discount Offer, The Benefits of Dandelions, The
Hunters-Knives 10% Discount Offer, How much do you know? Having Problems Prepping?
Your Bug-out Plan, Further companies to support, Worms and the Threat the
Represent, Finding Water in an Urban Area.
When You Know What Hits the Fan
A recent study noted that the majority of people have enough
food in their pantries to feed their household for about three days and that
seemingly stable societies are really just nine meals from anarchy. With most
of us dependent on just-in-time transportation systems to always be available,
few ever consider the worst case scenario.
Future News Report
For tens of thousands of citizens that worst case scenario
is now playing out in real-time. No longer are images of starving people
waiting for government hand-outs restricted to just the third-world.
In the midst of crisis, once civilized societies will very
rapidly descend into chaos when essential infrastructure systems collapse.
Although the army was on the streets before the event
happened, there is simply no way for the government to coordinate a response
requiring millions of servings of food, water and medical supplies
Many coastal residents who failed to evacuate or prepare
reserve supplies ahead of the storm are being forced to fend for themselves.
Frustration and anger have taken hold, as residents have no
means of acquiring food or fuel and thousands of trucks across the region
remain stuck in limbo.
Limited electricity has made it possible for some to share
their experiences
I was panicking to get food…there were massive queues but
when I got there was no food left.
I’m not sure what has shocked me more, all the communities around me destroyed, or the 8 hour queues for fuel and food.
I have not really slept or had anything to eat for a week. I hope things start getting better around here soon.
These days a lot of people are impatient because they’re used to fast things. Fast food, fast internet, fast lines and fast shipping etc.
The smell burning houses is everywhere. People fighting for food. Pitch darkness, things are starting to become horrific for the unprepared, as food queues stretch for miles and Meals-Ready-To-Eat are in short supply:
I’m not sure what has shocked me more, all the communities around me destroyed, or the 8 hour queues for fuel and food.
I have not really slept or had anything to eat for a week. I hope things start getting better around here soon.
These days a lot of people are impatient because they’re used to fast things. Fast food, fast internet, fast lines and fast shipping etc.
The smell burning houses is everywhere. People fighting for food. Pitch darkness, things are starting to become horrific for the unprepared, as food queues stretch for miles and Meals-Ready-To-Eat are in short supply:
A simple 72 hour survival kit and some basic hurricane
preparedness would have prevented days of heartache for residents of stricken
areas.
The vast majority of those waiting in mile-long long food
queues, rummaging through the rubbish bins, and criticizing their government
officials for a slow and insufficient response have no one to blame but
themselves.
This may be harsh – but it’s true.
Disasters have happened before. And will happen again.
Prepare or suffer the consequences.
The Ultimate Paracord Survival Bracelet Review
This bracelet far exceeds my expectations in every way. It
is very well made I mean the quality is superb you can tell that it is meant to
last and that a great deal of thought has gone in to its design.
If it looks rather deep there is a reason for this you see
built within this paracord bracelet is a well thought out survival kit.
The kit is sealed in a waterproof flat plastic tube and
includes the following
2 fishing hooks
1 artificial fly
Braid
1 Safety pin
Snare wire
2 quick release swivel clips
3 split shot
2 Puritabs
2 pieces of easy fire tinder
Just the basics but enough to put food in your belly and
that is what I want any survival kit to do.
With this survival kit and some basic survival knowledge and
in a survival situation anyone could provide food for themselves.
Having more than one hooks is really useful as if you put
different baits on different hooks increases the chance of catching something
to eat.
Remember to catch fish you must go were the fish are, so
fish under or near structures under over hanging trees is a great place as fish
wait there for falling grubs and insects etc.
If you have no luck fishing on the bottom (ledgering) then
float you line down the river or float in on top of the water in a pond etc.
Night lines (illegal) pre SHTF can be used, this is absent
fishing but you must fix it tightly to the bank and check it regularly.
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RITN Review
In spite of Rite in
the Rain's durability, it is totally recyclable as standard paper, which is
untrue of synthetic, or poly coated papers. Simply recycle Rite in the Rain as
you do other white or printed papers.
Rite in the Rain
All-Weather Writing Paper is a patented substrate created for use in outdoor
writing situations. Since this paper is designed for use in extreme conditions
it is manufactured with the most durable yet recyclable components available.
This being said, the wood fibres we utilize for Rite in
the Rain are purchased from FSC Certified sources. By doing this it insures
our product is manufactured with high environmental and social standards and
practices.
WHAT IS RITR IN THE RAIN?
Well it is patented, environmentally responsible,
all-weather writing paper that sheds water and enables you to write anywhere,
in any weather.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
This 100% recyclable wood-based paper sheds water, moisture,
dirt and grime and myriad of other substances allowing you to continue to write
on your notepad or copier paper. Ensure your project stays productive and
insure your data!
DO I NEED A SPECIAL PEN?
A pencil works best. A pen that will work in wet
environments will also work fine on RITR. Using a pencil or all-weather pen, Rite
in the Rain ensures that your notes survive the rigors of the field,
regardless of conditions.
CAN I COPY OR PRINT?
Yes! Copy and laser print your own all-weather forms and
documents on Rite in the Rain Copier and Laser paper.
We also have, Weatherjet, an ink-jet version, available.
We also have, Weatherjet, an ink-jet version, available.
After a year of running a notebook through its paces I was
impressed however a simple 30 second test you can do yourself will impress you
more.
I took one Rite in Rain notebook paper and one sheet of
ordinary note pad paper. I put them both into a bath of warm water but in
around 30 seconds the ordinary paper was really a mush when I tried to pick it
up, while the RITR paper was totally unaffected and without even drying it I
was able to write on it, I placed it back into the warm water for a minute and
the writing was perfectly readable and un-smudged.
That is marvellous I hear you say, but how often do we have
a warm bath in the woods, well that is very true, so I took the RITN notebook
and placed it in a local stream that was of course cold water and after a
minute I removed it and again wrote on the paper and once again put it back
into the cold water for another minute, the result was of course totally
readable and un-smudged as well.
This RITR paper is really amazing and really does work even
having been submerged, which meant that any previous notes will not be
destroyed if it falls into the water and even if it does the product is not
affected in any way and is useable just like new.
OK it was not mean to be submerged just be able to RITR so I
got my lad to direct the garden hose at me on sprinkler, i.e. rain and as I
knew all was well and I was able to write without any problem at all.
Having waterproof
paper is one thing but how do you write on it?
Well what you need is a tactical All-Weather Pen, it writes
at any angle, upside down and even under water as well.
The ink is permanent and in face was the pen used on all
manned space flights, so you just know it will work well.
And it is perfect for use on RITR notepads and paper.
It also offers itself up as a tactical pen as its
construction will withstand a high impact strike, I know this because I was
jabbing it into wooden pallets without any problem at all. Refills are very
easy to get for this pen and together they rock, so if you are fishing,
hunting, prepping or surviving the RITR paper and the all-weather pen are an
absolute must for your BoB and prepping kit.
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The threats we
Face
For years we have
been warned loads of times by different people that in order to distract and
cover up the extent of the upcoming economic crash, there must be war, military
action which would prop up the failing economy, global and domestic, and what
we are seeing right now is a massive all-out war campaign.
This past week alone
we have seen Ret. Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney warning of a coming 9/11/14 terror
attack, United States General Paul Vallely issuing a dire warning that ISIS/Al-Qaeda
sleeper cells are already in big US cities, preparing to launch attacks upon
the transportation system, the electrical grids and shopping centres.
Ex-CIA Official Mike
Morell saying “we need to worry about a 9/11-style attack by ISIS and that he
wouldn’t be surprised if ISIS showed up to a US mall with an AK-47.
Oklahoma Senator Jim
Inhofe is saying ISIS would blow up a major US city, which followed Senator
Lindsey Graham’s warning of “America in flames” House Homeland Security
Chair Rep.
Michael McCaul
stating that ISIS is intent on hitting the west, and this is just a small
sample of this all-out push and campaign being conducted by the US government,
using mouth-pieces on talk shows and interviews, in a campaign to persuade
Americans to support all-out war.
You can bet that if
this is happening in the U.S. then it will follow here too. We are also targets
for ISIS soft target attacks, we have a reputation of harbouring Islamic
extremists and allowing them to spread their hate without worry of arrest.
We even allow
terrorists to walk our streets freely under the stupid assumption that it is OK
as we are following them to see who they talk to and were they go.
And worse of all we
allow trained combat hardened terrorists back into our country even though we
know what they have done.
The UK government is
like a turkey voting for Christmas.
Make no mistake, the
threat of ISIS attacking us is very real. They have provided ample evidence
that they here, they are in our cities and on our streets and planning their
attacks now,
The problem is
though those very same terrorists and/or supporters of ISIS, will not just go
away or magically disappear once military action against Syria and Iraq begins.
We will face this
threat for decades and we as preppers and survivalists must prepare, we have no
other choice in this.
Perhaps we should
begin with keeping our eyes open and reporting anyone/thing that is strange or
out of the norm, write down car numbers, carry an EDC when out and about
perhaps a GHB.
If you think I am
being paranoid then let me tell you this.
Bloody Friday is the
name given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in
Belfast on 21 July 1972. Twenty-two bombs exploded in the space of eighty
minutes, killing nine people (including two British soldiers) and injuring 130.
If my Father had not
told me not to go into Belfast city that day I would not be here now as I would
have arrived at Oxford bus station at the same time as the bombs exploded.
You and your family
must have a plan, if GOD forbid you are caught up in such an event, as I
believe that we in the West are facing our own Troubles and on a very much
larger scale.
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In many adventure outdoor activities it can be critical to
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Backpacking is a sport where in many situations it is
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Survival
Cooking Risks
So when the brown
stuff hits the fan your will bug-out. You will build a shelter, light a fire,
hunt, trap and fish and then sit around the fire singing “gin gang gooley” as
your food cooks.
It just sounds
idyllic doesn’t it?
But according to
recent figures this could be the most dangerous aspect of survival camping.
A shocking 94 per
cent of more than 2,000 people questioned for a Government survey admit to at
least one barbecue habit that is a health risk.
Food poisoning is a
real risk at barbecues
FSA Chief executive
Catherine Brown
Twenty-one per cent
believe they have been ill due to something they have eaten as a result, the
poll for the Food Standards Agency found.
Almost a third admit
to not checking burgers, sausages and even chicken are cooked all the way
through.
The FSA has released
a list of tips to cut food poisoning, with the first being to pre-cook meat in
the oven and finish it off on the barbecue for flavour.
Chief executive
Catherine Brown said: “Food poisoning is a real risk at barbecues and we are
reminding people to take good care of their families.”
Survival cooking is
bar-b-q cooking is it not? When the shtf there will be no chemist, health
centre, doctor or NHS to go to to sort out food poisoning, stomach upsets and
diarrhoea, all of which will dehydrate you and reduce your physical ability to
provide and survive.
OK I do not want to
teach my grandmother to suck eggs by it never hurts to get back to basics.
Charred doesn’t mean cooked, cook your barbecue food thoroughly until you are sure that your
poultry, pork, burgers, sausages and kebabs are steaming hot, with no pink meat
inside.
Avoid cross-contamination by storing raw meat separately before cooking, use different utensils,
plates and chopping boards for raw and cooked food. Always wash your hands
thoroughly with soap and hot water and dry them before handling your food for
the barbecue and after handling raw foods including meat, fish, eggs and vegetables.
(You should of course wash your hands after touching the bin, going to the
toilet, blowing your nose, or touching pets.)
Don’t wash raw chicken or other meat, it just splashes germs. Cooking will kill
any bacteria present, including campylobacter. On the other hand, washing
chicken, or other meat, can spread dangerous bugs on to your hands, clothes,
utensils and by splashing.
Turning meat regularly and moving it around the barbecue will help to cook it evenly.
Charred on the outside doesn’t always mean cooked on the inside so, it’s always
safer to cut open and check your burgers, sausages and chicken. If in doubt
–keep cooking.
Keep plates and cutlery away from raw meat and fish, never serve your guests cooked food on a
plate or surface that’s had raw meat or fish on it, and don’t use cutlery or
marinades that have been in contact with raw meat. There’s no point in serving
up food with a flourish if you’re adding bugs back into the mix.
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How Safe are
You at Home?
One of the scariest
things that can happen is to find an intruder in your home. When it occurs,
it’s frighteningly sudden. Often, there is little or no time to react.
By the time an
intruder is in the house, it could be too late to effectively keep him at bay.
He may be there to rob you and quickly escape, or he could have other
intentions, including kidnapping or rape.
The absolute best
way to deal with a home invader (or a burglar if no one is home) is to make him
decide — while he’s still outside — that your home is not one that he should
try to enter.
If you can convince
that burglar as he’s scoping out your neighbourhood that he will have a very
difficult time accomplishing his goal in your house, you might actually save
your life and that of your family members.
Some people believe
that their home will never be the target of a burglary because there are more
expensive houses in the immediate area that contain more expensive items to
steal.
The problem with
that kind of thinking is that fact might not matter to a burglar. A burglar is
equally interested in determining which houses he can get in and out of quickly
without being detected as he is in what kind of loot with which he can escape.
And a more expensive
house is more likely to have a more elaborate security system that the burglar
doesn’t want to mess around with.
Your choice — before
something like this happens — is whether to make it easy for the burglar or
very difficult for him.
Before I tell you
what you can do to make a burglar decide to bypass your home, including locks,
lights and landscaping, there’s something everyone should know.
The weakest link in your home defence could be you or
another person living in your home.
Yes, some home
invasions begin when a burglar busts through a front door or breaks a window
and crawls through it. But many others start with a seemingly innocent ringing
of a doorbell.
The burglar might
pretend that he’s making a delivery or that he’s collecting money for a charity
or informing you about a power cut or water or gas leak, or is just a person in
distress who needs to use a telephone or bathroom.
When these deceivers
find someone who buys their story, even for just a moment, they can either push
their way into the house after the front door has been opened, or perhaps be
invited in by a kind-hearted but naïve householder.
Once they’re on the
inside, you’re pretty much at their mercy because they will probably have a
weapon and there will be no tell-tale sign of a forced entry that a neighbour
or passer-by might spot.
So, you and your
family members should have a plan in place for every time someone rings your
doorbell or knocks on your front door.
And that strategy
should include not opening the
door until you are absolutely sure you know who that person is. Make sure that
a delivery person shows you an ID, and call the company if you have any doubts
about that person.
With that in mind I
would now like to look at the top 10 ways that you can turn your home into a
fortress. Remember, these are crucial for convincing a burglar that your home
will be too much trouble for his treachery:
Always keep your
doors locked, whether you are home or away. Install solid wood or metal-clad
doors, as these are the most likely entry points for an intruder. In addition,
upgrade your locks. Grade 1 or Grade 2 deadbolts, accompanied by heavy-duty
brass strike plates that should keep doors from being kicked in.
Keep your windows
locked. You don’t want windows that can be manipulated from the outside, so
keep them from opening more than six inches. Consider installing mounting
brackets now so that you could quickly install window bars later if necessary.
Install a security
system with a loud alarm and advertise that system with signs on your property.
Even before your security system is in place, a loud alarm could scare away an
intruder. Post a sign regarding your alarm near the entrances. Make sure
everyone living in the house knows how important it is to keep alarm codes
confidential.
Make sure your front
door has a peephole that gives you a good view of anyone on your porch. Your
porch light should be bright enough to enable you to recognize the person
before you open the door.
Keep the inside of
your house well lit at night. Put your inside lights on a timer when you are
away. Make sure newspapers aren’t delivered while you’re gone, and try to keep
a car in the driveway.
Take a walk around
your home — inside and out — and look for areas where someone could enter without
a great deal of trouble. Assess these potential breach points and secure them.
If there is a seldom-used door to the outside, install a 2 x 4 barricade on the
inside.
Safeguard the
perimeter of your home by installing motion-sensor lights on your property. A
fence can be climbed, but having one might be enough to make an intruder choose
a different home. Keep your shrubbery trimmed in order to reduce the number of
hiding places around your home.
Whether or not you
own a barking dog, plant a “Beware of Dog” sign near your house’s entrances.
Dogs can be trained in defence, or at least to bark when they hear a noise
outside.
Keep tools that
could be used to break into a home (ladders, crowbars, etc.) away from open
view.
Have a family
emergency plan. Every family member should know exactly what to do, in advance,
if an intruder enters the house. Getting out of the house quickly is best, but
if that’s not possible, a previously designated “safe room” is where they
should head.
Always keep a pair
of trainers, a torch and a mobile phone by your bed.
There is clearly a
threat to you and your family in normal times now I want you to consider what I
have just said and imagine you are now post shtf.
What changes would
you make to these peacetime plans? Then put a plan in place to do just that.
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The Benefits of
Dandelions
While enjoying a
cider at the Wilderness Gathering and the company of others we sat and ate some
of Buggrubs edible insects and the discussion turned into what else could be
eaten, I mentioned Dandelions, nettles and pine needle tea.
One of the people
around the sable was a day visitor called Oliver who totally dis-believed me
when I mentioned these plants.
Oliver this is for
you mate.
Dandelion can be
used liberally as it’s non-poisonous. Each of the parts of the plant are
edible: the roots, leaves and blooms. Healthy kidney, urinary tract and liver
function are helped by Dandelion. You should select plants to collect that
haven’t been around chemicals or toxins or local dog walks.
Regarded
historically as a hepatic herb, Dandelion supports healthful liver function.
Dandelion is abundant in vitamin C and it is beneficial in the treatment and
also prevention of scurvy.
Additionally it is
beneficial in treating skin eruptions and warts. The white liquid that exudes
from the bruised stem can be applied directly to treat blemishes on the skin.
Dandelion helps to
relieve water retention in soft tissues. As it replenishes the vitamins and
minerals shed as water exits your body, there isn’t the mineral depletion
associated with pharmaceutical diuretics. Lung ailments that cause wasting of
the body are treated with Dandelion.
Classified as a
bitter herb, Dandelion is useful in treating heartburn or acid stomach due to a
lack of muscle tone. It works as a moderate laxative in chronic constipation. A
decoction or extract of Dandelion used three or four times daily can calm an
irritated stomach. It has a very good effect in improving the appetite and
promoting digestion.
DANDELION/TEA
Pour 1 pint of boiling water over one ounce of Dandelion and let it steep for ten minutes.
Pour 1 pint of boiling water over one ounce of Dandelion and let it steep for ten minutes.
Strain and sweeten
by using honey. During the day, drink several cups of this. This tea is useful
in treating edema and nausea.
DECOCTIONS
A decoction is produced by putting an herb into gently simmering water and allowing the amount to reduce a specified amount.
A decoction is produced by putting an herb into gently simmering water and allowing the amount to reduce a specified amount.
1st Version
Simmer 2 cups of sliced Dandelion root in twenty parts of water for fifteen minutes. When cooled off, strain the liquid and sweeten with honey. Have a small teacup full one or two times daily.
Simmer 2 cups of sliced Dandelion root in twenty parts of water for fifteen minutes. When cooled off, strain the liquid and sweeten with honey. Have a small teacup full one or two times daily.
2nd Version
Simmer a couple of ounces of the herb or root in 1 quart of water until the amount is diminished to 2 cups.
Simmer a couple of ounces of the herb or root in 1 quart of water until the amount is diminished to 2 cups.
Use 6 ounces every 3
hours as a therapy for a number of maladies that include scurvy (disease
resulting from vitamin C deficiency), scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymph
glands most usually within the neck), eczema and all sorts of eruptions on the
skin.
3rd Version
Decoction for jaundice in small children:
1oz of Dandelion root
A half ounce of each: Cinnamon bark, Caraway seed, & Ginger root
A quarter ounce of Senna leaves
Decoction for jaundice in small children:
1oz of Dandelion root
A half ounce of each: Cinnamon bark, Caraway seed, & Ginger root
A quarter ounce of Senna leaves
Bring all to boil
gently in six cups of water until it is reduced to 3 cups (1 1/2 pint). Strain.
Pour 3/4 cup of honey into the hot liquid and re-heat to a simmer. Any foam
that rises to the surface should be skimmed away as these are impurities. Allow
to cool. Give frequently in teaspoonful doses.
Version 4
Decoction for Gall Stones
1oz each of: Dandelion root, Balm herb and Parsley root
One half ounce each of Ginger root and Liquorice root
Decoction for Gall Stones
1oz each of: Dandelion root, Balm herb and Parsley root
One half ounce each of Ginger root and Liquorice root
Place in two quarts
of water and gently simmer down to one quart Strain. Take in 6 ounces every
couple of hours.
TINCTURE OF DANDELION
Find a place free of herbicides and pesticides to collect Dandelion plants, including roots and their tops.
Find a place free of herbicides and pesticides to collect Dandelion plants, including roots and their tops.
Good quality dried
Dandelion may be used also. Collect several more plants than you believe
necessary because the plants wilt somewhat in the course of processing.
Thinly slice the
roots. Place enough plant material inside a canning jar in order to fill it
2/3′s full. Pour just enough boiling water over the herbs to cover. Fill the
rest of the space in the jar with vodka, 100 proof. Tightly seal the jar and
shake it in order to combine the contents completely.
Put the jar within a
warm spot with good sun exposure. Sunshine isn’t detrimental to the tincture.
Shake the jar twice daily.
In two weeks, the
tincture will be ready. Make use of a nice clean cloth or coffee filter to
filter the liquid. Press the solid matter to express all of the fluid. Fill up
a glass bottle which is tinted dark amber with your freshly made tincture.
Leave almost no
space at the top to expose the fluid to air in the course of storage. Cap
tightly. Store in a cool, dark cupboard till needed.
Take a spoonful of
the tincture every day to aid with health issues.
Several herbalists
utilize dandelion leaf in addition to the root to make tinctures. Dandelion
leaf tinctures are usually taken by placing ten to fifteen drops into a spoon
filled with water, taken 3 times daily.
This information
is not meant to be taken for medical advice. This post is for the benefit of
the person who reads, not instead of the care of a medical professional. I am
not medically trained so I advise you to check the facts for yourself.
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How much do you
know?
As a PREPPER you
will need to be 100% self-sufficient as it may be that you are isolated from
other survivors for years.
Here are some ideas for you to consider.
HOW many of you are
constantly learning new skills?
How many are
involving your children in this process?
Remember that
children’s brains are like a sponge so they will absorb much more than you and
at a faster rate.
How many people have a large collection of HOW TO Books?
Have you got any of these books?
Books on hunting
Books on Survival
Books on growing
food
Books on soil
Books on building
from wood to steel
Books on how to make
steel, iron, tools etc.
Books on tinctures
Books on cooking
Books on plants and
trees
Books on herbal
medicines
Books on human body
physiology
Books on fasting
Books on Poisonous
Snakes and insects and HOW to do First Aid the list goes on and on ...
How many people have done a First Aid course?
How many people know
what CPR is and how to perform it?
How many people know
HOW to treat a snake bite?
How many people "KNOW" how to do the following?
Woodworking
Building log cabins
Metal working
Constructing
underground tunnels
Extracting Oil from
plants
Making bows and
arrows
Making natural glue
Make flour from
different plants (not just wheat)
Make tinctures
Extracting birch
tree oil
Make charcoal
How many people have several of the following?
Axes
Knives
Round wood saws
Single and double
person wood saws
Many files for
sharpening the above
Manually powered
Wood lathe IF possible
How many people have
prepared the land around their bunker or home for growing organic food?
Adding organic
matter (cow manure etc.) into the soil.
Adding powdered rock
dust (AKA: minerals) at least 2 + yards down into the soil.
How many people have
created natural defences around their home (or know how to) using things like 2
or 3 layers of different trees with Passive Normal Trees on the outside and
then a second layer inside made up of Attack Trees which are made up of plants
with thorns, spines and prickles.
Then inside this
layer you can run a barbed wire this way when someone runs into this at night,
you will certainly know about it.
How many people have
studied NATURAL medicine and this includes HERBAL medicine and pressure points?
How many people know what herbal medicine is?
How many people know
that PINE Trees have natural Vitamin C and that Pine Bark is also abundant with
Vitamin C.?
Did you know that
Vitamin C deficiency has been one of the biggest killers of humans through our
known history and yet in most cases where people had access to Pine Trees,
almost no one utilized this powerful disease fighting natural medicine?
How many people KNOW
that just by standing out in the sun for approx. 40 minutes a day you can get
all the Vitamin D you need to stop over 90% of cancers and sickness (and it is
FREE), Plus it also has been said to stop babies being born with rickets.
How many people know
that by drinking RAW unprocessed cow’s milk, you can rebuild your teeth and
bones? How many people have a milking cow or 3 on their land? How many actually
have some land?
How many people have several EXIT tunnels from their
bunker? How many even have bunkers?
There are 101 things
I could list here but I hope that you get the picture.
Whatever you think you know now is NOT enough.
FINALLY:
How many of you have
actually spent a FAMILY WEEK living next to a river or creek and surviving off
the land so that you can make a list of all of the things you will need WHEN
you really do need to KNOW implicitly how to do these things.
Having Problems
Prepping?
The thoughts that
bounce around our heads can create a chain reaction of events that can
either help us or hinder us all along the way.
These thought
processes can also make a big impact on our prepping
activities. Regardless of what part of the prepping spectrum you are on,
we have certain thoughts on the kind of prepared individual we want to end
up being.
When we don’t meet
our expectations, we tend to grow frustrated and feel more inclined to give
up. When I first began prepping, I wanted to be a hard core prepper and
had some pretty grandiose conceptions of how that would be.
I envisioned being
the kind of prepper who could live off the land with nothing but a blade, some
snares and a water bottle. Have I met this goal? Not really. But I haven’t
stopped pursuing it either. I just know that this type of goal takes time to
master, and being honest it is not for me if truth be known.
When we haven’t
achieved our goals in the time expected, we can begin losing focus and be
frustrated. This could be because of the short attention spans our society has.
Our need
for immediate results can wreak havoc on a prepper’s long term desire to
be prepared. To avoid this, we have to admit at the very beginning this
is not a short-lived hobby, but a long term lifestyle change that will
take time, energy and an ongoing pursuit for knowledge.
It can take years of
studying and practicing skills to get to the point of being a hard core
prepper. Years! Anyone who thinks differently is fooling themselves and will
set themselves up for failure because of these preconceived notions.
Rather than looking
at the end result and growing frustrated because you aren’t at the point you
wanted to be, stay focused on the starting point.
Why are you preparing in the first place?
I would say that in
order to have a well-rounded supply and knowledge base, we have to start at the
very beginning and layer our prepping activities in short term, longer term and
sustainable increments. This is the best way to stay organized and ensure that
you can succeed in a disaster scenario.
The best way to
begin prepping is by making a goal. Something as simple as, “I want to be
prepared for a 3 month long disaster.” By setting a goal, you can create a
preparedness plan based around this, which becomes your starting point.
Moreover, when you
create a goal, you have also created a reference point to turn to in case you
get overwhelmed or overloaded with prepping. This reference point reminds
you to remember what you’re prepping for. From there, you can gather your
supplies and learn your skillsets.
Plan – Set your
prepper goals (short and long term), make a strategy, create lists of
supplies, make meal plans, create a financial budget to get out of debt, as
well as to fund your prepping activities.
Accrue – Begin
investing in supplies, practice preparedness-based skills, continue to educate
yourself on prepping and ways to promote a self-reliant lifestyle
Apply – When you
begin using your food stores, practicing your skills and confidently using your
preps, you are applying the knowledge you have learned. Don’t forget to keep
accumulating knowledge and learning better ways to prep.
Don’t Lose Focus
Give yourself a
break if you haven’t gotten where you wanted to be. It’s not ok to eat, live
and breathe emergency preparedness.
Each of us is on our
own journey and some may learn faster than others. Learn from others and don’t
be afraid to include your mistakes and failures as part of your education.
This is part of the
learning curve, and a necessary one at that. Further, take your time with the
material and include your family. This could be a great way to teach family
members and, rather than carrying “the world on your shoulders,” this gives you
some support.
Understand, there
will be times when you want to throw the towel in. It’s ok to take a break
from prepping. I have, and so have others. The subject of preparedness can be
stressful, especially if you are reading about worst-case scenarios all the
time.
Your mind and spirit
will need a break, and taking some time “to fill the well” can help immensely.
Spend time with family and friends, breath, pray, meditate, exercise. Do
anything to put your focus elsewhere for a short time and then, when you
feel better, start prepping again. This makes you more open to continuing
on the prepper journey.
Remember my quest to
be the hard core type of prepper? As great as this would be, that’s not where I
am now. But, just because I haven’t met this goal doesn’t mean that everything
I have done in between has fallen by the wayside.
I am still striving
toward this, but know there is a lot to learn along the way; and I’m ok with
that.
Whether your goal is
to be a hard core prepper or not, give yourself kudos for taking the steps
to getting your home prepared and for taking the time to learn new
skills.
We all grow
frustrated at times, especially when this is a long term quest for knowledge
and skills. My advice to those beginning to prepare is to be patient and remember
that prepping takes time.
Your Bug-out
Plan
Do you bug out or
bug in this question is as old as prepping itself. There are advantages and
disadvantages to each strategy, but the reality is that in order to be truly
prepared for any local disaster scenario, you need to be prepared to do both
depending on the situation.
Now the first thing
you need to decide when making your bugout plans is where you’re going to go.
As basic as it sounds, there are a lot of people that gloss over this area and
think that they’re just going to take their camping gear out into the woods and
survive off the land.
I don’t want to
insult anyone with this, but honestly, bugging out to the woods is probably the
worst thing you could do.
Everyone will be
heading for those woods, we are too small a country to be able to have a level
of personal space to call our own. I promise you that when you move into the
woods the animals will move out, and you will have nothing to hunt or
eat.
You should have a
secured and well-supplied bugout location as it is probably the most important
piece of a bugout plan.
Without it, you’re
not really bugging out; you’re simply giving up your home to become a refugee.
It’s fantastic
to have a secured bugout location, the problem is this, how are you going to
get there?
Obviously, if you
are able to drive to your bugout location then this part will be fairly easy.
You’ll be able to bring a lot of supplies with you and simply being in a
vehicle will take care of most of your security concerns when travelling to
your bugout location.
But when SHTF and
you have been bugging-in for weeks or more, there’s a real chance that driving
out of your area may simply not be an option. You could use alternative forms
of transportation like motor bikes or bicycles, but for a lot of people,
bugging out on foot may be the only option.
However I that
bugging out on foot is extremely dangerous post SHTF. You’re completely
exposed, it’s very difficult to carry more than a couple days of supplies, and
with a 50lb+ pack, the pace is going to be pretty slow for the majority of us.
To give yourself the
best chance of making it to your bugout location, you need to have a plan.
You’re going to have to find the best route to your location. To be honest is
harder than it sounds.
Along the way,
you’re going to have to take advantage of any available resources in order to
survive. You simply can’t carry everything you and your family may need for a
3-4 day long hike on your back.
Even rationing water
to a gallon a day is still a surprising amount of weight. A gallon of water
weighs in at a little over 8 pounds. For a 4 day hike, you’re looking at around
32 pounds of weight just in water.
Not to mention, 4
gallons of water would take up the majority, if not all the space in your pack.
This means that you’re going to have to carry less water than you actually need
and will have to rely on sourcing water along the way.
This is an example
of where putting together a well-thought out bugout route makes all the
difference.
When putting together
your bugout route, you need to pick a route that is not only quick, but also
has the resources that you may need along the way. Below is a short list of
considerations you should keep in mind when planning your route.
Water sources along
your route
Availability of
edible plants or hunting/fishing opportunities along your route
Availability of
pre-made shelters like abandoned buildings, bridges or other emergency shelters
Landmarks to help
with navigation for both yourself and anyone that you plan on inviting to your
bugout location
Does your route take
you close to any towns? Are there routes to get around them without being seen?
Are there any shops,
restaurants, etc. on your route that could be possible re-supply points?
Are there any areas
along your route that you could potentially store a cache of supplies? Is it
likely to be discovered by someone else before you get there?
Are there any
doctors’ offices, clinics or other medical facilities along your route? These
could also be used for resupply, or again, may need to be avoided for security.
Are there any
industrial areas or buildings along your routes? Places like shopping centres
or obvious places like supermarkets will probably be cleaned out or could be
very dangerous.
However, something
like a small food distribution plant or factory, a meat processing plant, or
even corner shops could have been overlooked and could be potential resupply
opportunities or temporary shelters.
This is just a
small list of considerations you should keep in mind when planning your bugout
route. The more thought you put into this, the more potential dangers and
opportunities you’ll come up with.
The point is that
the more you prepare your route and practice your route, the easier and safer
it will be if you ever have to put these plans into action in the aftermath of
SHTF.
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Worms and the
Threat the Represent
Worms are generally
a problem for dogs and cats in the UK but it was not so long ago that many
parasites also frequently infected humans.
With the lowered standards
of sanitation, footwear, and general health in the aftermath of a disaster, the
worms would likely rise again to infest large portions of our population.
Depending on the kind of worm and the severity of the infection, you may feel
no symptoms at all or you may suffer from nutritional deficiencies, anaemia,
diarrhoea, and general pain in infected areas.
Although this topic
is one that makes your skin crawl, as a prepared person you must know how to
combat these bodily invaders, and how to keep them from infesting you in the
first place!
How worms infect people
Although there are
literally dozens of worms that could infect people, many of them follow certain
patterns that can help you to understand how to avoid being infested in the
first place.
Firstly, most worm
eggs are passed through faecal matter or the area around the anus in general.
This means that the primary method of preventing infection is proper washing,
toilet use, and sanitation.
Children are
particularly susceptible to worms for this reason, since they often forget to
properly clean themselves and the nutrient deficiencies common to these
infections cause them far greater developmental harm.
Secondly, the eggs
generally do not infect only people who have direct faecal contact with eggs.
Rather, the eggs are intended to travel along hands after wiping, or on
clothing or even by dust and wind.
From there, they
land on food or in water sources where they are then ingested, the eggs hatch,
and the parasites find their proper home to begin pumping out hundreds of
thousands of eggs to continue the cycle. In some circumstances, worms can also
arrive by burrowing in via tender areas of the feet or via the anus if mature
worms are found in water sources.
Finally, it can be
rather difficult to determine if a person is infected meaning that quarantine
is usually a futile effort.
The headaches,
pains, and even nutritional deficiencies caused by worms can also be caused by
other viruses and bacteria meaning that the only way to definitely determine a
worm infestation is by examining stool samples under a microscope.
Furthermore, many
worm eggs are resistant to ph changes (in order to survive passing through the
stomach when ingested), cold, and even heat in some cases making them nearly
impossible to truly eradicate. The key point here being that worm prevention is
a constant task for all people, infested and non-infested particularly during a
disaster.
Proper hand washing,
toilet use, food washing, and water sanitation will be vital to preventing worm
infestations as it is always a potential hazard for any group regardless of
location.
How to prevent infestations
As stated above,
sanitation of food and water sources is key though each will have different
sources of potential contamination.
Food, for example is
usually contaminated either by dust-borne eggs or by the dirty hands of those
who cooked and prepared the food. This makes prevention more a matter of
cleanliness on your group’s part.
Washing hands today
is often seen as a largely social thing, done for the sake of not being grossed
out by nasty hands. It is imperative that every group member understand that in
a survival situation proper washing and wiping is a matter of life and death,
and something to be taken extremely seriously.
Water taken directly
from a stream or creek can have parasitic eggs floating about in it. Make sure
you filter and boil it first!
Water, on the other
hand is usually contaminated by general nature since many animals will defecate
in or near streams and runoff will send many, many millions more eggs coursing
through rivers and lakes.
Thankfully even tiny
worm eggs are typically massive when compared to the microbes and viruses that
many filters can catch, making filtered water a necessity both for drinking and
bathing.
To keep the
dust-borne eggs out, cover all filtered water sources and boil water when
possible. As a final point, you should still take pains to keep faecal matter
from latrines away from water sources since adding even more eggs to the water
is only going to clog your filter faster, or infest local animals that you may
eat.
Finally, although
worms that infect by foot are not as common they are still present and should
be fought off diligently. Fortunately, just wearing solid shoes with good soles
can act as excellent protection. The worms mainly burrow into tender areas such
as the space between the toes, so they are incapable of penetrating even thin
rubber or foam soles much less good boots or tennis shoes. Even sandals are
better than going barefoot in a pinch!
Treating infestations
Unfortunately the
human body fares rather poorly against parasites like these since they are
designed specifically to get past your defences.
Generally you will
need de-worming medication that contains certain poisons and enzymes that
attack the worm allowing its corpse to be expelled properly. Generally termed
“anthelmintics”, popular meds of this type include the family
of Benzimidazoles, Ambacetin, Ivermectin, and Monepantel.
Be aware that not
all of these are necessarily intended for human use but I listed them in case
you also wished to have some on hand for meat bearing animals. I would always strongly recommend speaking to your
doctor or vet about acquiring any anti-worming medication for people or animals,
respectively.
If you cannot
actually remove them, the next best step is to prevent reinfection if at all
possible by maintaining proper cleanliness standards.
Apart from certain
worms that can live for decades most die within 2-3 years at most and mild
infections are generally annoyances at best. If constant reinfection is
permitted, however, chronic infestations can easily kill a person as they are
drained of nutrients from within or certain organs become blocked with worms.
If someone is found
to have worms of any kind, therefore, they should not be permitted to handle
any food but their own and all utensils, clothing, and bedding of theirs should
be cleaned thoroughly apart from everyone else’s.
Worms are
nasty, but thankfully prevention is as simple as keeping everyone clean and
filtering their water thoroughly. The threat will be ever-present in a survival
situation however, so be sure you take the steps needed to prevent any
infection.
I am not medically trained and I hope I never have to become personally familiar with parasitic
infestations.
This information is
to be used during SHTF situations and other manmade or natural disasters when
real medical care is unavailable: if you have any concerns about parasites
always speak with your doctor!
Finding Water
in an Urban Area
If your taps ran
dry, what kind of plans do you have in place? As with everything else in my
prep plans, water is broken down into 3 phases – short term, medium term, and
long term solution.
Short Term –
this is your bottled water. Most people should have a couple of cases of
bottled water laying around somewhere.
When the water goes
stops, the bottled and stockpiled water will go first. It’s convenient, as all
you do is un-screw the top of the bottle and the water is ready to drink. Most
people like to take the easy way out, and bottled water is about as easy as it
gets.
Medium Term –
this is your water filters. This may include your bought water filters or some
kind of backpacking, lightweight water filter.
But sooner or later,
the filter is going to reach its lifespan, and that is it.
Long term –
private water well that is safe to drink. This could include water wells on
farms, or rural water wells where people do not get piped water.
So where exactly do
you get water in an urban survival situation? Don’t panic, stop and
think, local ponds, streams, rivers, lakes, canals and even rain fall offer you
a source of the nectar of life.
For example at the
end of my road is a river and by simply walking 60 yards with some water bottles
to carry the water, bring it back home and run it through my water
filter.
There are three
rivers and numerous ponds within 5 miles of me.
Rain water –
once those 55 gallon drums run out of water, they could be positioned under the
down spout of a rain gutter. But this only works if you live in an area
that gets a lot of rain.
If you do not have
any 55 gallon drums, some 5 gallon buckets should work just as good. If
nothing else, refill those water bottles that were used when the event first
started.
Waterborne diseases – As sewers fill up and start to back up, people will start doing their
“business” outside.
The problem here, is
when an area receives rain fall, the sewage can be washed off the soil and into
the local rivers, streams, ponds, canals etc. in fact any kind of surface
water.
If water can stand
around the pipe going into a well, there is a chance that contaminated water
can get into the well. That is why it’s recommended that a cement step be
built around the pipe of a well.
Possible diseases
include:
Cryptosporidium
E. Coli
Shigella
Giardiasis
Botulism
Cholera
Dysentery
Legionellosis – Legionnaires disease
Salmonellosis – Salmonella (mostly foodborne)
Typhoid fever
Hepatitis A – food and waterborne
Cryptosporidium
E. Coli
Shigella
Giardiasis
Botulism
Cholera
Dysentery
Legionellosis – Legionnaires disease
Salmonellosis – Salmonella (mostly foodborne)
Typhoid fever
Hepatitis A – food and waterborne
In my opinion, the
ideal situation would be to have a water well with some kind of solar water
pump on it, or at least a hand operated water pump. In a worse case
situation, having a well and a hand powered pump is better than nothing.
One of the big
differences between urban and rural water plans, would probably be that a lot
of people in rural areas already have some kind of water well in place.
Whether it’s to
water the cows, horses or other livestock, or as their main water source, a lot
of people who live in rural areas have access to some kind of water well.
From there, it’s
just a matter of getting the water out of the well with no electricity.
As usual with
prepping to survive you must firstly plan act and test.
