Raccoons are a study in contrast. They are among the cutest and most charismatic animals that you’ll see, and certainly some of the peskiest. Raccoons are notorious for taking up residence in and around homes, breaking into stored food and, most annoyingly of all, getting into your trash cans. Waking up to strewn trash and […]
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There are all kinds of cherished survival myths out there. I grew up hearing them, and the guys that taught them to me probably grew up hearing them. Suck the poison out of a snake bite. You can eat anything that animals eat. Drinking from white water is safer. The sad thing is none of
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Whether you are bugging out, evacuating from a disaster, practicing your escape and evasion routes, or just heading out on a road trip, sometimes you get tired behind the wheel and need to pull over for some shut-eye. But one thing to consider, and something most people don’t, is whether or not sleeping in your
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With vehicles being such a fixture in most folks’ bug-out plans, the idea of the true vehicular bug-out, where you sleep in your car if needed or are forced to evacuate from a disaster, is gaining in popularity. Plus, sometimes, you’re just tired and need to pull over to get a nap in. The issue
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One of the biggest and scariest mega-disasters that can potentially occur in our era is an EMP. An EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, is a massive surge of energy that can overload electrical grids and disable, damage, or destroy electronic components and many of the things we use every day and rely on. But EMPs of
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The looming threat of a massive EMP has been hanging over the heads of our society, and indeed the world, for some time now. Caused by unstoppable solar phenomena, nuclear warheads, and specialized weapons, an EMP that’s strong enough could completely disable our society, frying the electrical grid, everything attached to it, and nearly anything
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If you’re a prepper, you are smart to focus on the fundamentals when it comes to survival. That way, no matter what you’re facing, you’ll have the most important bases covered: food, water, shelter, self-defense. We’ve all heard those before, but there’s another survival fundamental that you’ve got to account for: Communications. When you are
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Unless you have actually been living in a remote underground bunker for the past couple of decades, chances are pretty good that you are aware of the existential threat posed by EMPs. Electromagnetic pulses, whether created by natural solar phenomena or man-made weapon systems of one kind or another, can potentially destroy our electrical grid
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Today, both World War I and World War II are ancient history. Time moves on fast. But it’s impossible to overstate how deadly and devastating both of those conflicts were, and how much they changed the trajectory of nations and entire cultures ever after. After a long post-war period of nominal peace, one punctuated by
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One of the biggest threats preppers have been forced to acknowledge in recent decades is that of a major EMP, or electromagnetic pulse. Created by man-made weapon systems and natural solar activity, EMPs will completely knock out our power grid, and likely damage most, if not all, electronic systems and components. There are said to
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