Hydration for Children, by ShaneTheNurse

by suburban | Nov 14, 2011 | first aid, Health, Hydraton, Medical, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

One of the com­mon mis­takes that peo­ple make is to treat a dehy­drat­ed child in the same man­ner as a dehy­drat­ed adult. For a child that is severe­ly dehy­drat­ed this will most like­ly mean death. I have been an ER nurse since the 1990’s and I can­not tell you... Read more

Hydration for Adults, by ShaneTheNurse

by suburban | Nov 10, 2011 | first aid, Health, Hydraton, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

We have all heard the phrase “hydrate or die.” unfor­tu­nate­ly most Amer­i­cans fail to heed this advice.  When I was work­ing the Ari­zona desert I noticed an increase in the inci­dence of pul­monary embolisms. So I did a small study and found that every... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Oct 8, 2011 | Politics, Preparedness, Water

2 Activists Not Sure on Com­mu­nist Solu­tion httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JICDKUrKPjE SHTF CREW TAG httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsoWzV9LgR0 The Day of Dark­ness Came httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_6BKxk5Pg Sur­viv­ing Hypother­mic Con­di­tions... Read more

September is National Preparedness Month

by Prepperjim | Sep 14, 2011 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Health, Light, Personal, Water

Our gov­ern­ment has des­ig­nat­ed Sep­tem­ber as “Nation­al Pre­pared­ness Month”. This con­trasts with the FBI’s pro­fil­ing prep­pers as poten­tial ter­ror­ists. I imag­ine the mes­sage is “be pre­pared”, but don’t be too pre­pared. We still want you depen­dent... Read more

The Two Most Common Ways of Purifying Water Post Man Made or Natural Disaster

by suburban | Aug 26, 2011 | Preparedness, Water

Puri­fy­ing water in an urban or sub­ur­ban envi­ron­ment after a nat­ur­al or man-made dis­as­ter When dis­as­ter strikes, the first thing on most peo­ple’s minds is the well­be­ing of their loved ones and their own per­son­al safe­ty. Humans are pret­ty resource­ful... Read more

Different Story, Different Result

by Prepperjim | May 15, 2011 | Self Reliance, Shelter, Water, Weather

I not­ed pre­vi­ous­ly that a lady sur­vived 49 days in the wilder­ness of Neva­da. Today, I read a sto­ry of a man who was trapped in Ore­gon and died after approx­i­mate­ly 60 days. McDon­ald, 68, liked to camp. While he did­n’t have a lot of food, he had gal­lon... Read more