Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Here at Urban Survival Secrets, I feel your pain when discussing rising fuel prices. Heck I drive a diesel and paid $4.31/gallon the other day - $75 got me about 2/3 of a tank! So to conserve your money so you can purchase supplies for your 72 hour / disaster ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A friend recently sent this to me without the source. This is GREAT advise.
SOUND THE ALARM: Do not underestimate any fire. Sound the fire alarm and call the local fire department immediately if a fire breaks out. Choose a safe location to make the call. It will ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Well, this morning my son decided to take his husky LED flashlight apart so he could make an altoids flashlight. OK. I do not know what the facination about altoids boxes are and my boys, but it got me thinking - more about that later!
The Husky LED flashlight ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Hey all!
First I want to thank those who have subscribed to the Newsletter and Survival Course. I really appreciate the opportunity to assist you.
I ran a test on the system today which delivers the materials via email, and have found a technical issue - it is not sending anything out. ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Have you thought about what you need for an urban survival kit for your home or office? I get the questions posed to me frequently (like yesterday a friend called and said he wanted to take some of his economic stimulus check and buy “emergency stuff”. My first response is ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
The other day, I made up a game called "What would you do if...?" My daughter and I played for a bit and we came up with different scenarios for accidents and other gruesome things. What was interesting was the fact that she had some other thoughts that I would ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Well, here is a review on the Eton FR150 Hand Crank radio. I received this unit about 3 weeks ago right before scout camp - what a great time to test under somewhat difficult situations. At camp, we were in the white mountains of Arizona close to ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Last night, my son, being a hungry teenager was grabbing a jar of pickles from the fridge dropped it. When the jar dropped, he jumped and landed on a piece of glass or two, slicing his foot open badly (15 stitches!)
My first reaction was to tell him to not ...
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