Nobody likes a power failure, but what happens when a simple blackout turns into days or even weeks of inadvertent off-the-grid living? Sure, no power means you can’t watch TV or charge your iPhone, but we take for granted all the other things that run on the grid like sewage pumping stations and communications towers. Necessities …
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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 …
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.
Portable Solar Generators for Camping
Portable Solar Generators – When it comes to camping in the great outdoors, you can either go the minimalist route with no power or bring an RV. However, with some of the latest technology in solar electricity, we now have the option to power some of those ever so beloved electronics without the obnoxious noise …
Emergency Preparedness: Inspiration From “The Walking Dead” TV Series
The 2nd half of “The Walking Dead” returns Sunday February 10th. As one of the more popular TV shows we thought we would do an article on some of the lessons we can learn from the show. While getting prepared for any sort of emergency we tend to think of immediate needs like do I …