Time is not your friend when the power goes out and your refrigerator stops cooling. Typically, if the door is not opened food should stay within a safe temperature for four hours. What is a safe temperature for fresh meats, and other perishables? Forty degrees Fahrenheit or … [Read more...] about What Refrigerated Foods are Safe to Consume after a Power Outage?
Preparedness
15 Survival Uses for Pipe Cleaners
Besides the intended use, which is to clean your smoking pipes or other small bores there are other uses for pipe cleaners in a survival and in other situations. They are inexpensive, come in various colors and sizes and they take up little room and add no significant weight to … [Read more...] about 15 Survival Uses for Pipe Cleaners
Mountain Biking Getting A Kit Together
Mountain biking, just the thought of it conjures up images of Rough Mountain trails, crisp pine scented air, and spectacular views. In many cases, the reality will match your imagination. However, there is another reality you may have to deal with along the trail and that is … [Read more...] about Mountain Biking Getting A Kit Together
After The SHTF What’s Next
We have always emphasized that preparing for the days after is as important or even more so than the preparations leading up to a crisis, providing you have advanced warning, of course. Imagine being told that a dam near your community may collapse at any time and you have to … [Read more...] about After The SHTF What’s Next
12 Survival and Other Uses for Lemons/Lemon Juice
Fresh lemons may very well be hard to get a hold of during a crisis unless you live in an area that has mature lemon trees. If you do live in an area that can sustain lemon trees then why not plant one or more if you have the space. You can stock up on 100 percent lemon juice, … [Read more...] about 12 Survival and Other Uses for Lemons/Lemon Juice