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How to Build a Bed With Storage Inside

Do you have limited space or would you like a space to storage items that are just not visible ?

Would you want this bed platform

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At Home Flu Shots – Juicing Shots to Boost your Immune System.

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EBT System Crash: 16 States Out of Service: “How Am I Going to Feed My Family?”

How do you think people would have responded if it had lasted longer than 72 hours ?...

With CNBC.com reporting that 46 Million Americans Are on Food Stamps.... this is a huge issue.

On a personal note: In my eyes, I saw this issue is about the lack of food storage and how people would respond if they were not able to access food.
Hungry people are desperate people.
I think everyone has needed a helping hand at one point in their lives.
I sure have... a couple times.
I understand that people are struggling to put food on the table and that is why I post about gleaning, wild food foraging, cooking from scratch, frugal make your own baking mixes, meals in a jars and crock pot cooking.

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10 Great Pretend Games to Help Your Children Develop Preparedness Skills

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Map: Where You Don’t Want to Be When It Hits the Fan

When it hits the fan America’s population centers will explode in violence, looting, and total breakdown of law and order.

It’s a theory put forth by numerous survival and relocation specialists, and one that makes complete sense if you consider what happens in a truly serious collapse-like scenario.



Survival Blog founder James Rawles calls them the golden horde:
Because of the urbanization of the U.S. population, if the entire eastern or western power grid goes down for more than a week, the cities will rapidly become unlivable. I foresee that there will be an almost unstoppable chain of events:

Power -> water -> food distribution -> law and order -> arson fires -> full scale looting

In his recent documentary Strategic Relocation, retreat expert Joel Skousen echoes Rawles’ warnings:

The number one threat that I concentrate on. It’s not terrorism, it’s not natural disaster, it’s not even government or war.

The major threat is population density.

Because every crisis that threatens, even a local crisis, can turn exponential because of close proximity to people who cannot help themselves. Even good people panic in a crisis…

So, where should you be when it happens?

To find the answer, let’s consider where we shouldn’t be.

Recent U.S. census data indicates that out of the 3000 counties in the United States, fully 50% of the population lives in just 146.

If you want to have any chance of surviving a wide-spread catastrophic event by avoiding the hordes that will be searching for critical resources in its aftermath, then check out the following map to get a visual reference of the areas you want to stay away from.



When considering your retreat locations or emergency evacuation routes, be familiar with the population densities of the area you’re headed to, as well as those counties in your immediate vicinity.

In his book Patriots, James Rawles specifically points out that Highway 80, running through California, will be one of the busiest evacuation routes in the country as millions of people pour out of major cities to flee disaster or in search of food.

So, no matter where you are located, consider your proximity to high traffic thoroughfares going in and out of the city. During Hurricane Rita, which hit Houston several years ago, every major pipeline out of the city was jammed for hundreds of miles.

Interstate 45 from Houston to Dallas was bumper to bumper traffic. Normally a 4 hour trip, those who didn’t evacuate in time were stuck on the highway without food, gas, sanitation, or potable water for upwards of 15 hours.

This is why Joel Skousen suggests that those looking for strategic retreat locations or homes outside of major cities consider highway proximity. Be at least 5 – 7 miles away from any major thoroughfare, which is generally outside the range people want to venture off familiar roads, and far enough away to make any ‘walkers’ too tired to attempt the trip without ample clean water and food.

If you have no choice but to be in a major metro area during a serious emergency situation, consider strategies that can help you remain sustainable in the city even in the midst of panic.

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How to Build Wood Handrails for Stairs & Decks

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Another 100 Painless Ways & Ideas to Live Frugally

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Primitive Fire Starting: The Bow Drill.

How to start a fire with a bow drill for when you don’t have matches, a lighter or a flint fire starter.
Primitive fire starting is not easy or quick but it can be life saving in a dire situation.
Have you ever tried it ? Can you share your experience ?

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How To Exchange a Chainsaw Chain – Chainsaw Maintenance
Yes, chainsaw chains do become dull from usage and need to be exchanged.
Don’t throw out the old one because it can be sharped and reused.
A chainsaw is a useful homesteading tool that will pay it’s way in reduction of your workload a hundred times over.