Gatorade is great for replacing electrolytes after a hard workout or a hard day working outside. If you’ve been drinking Gatorade for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed the date on the side of the bottle. Gatorade is a shelf-stable beverage and doesn’t expire at the date on the side of the bottle. The …
Expired Gatorade: Is it Safe to Drink and How to Tell if it’s Gone Bad Read More »
The so-called rule of 3’s is a pretty standard idea in the survival community. It states that a human can live for three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, and three weeks without food. It’s not exactly scientific, but it’s a good way to remember how long a person can …
Basic Survival Needs: What Do You Need to Survive? Read More »
Anyone that’s experienced a natural disaster has probably seen the run on stores that happens before the storm hits. People rush every last store and gas station, clearing every last water bottle off of the shelves. FEMA recommends that everyone has at least three days of water stored for each member of your home. Since …
Storing Water at Home: How Much You Need (With Storage Tips!) Read More »
I’ve been storing water in case of an emergency for a long time and some of that is bottled water. Bottled water doesn’t go bad even though most bottled water companies recommend that you use their products in 1 – 2 years. If your water ever has a strange smell, gets cloudy or grows algae, …
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Prairie dogs are a burrowing rodent related to squirrels that live in the grasslands of North America. They’re primarily found in northern Mexico, the western United States, and southern Canada. In some areas, they’re really common and could even be a good source of food in an emergency if you could eat them. Prairie dogs, …
Eating Prairie Dogs: Can You Eat Them in an Emergency? Read More »
Water is critically important to survival so it only makes sense to have water in your bug out bag. The real problem is that water is heavy. That’s why you need to have some way to filter water in your bug out bag. Having a bug out bag water filter lets you gather water while …
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Most people have some kind of electronics in their bug out bags. It makes sense now when we have power, access to as many batteries as we want, and places like Amazon that can get us all kinds of gadgets in a day or two, but does it make sense to rely on electronics during …
Electronics in Your Bug Out Bag: Here’s What You Should Consider Taking When You Bug Out Read More »
Bugging out should be a last resort for most people. If you live inside a city, however, you may find yourself wanting to bug out a lot sooner than someone that lives in the suburbs or a more rural area. This is where your bug out bag is going to come into play. An urban …
The Urban Bug Out Bag: How to Build a Bug Out Bag to Make it Out of the City Read More »
With every bug out bag, there are absolute bare essential items that you need to have in order to have what I would consider to be a functional bug out kit. Bug out bag essentials are those things that should be in every bug out bag. They are the bare minimum requirements for a bug …
A bug out bag is one of the most talked-about types of survival kits out there. Most people that are looking to get into preparedness see the term thrown around everywhere they go. A bug out bag is a survival kit that contains everything that you’ll need in case some form of disaster (either natural …
