We so casually turn on our faucet and expect clean water to come out. We flush our toilets, wash our hands, use water for cooking and for watering the lawn without a thought. But if there's anything we have learned from all the disasters that ... Read More
All About Water Purification: A Complete Tutorial
Having water on hand is just one part of being prepared. Knowing how to safely store, treat, filter and purify water can keep you alive. To know how much water to have on hand and how to store it, read Water Storage 101. This article reviews how to ... Read More
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Which Berkey is Best?
At some point in your preparedness journey you'll begin to research ways to purify water. Besides bleach, boiling, and other methods, a Berkey Water Filter is a top choice. Many people use their Berkey every day for better tasting water or perhaps ... Read More
Product Review: The Berkey Portable Water Purifier
The spring in the Death Valley canyon was the only source of water for probably miles around, and my hiking partner and I had detoured to see it. But the spring (a seep really) looked and smelled like a hog wallow, with the muddy, filthy ... Read More
Making Water Safe to Drink: A Tutorial
by Leon Pantenburg, Survival Commom Sense and Peter Kummerfeldt, Outdoor Safe “The water stunk like sewage, but it was all we had to drink,” the Vietnam vet mentioned during the interview. “The farmers fertilized the rice paddies with human ... Read More
What is Money When the System Collapses?
With all the talk about a collapse of our economy, I asked Mac Slavo over at SHTFplan blog to share with my readers his insights into how a family might survive following a collapse of our money system. Here is his answer, in his own ... Read More
