Category: Emergency Power

Cook With Your Thermos! A Few Emergency Cooking Methods

Whether out in the big, bad woods or the middle of a disaster, knowing how to cook in an emergency is a beautiful thing. There are actually lots of ways to enjoy a hot meal on the proverbial fly, even if all you have is a thermos! Check out these emergency cooking methods. Thermos Options …

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EMP Attack Threats From Iran Discovered Military Manual Found In Tehran

The controversial Iran nuclear deal sparked weeks of heated debate. Now, another potentially deadly hidden secret has emerged from the rogue Middle Eastern nation. National security experts who claim to have read translated excerpts from an Iranian military manual have stated that an EMP attack against the United States has been in the planning stages …

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choices for lighting your emergency camp

Every night, the sun goes down, and we reach automatically for the light switch that enables us to continue to cook, to read, to continue our lives even with the night and the dark all around. But in an emergency situation, the power may be out, you may not be comfortably inside your home, but …

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The Bad News About The Ubiquitous LED Light Bulb

The light-emitting diode (LED) has become ubiquitous in the technology that surrounds our lives today. Practically everywhere you look, LEDs are visible; your car, your computer, your microwave oven, your cell phone, etc. Even in household and commercial lighting applications, we see LED technology taking over where the older less efficient fluorescent and filament bulbs …

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Will Your Electronic Safe Open After An EMP? How to Protect Your Gear

Did you know that if you own a safe with an electronic lock that you might be locked-out of it after an EMP? And that’s not exactly good timing. That’s right folks! Depending on who made the safe, its model, where the safe is located, and the distance away from the EMP source, you may …

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Going Off-Grid ‘Starting From Scratch’ PART 3 Energizing Your Off-Grid Homestead

In this series, we are considering the very basic steps that would allow anyone with average skills and the requisite adventuresome disposition, to successfully establish an ‘off-grid’ homestead. Going off-grid requires some of the same ‘spirit’ that many of our forefathers had when they first came to America in the 1800’s, taking their families into the wilds to establish their homesteads.

5 Solar Chargers for When Things Go Dark

When your gear gets low on power today it’s easy to find a wall outlet and plug in for a few hours. What happens when that wall outlet doesn’t work any more? When the SHTF power will be one of the first things to go. With nobody running the power stations or to repair downed …

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Alternative Sources of Energy for Your Home

It is a well-known fact that our homes take energy to order to sustain modern living. We need electricity to complete all sorts of tasks around the house. We use it for powering our televisions, wash machines, kitchen appliances including stoves and dishwashers, vacuums, and computers. Just about everything we do around the house in …

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See in the Dark: 5 Emergency Candles You Can Make Right Now

It’s just about impossible to be prepared for every situation and while we all know that it’s important to keep emergency lights and candles in every bug-in and bug-out kit, sometimes you come up short and need a little light in a pinch. From crayons to sardines there are a lot of ways to add …

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Best Solar-Powered Products

Solar-powered products are certainly some of the most eco-friendly, sustainable forms of power, well, ever, and are always worth the investment. Whether you use solar items at home, while camping, or in your RV, they’re great to have on hand! Let’s look at some of the best solar-powered products out there and what makes them …

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