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Inferno: How To Get Ready for a Rapidly Spreading Wildfire
The fire season has been in full force for several weeks, now. Fire season is brought on by both seasonally …
Crayons? 5 things you never realized you need in your prepper gear
Preparing for the worst is often looked down upon by those who don’t think there’s any reason to prepare for …
VIDEO: She carves a survival bow. Can you?
Could you kill small game using a bow made from wood and roots? YouTube’s Survival Lilly can. And in this …
VIDEO: Cottonmouth fights rattlesnake. Who wins? Who’s lunch?
There’s a reason some people are called “meaner than a rattlesnake.” But cottonmouth moccasins can be downright nasty. So what …
Just How Unhealthy And Unsafe Are Disaster Shelters?
There has been much evidence to support preparing for an emergency and disaster scenario on your own without putting your …
Top 5 terrifying snakes
The top 5 most scary snake clips from Discovery UK, including the pet python who killed a small child, a …
Clade X – the pandemic virus calculated to kill 900 million people. (It’s a doomsday scenario.)
Imagine a terrorist group hellbent on taking Earth’s population back to Stone Age numbers. They manipulate a deadly virus. And …
Military skill training: Reacting to Gunfire
“Active Shooter” by Mike McMaken The term Active Shooter was coined after the 1999 Columbine High School shooting that killed …
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) for everyday survival
Kelly: I’m thrilled to introduce Mike McMaken, a regular Self-Reliance Central reader and all-round good guy. Mike is a US Army …
American Communists: Stalin’s Political Pilgrims
John Walker, who left his California home to join the Taliban, was hardly the first American citizen to be seduced …
“That’s not a croc, THIS is a croc!”
Australia has some enormous crocodiles. An elusive monster crocodile, thought to be one of the biggest on record, has been …
charity:water
Ten years ago, former nightclub promoter Scott Harrison set out to solve the water crisis in his lifetime. Today, more …
Why Giant Snakes Are Taking Over South Florida
Non-native snakes like pythons and constrictors have overrun many areas of South Florida, but the reasons they are there may …
How do tornadoes form?
Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that can exceed 200 miles per hour. How do …
VIDEO: Home Owner Smokes Three Home Invaders
Three home invaders try to rob an off duty cop and find out what active self protection really means. When …
5 of the Most Popular Survival Kits You Can Find
We’ve done some digging and come across some of the best survival kits offered on Amazon, making the purchasing of …
VIDEO: Store owner opens fire on burglars
A man opened fire on two would-be burglars after they broke into his Temple City auto repair shop Monday. One of …
VIDEO: Georgia Grandma CHOKES OUT Huge Bobcat
Georgia grandmother DeDe Phillips had nothing but her strong will to live and her bare hands when she got …
VIDEO: Think you’re tough? Watch this Brit get hit by bus, jump up and walk into pub!
The last person Simon Smith thought he’d meet at a local bar was the driver of the Number 17 bus. …
Forget the city. These millennials are ‘rethinking rural’
Rethinking Rural’s mission is to provide a network for leaders to cultivate and exchange ideas about rural communities, which they …
Home Made Full Auto Crossbow!
“When you make non gunpowder weapons at home, you are usually restricted to single shot contraptions or manual repeaters at …
Radiation Tablets w/ Mama Bolt
Did you ever hear Bunker Buddies with Andie and Travis (Click to go to their website, it’s awesome.) They contacted me …
Town endures massive flood for second time in two years
Flash floods struck a Maryland community wracked by similar flooding in 2016. The ’16 flood was labeled a ‘once in …
Amazing whistle language
This is a great way for these Turkish people to communicate across the hills and valleys of their community. It’s …
Confronted by Reality, a Leftist Changes His Mind on Gun Rights
I’ve (by Dan Mitchell) periodically featured folks on the left who have rejected gun control. In 2012, Jeffrey Goldberg admitted gun ownership …
Trees save cities money. How? And how much?
We calculated how much money trees save for your city For a megacity, Tokyo is rich in trees. gillyberlin/flickr, CC …
How to dig a well
This is how you build a well when the SHTF. This guy uses the clay dirt around the hole and …
Man attacked by shark, snake and bear – says “parents grateful I’m alive.”
Wow, what’s next, a lightning strike? Carried off by an eagle? Last week a Colorado man was attacked by a …
SNAKE ENCOUNTER: How big are your cojones?
This is from the Alabama National Guard’s Facebook page. It probably makes most of us cringe. But not this guy. …