Okay, we have a winner in our Mountain House Wrap Giveaway. If you missed the giveaway, it worked like this. All you had to do was leave a comment on the Mountain House Wrap Review post and tell me what your favorite Mountain House meal was. If it matched mine, then you won three packages of Mountain House freeze dried food.
Can What Is Happening In Greece Happen in America?
· Government Issues
Unless you just refuse to listen to the news or perhaps you get your news from a very serious news commentator like Jon Stewart, (okay, that was sarcasm if you didn’t catch it), you have no doubt saw the riots in Greece. Perhaps you even know what has caused them. In a nutshell, here is what has cause the Citizens of Greece to rise up against their Government.
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Mountain House Wraps Review and Giveaway!
· Survival Gear
I’ve used Mountain House freeze dried foods for many years. I first started taking them on extended camping and hunting trips over 10 years ago. So it was only natural that when I really got serious about putting food back and developing a survival plan, that I used Mountain House freeze dried foods to supplement my other food stores. Sure, they cost a little bit more, but one thing I simply love about them is the 25 to 30 shelf life most of their foods have when packed in #10 cans and around 5 to 7 years for the pouches (if I remember correctly). I don’t have to worry about rotating stock or any of those other annoying little chores! Of course, I love my canned foods, so keeping up with the dates on everything is somewhat a labor of love, but when I look over at my Mountain House food, I’m more than glad I don’t have to wonder when it was packed or if I need to eat it soon.
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5 Military Surplus Rifles For Survival and Self Reliance
· survival guns
Contrary to popular belief from some so called “Survival Gurus”, you don’t need an armory for survival or self reliance. Sure, I’d like to have about a dozen M1A1′s, maybe a couple cases of AR16/A2′s and a few FNFAL 7.62 Battle Rifles for good measure. But I don’t have that kind of dough laying around and I’m betting that many of you don’t either. And if I did, I’m sure I could find something better to spend it on than a half dozen or so of top of the line assault rifles! There are better picks for the label of best survival rifles in my opinion than $1000 plus guns!
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Tips For Using Coupons To Build Your Food Stockpile
· Emergency Preparedness
If you’re like most people, you’ve either heard or watched that cable show about extreme couponing. I for one groaned when I first saw it. I knew what was coming. The same thing that happened after those cable shows about buying storage units. People got caught up in the shows and forgot that they were on TV for entertainment purposes and not a “How to” show. Hopefully, you’ll be able to use these tips for using coupons to build your food stockpile.
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A Beginners Guide To Archery Equipment for Survival
· Survival Gear
Most survival articles you’ll see concerning weapons will focus on firearms. And that’s all well and good. But if you only stock up on guns, you may be missing out on another lethal segment of weaponry. And that of course is Archery. Archery gear has been used for self defense and food gathering for centuries. Certainly well before the time of gunpowder and lead projectiles! If you’re serious about prepping for any emergency or civil disaster, then your emergency preparedness equipment should include some bows and arrows along with an assortment of accessories. This article isn’t mean to be an in depth manual, but only a beginners guide to archery equipment for survival. Having been a bowhunter myself since I was 15, I’ve naturally acquired many pieces of equipment over the years and I’ve shot nearly every type of bow you can imagine. I take archery serious and here is what I’d tell anyone in my family who was unfamiliar with modern archery but wanted to prepare.
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Are Unions Planning the Financial Downfall of America?
· politics
Someone sent me this link to a YouTube video last night. I found it very interesting and honestly, a little more than unsettling. But once I thought about it, it does make sense, from the Unions standpoint. The video is actually a recording of a meeting where a high ranking (former or current, no one seems to know) Service Employee International Union (SEIU) Official, Stephen Lerner, discusses the secret plans that apparently they (the Unions) already have in place to bring down the financial markets of the U.S. as well as create instability in the financial markets.
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Lessons Learned From the Japan Earthqake and Tsunami
· earthquake, Emergency Preparedness
I’m still amazed at the destruction of the Earthquake and Tsunami that struck Japan on March the 11th. Truly amazing video and photos coming out of there. And the amount of human suffering can’t even begin to be counted nor imagined. Yet, as I watch the Survivors go about trying to make it day to day, I can’t help but think how many of those people were actually prepared for something like this. There are lessons to be learned from the Japan earthquake and tsunami, yet I imagine few will take heed. In all honestly, I doubt anyone could be 100% prepared for anything of this size. Yet when I see all those people scouring the bare shelves of the grocery stores looking for food or waiting in line for hours, or even days for fuel, I wonder how many of them had thought about something like this might happen and practiced emergency preparedness? From the looks of it, very few.
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How To Disappear Completely
· Survival Skills
The title of this article isn’t meant to be a how to guide, it’s more of a question of sorts. Probably like a lot of you, I’ve thought about how to disappear completely. Not that I ever want to do it, but you never know when it might come in handy in a survival situation. I’ve talked to a lot of people over the years about this and one thing I’ve learned from these conversations is that most people think they could disappear and never be found.
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Long Term Food Storage 101
· Emergency Preparedness
It seems some of you are having trouble figuring out how to get started storing food long term. Part of this may be due to some people telling you that you need to buy cases of expensive freeze dried food or buy grains and other staples in stock and then put them in sealed five gallon buckets. This can be confusing and a little over whelming to some beginners. I get it. So I thought I’d show you how easy it is for the Average Joe to get started with long term food storage.
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