There should be no confusion about N95 respirators providing protection against Covid-19 infection. If worn properly and consistently, they prevent inspiration and expiration of the…
Category: Stuff You Should Know
Three New Free Publication PDFs
We recently updated our well known Preparedness Overview flyer that we distribute at our meetings and presentations. anyone is welcome to reprint this as a…
The Long Road Ahead
My childhood experiences make me predisposed to detect and expect survival challenges, and my career as a Hazard Control Manager provide me with the training,…
Members Only Publications Posted
The new May/June PANDEMIC SPECIAL ISSUE of American Survivor has been posted as a PDF to the Members Only/American Survivor page for paid members. Also: …
The Coming Age Of Civil Disorder
As we enter the year 2020 we can anticipate further political chaos and agitation on the streets of America. It is difficult to predict how…
2020 Foresight: The potential chaos in the coming year
The article below appeared in an earlier edition of our American Survivor newsletter. Social/political conflict can be considered as much of a survival threat as…
Survival in the UK
The following article is reprinted with permission from The Real Survivalists at https://therealsurvivalists.com A British survivalist website. Be aware that survivalism is now and always…
Surprise Disasters and the Death Spiral
More Surprises and the Spiral. The Subject of our July/August issue was “Surprise Disaster”. Does four major hurricanes and two major earthquakes in the same…
New Recommended Survival Book List
It has been a few years since we updated our book list. This is simply because we have too many projects going on simultaneously, but…
Picking Locks As A Survival Skill
Certainly we all regard lock picking as a rather nefarious activity used by criminals and spies, but under true, live-or-die survival situations including this skill…
Surviving An Active Shooter Event
Resent events have made surviving an “active shooter” situation a real possibility. While writing my next book I am including it in the Ten Street…
10 Weeds that Heal
I discovered a great article on healing “weeds” right in our own backyard. Thanks to Patsy Clark I have been motivated to learn more about…
Thoughts on Survival Organization
There is no such thing as failure, only people who fail. I have learned these lessons through years of work building Live Free USA at…
Ebola Part Two
Ebola Part Two If you think the recent Ebola epidemic is over then you probably think that “denial” is a river in Egypt. If we…
Baby Totin’ Busy Hand Drills
I just read this article and knew I had to share this. I no longer have small children, therefore, have not considered this. It is…
Survival Shovels
Very small folding shovel for survival packs. A shovel is one of the items that is often left out of the bug-out-bag, but should be…
Diabetes Disaster Preparedness
Personally, I would have liked to have just added the link to this article, as it is fairly lengthy. It is, however, very important for…
30 Uses For Wood Ashes
(Ashes from hard wood trees works best, and don’t use ashes from treated wood) Make lye water out of ash. You can boil 2-3 spoons…
