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Safety Tips for Bringing Home Groceries During a Pandemic

Safety Tips for Shopping During a Pandemic

Safety Tips for Bringing Home Groceries During a Pandemic This is a scenario that is new to this generation. We have never experienced a pandemic in this way before in our life times. Millions of people are on stay at home orders and others in self quarantine. Allowed only to leave their homes for work …

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DIY CDC-Compliant Face Masks for Personal Use or Donation

DIY CDC-Compliant Face Masks for Personal Use or Donation   Right now the world is experiencing a shortage of a number of medical supplies necessary to fight the Covid 19 virus and help curb it’s spread. Many of these shortages are for things that we as individuals can’t do much about like respirators. However, there …

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Prepping Anyone Can Do Weekly

Prepping Anyone Can Do Weekly

Prepping Anyone Can Do Weekly   I am asked all the time: “I am barely getting by for today. How am I suppose to prep for the future? Particularly for a disaster that may or may not come tomorrow or next year?”  There are lots of ways of prepping without spending a fortune and some …

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Protect yourself from coronavirus

Protect yourself from coronavirus

Protect yourself from coronavirus I know it seems to me that every year or two there is a new deadly virus to worry about. It might be easy to begin to blow off the doom and gloom of these viruses. After all we aren’t all dead of Ebola right? Now that is one terrifying virus! …

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DIY Prepper Security

DIY Prepper Security

Some posts may include affiliate links. DIY Prepper Security   I am not wealthy and I am willing to bet neither are the majority of you. But our stuff is OURS and we don’t intend to just hand it over. Never mind rich or poor the people we love are irreplaceable. So no matter who …

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Could Your Supplies be Deemed Illegal?

Could Your Supplies be Deemed Illegal?

Could Your Supplies be Deemed Illegal?   Is it possible that all your scrimping and saving to be responsible and prepared could eventually get you in legal trouble? Honestly I doubt that, but I have not a single doubt that your supplies could be legally taken away from you! In a time of chaos you …

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Residents in Michigan warned about venomous caterpillars

Residents in Michigan warned about venomous caterpillars

Residents in Michigan warned about venomous caterpillars This brightly colored caterpillar appears like any other caterpillar but be warned touching one can be a very unpleasant scenario.  Although not deadly they pack a painful sting that will leave you wishing you hadn’t come into contact with it. They eventually morph into a rather unremarkable grey …

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Safely Encountering a Rattlesnake

Safely Encountering a Rattlesnake

Safely Encountering a Rattlesnake We’ve talked before about what to do if  you or a member of your group/family is ever bitten by a rattlesnake. We have even given you information on how to skin and eat one (see that here). But if you are like me, I am only going to be worrying about …

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4 Things to Consider When Choosing Bug Out Vehicle

4 Things to Consider in a Bug Out Vehicle

4 Things to Consider When Choosing Bug Out Vehicle   The priority thinking when it comes to a bug out vehicle has got to be, will it get you out? You need to be able to move fast during adverse conditions. The secondary consideration needs to be for it’s use after escaping the primary threat. …

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The Castle Doctrine and Home Security

The Castle Doctrine and Home Security

The Castle Doctrine and Home Security We make every attempt to protect our homes and families from those that would take what we have worked hard for or bring harm to those we love, these attempts can be futile. Sometimes those evil doers make it past our security and we know this to be true. …

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