Tag: Disaster

Urban Survival (Bugging In)

Urban Survival (Bugging In) Revisited Sam Coffman Much of the hype around preparedness and urban survival focuses on the concept of the “bug-out” bag and its various incarnations; and why not?  It’s a much simpler concept to wrap one’s head around than all the preparation involved in setting up your home as the spot you…
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July 30, 2014 0

Can You Afford To Get sick When SHTF?

Can You Afford To Get sick When SHTF? Host: Cat Ellis “Herbal Prepper Live” As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In bad times, it would be worth much more than just a pound. It is as if disaster is form of “illness inflation”. Everyone gets sick once…
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July 20, 2014 0

SHTF, Pets and Herbs for Chronic Illness

What about our pets? Economic collapses has come and were off to our retreats with all our pets in tow. So now what do we do? Do you know how to take care of your pets? What should we have on hand to ensure our pets, which are now becoming alert dogs, be taken care…
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April 29, 2014 1

The Cart Before the Horse – Stocking up #4

The Cart Before the Horse – Stocking up #4 Host: Lynna “The Other Side A Preppers Path” The cart is fully loaded the horse is ready to go, but we can’t turn a wheel or budge the load and the dang horse keeps rearing up… what the heck???? Pretty silly you say, move the horse…
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January 5, 2014 0

Making Your Pet Part of Your Disaster Preparedness!

Making Your Pet Part of Your Disaster Preparedness! Author: Lukas Nicholson You’ve got your family emergency plans, you’ve reinforced your home security, all your disaster kits are created and in the places they need to be. You have everything covered, and you are doing great for even something as far as a zombie apocalypse. But…
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November 13, 2013 0

Herbal Antibiotics, Post-Disaster

Herbal Antibiotics for a Post-Disaster Environment Host: Sam Coffman “The Human Path” Bacterial infections are some of the most difficult of infections to deal with, especially in a remote or post-disaster situation. Aside from the continual evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria, unless you are a trained medical professional you may not even have access to…
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November 5, 2013 0

Venomous Snake Bites, Infections and Herbal Medicine.

Venomous Snake Bites, Infections and Herbal Medicine Host: Sam Coffman “The Human Path” As we have talked about before, the three biggest issues after a disaster are very likely going to be food, water and medicine. Add to this the fact that most post-disaster environments are laden with potential health threats: Rubble, obstacles and hazards,…
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October 29, 2013 0

Power, Living Without!

Power, Living Without  Host: Denob “The Prepared Canadian” Let’s face it, our power grid is unreliable.  In the face of disaster, it’s almost inevitably the first system of support we lose.  Even with relatively minor incidents such as snow storms or moderate wind, the electricity goes out, leaving us in the dark, with no refrigeration, heat,…
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October 19, 2013 0

Fitness and Disaster Preparedness

Fitness and Disaster Preparedness Host: Sam Coffman Functional fitness is a concept that describes practical, common-sense methods of both getting into shape and staying in shape. Like most things in our current American culture, it is easy to compartmentalize exercise into something that is separate from everyday life. Join Sam Coffman as he talks about…
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October 8, 2013 0

Coping with hygiene and sanitation, being #1 in the #2 business!

Hygiene and sanitation, how prepared are you really in regards to  and (in the worst case) coping with gasto-intestinal disease in a post-disaster environment?  Today, on The Human Path Sam Coffman discusses everything you ever wanted to know (and some things you maybe didn’t!) about purifying your water, taking care of human waste, and dealing…
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September 11, 2013 0

Do you have a plan when disaster strikes?

On this edition of Preparing For Life’s Storms let’s talk about the pros and cons of bugging out or bugging in. What will be the circumstance that causes you to have to make this decision and what choice will you make or will be made for you? What actions should you take to make sure…
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August 20, 2013 1

In the Aftermath of a Disaster!

As individuals who make preparing a way of life through not only our mindset but physical actions the aftermath is in fact what we prepare for.  No matter the event, planned, natural or man-made it’s what comes, after, that we prepare for.  On this episode of The Other Side…A Preppers Path we have an open…
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July 21, 2013 0

Protecting your family in times of disaster.

What would you do if you knew with 100% certainty that your house and property was going to be looted within 10 minutes, but it was too late to get out because all the roads were blocked? How would you organize your retreat to be able fight and win? Would everyone in your house know…
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July 15, 2013 0