Archive for ' Instant Survival Tips'

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Know your IP addresses! Posted:June 18, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Know your IP addresses!

A year or two ago when I first read about the federal government establishing a “kill switch” over the internet, I knew that it wouldn’t be long before the free exchange of ideas and information we’ve [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A snoop-free foreign language Posted:May 27, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A snoop-free foreign language

Being married to The Paranoid Dad has its benefits.  I’ve become a lot more careful about what I say and to whom I say it.  There was a time when I would broadcast to the world [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Wanted: Cheap Pots & Pans Posted:May 04, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Wanted: Cheap Pots & Pans

What do you use for your every day stovetop cooking?  Chances are, you’re like a lot of us who own fairly nice cookware.  My set is nice, but I’d never want to use it over a gas grill, [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Go retro with your quarters and dimes! Posted:April 25, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Go retro with your quarters and dimes!

A few weeks ago I read a comment that asked, “What if you came across a bucket of old silver quarters that your grandma or grandpa had collected?  What would that mean to you and your [...]

Instant Survival Tip: Use the Rule of 3 to ID Your Disaster Posted:April 20, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Instant Survival Tip: Use the Rule of 3 to ID Your Disaster

I teach about the importance of the Rule of 3 in my webinar class, “Survival Rules You Can’t Afford to Ignore,” and recently applied the rule to identifying the most likely scenarios for prepping.  It’s so [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Beach Well Posted:April 15, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Beach Well

By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template and The Cave and The Sea photo by AFR 64-4 Figure 19-3 Page 279  The following two-part article considers the use of a “Beach Well” to procure water.  First is [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: The Stockdale Paradox Posted:April 06, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: The Stockdale Paradox

By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo by marksontok Coined by Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great, the term “The Stockdale Paradox” has come to describe then mentality of one of the [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Improvised Water Filter Posted:March 30, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Improvised Water Filter

By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo from AFR 64-4, Figure 19-15, page 189 A variety of events can contaminate ordinary, working sources of water.  For example, rainstorms, or even worse, hurricanes, can pollute [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Firewood Tricks Posted:March 23, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Firewood Tricks

By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo by jennaddenda Early Spring can bring spectactular Family time!  The following tricks for finding and gathering dry firewood are extraordinarily practical and work great when approached as [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Try a flask on for size Posted:March 21, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Try a flask on for size

Recently I was trying to figure out a better way to carry water in my purse.  I didn’t like the huge water bottles because they weigh so much, and the smaller containers are made of plastic [...]