What good is a pantry full of canned goods without a can opener? If you’re like me, you forget the most obvious items, like charcoal when you head to the lake to camp and a can opener for your pantry. Do you know how to open a can without a can...

Around 75% of Americans worry about natural disasters and calamities and 41% say that they are not prepared when a catastrophe strikes. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends that people should be ready for a calamity by preparing...

Most people today rely on municipal water supplies, but they are not beyond the risk of water shortages. In fact, as more areas deal with uncontrollable forest fires and droughts, you can expect the water crisis to get even worse. Potable water...

We constantly discuss all the different skills and strategies that can help somebody survive in a SHTF scenario.  However, when it comes right down to it we can boil everything down to a handful of things that can spell disaster. Sure, there is a...

There has been a number of times in my life that I have had to extract fuel out of my car and boat. The reasons vary from having to clean out the fuel tank of dirt and bad fuel to just having to remove the fuel tank for maintenance repairs. What I...