You’re thirsty. It’s hot out, and sweat is dripping down your back. Your mouth is parched, and you’re starting to get worried. You’re far from your campsite – too far to make it back without drinking something first. You start to fantasize about a cool, babbling brook. You imagine plunging your face in and gulping…
How to Survive a Drought and Prepare for a Lack of Water Disaster
When people think about natural disasters; many words come to mind: hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, fires, earthquakes and the list goes on. These bring images of horror: cities destroyed, landscapes altered, families torn apart. And yet people rarely think of one of the most deadly killers – droughts. While they may appear less exciting from an…
(VIDEO) How to Tap a Birch Tree and Use Its Sap for Multiple Survival Uses
Birch trees are one of those plants that you will find extremely useful when you need to practice any sort of survival skill. Its soft wood makes it ideal for bushcraft projects because it’s easy to work with, saving time and energy. Some species have amazingly flammable bark, which is always useful in a pinch.…
How to Successfully Turn Salt Water Into Drinking Water
Clean drinking water is easily the most important resource you can have in any survival scenario. Depending on your situation, this prospect can be easier said than done. If you are in an area with only salt water, such as the ocean or one of many inland seas and salt lakes, you will have to…
(VIDEO) You’ve Run Out of Water Post-Collapse. Here’s What You Need to Do to Find Water ASAP.
Once you have an established shelter and a way to let people know you are there, whether it be a brightly-colored flag or an S.O.S. in the sand, your next priority is going to be water. People can only live a few days without water, even less in an arid and hot environment, and keeping…
6 Dangerous SHTF Water Myths You Need to Stop Believing NOW
Water is, undeniably, the single most important thing to ensuring your survival in a bad situation. It’s easy to fall into the trap of listening to your stomach and putting food higher up on the priority list, but if you don’t have ready access to water, you won’t be able to digest food for very…
Creek Stewart From ‘Fat Guys’ Debunks a Dehydration Myth – You’ll Never Guess What People Believe!
This Dehydration Myth Is Popular And Many Preppers Think This Is The Way To Go In The Most Dire Of Circumstances. To Find Out What It Is And If It’s Okay, Check THIS OUT: If you have spent any time watching several of the most popular survival shows, you undoubtedly have heard the debate about…
You Can Have Emergency Water on Hand by Creating This DIY Water Filter
Sometimes we take for granted the water that comes from our kitchen faucet or filtered water that is clean and bacteria free. It’s a wonderful convenience but for those who want to be extra cautious there is also bottled water. Nice, huh? What if one-day clean water is no longer supplied and you find yourself…
Finding Clean Water isn’t Always Easy… According to ‘Fat Guys in the Woods!’
Our self-proclaimed Fat Guys In the Woods are very concerned about water safety. They pretty much believe that if you are going to get water from a stream or lake that seems somewhat suspect it’s probably a good idea to leave it alone. However if you must take from that stream then be sure to…
Critical Ways to Purify Your Water to Stay Alive
Whether you are hiking and get caught in a survival situation or in the aftermath of a storm or floor or your local infrastructure is compromised, pure water is a must and in a dire situation, usually one of the first necessities of life to get compromised. In a survival situation, you have about three…
[VIDEO] Water Purification Techniques You Must Know
Purifying your water in a survival situation is paramount to your safe-keeping. Water is a necessity to live – you can survive about three days without it. But apart from a dire situation where consumption is more important than it being pure, drinking tainted water can cause almost as many problems for you as going…
[VIDEO] Filtering Water Made Incredibly Easy
Warning: This amazing filtration method is not a substitute for purifying your water. Any water collected via this method must be purified after it is filtered. Water is a critical element needed for every day or survival situation – we all know that – three to four days without water and your chances of survival are vastly…
Critical Knowledge You Must Have to Locate Water!
Water is critical to everyday survival and vital to making it through a survival situation. We all know that, but do you know how to find water if you are in a survival situation? More importantly, would you be able to locate water that was clean enough to drink without posing a threat to your…
Filtering and Purifying Your Water with a Pill Bottle
Optimally, you head out into the wilderness and have an adequate water filtration and purification kit that can provide you with clean and sanitized water throughout your trip. Many times, however, depending on how much you use it, traditional kits break down, and when that happens, you must have a portable, quick and easy alternative.…
[VIDEO] Methods of Locating Water You Must Learn
The Survival Rule of 3 says you can survive three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water and three weeks without food. Obviously air and shelter are the most critical, immediately, but depending on the environment you are in, neither is likely to be as critical as water. This is because…
[VIDEO] Water Purification Made REALLY Easy
In a survival situation or SHTF moment, water is critically important; you have about three days that you can last without it. When you find it, however, particularly if you cannot get it from a known, safe source, you must be able to both filter it and purify it. Water that is not purified can…
[VIDEO] Primitive Water Purification Method For Emergency Situations
Any survivalist knows the importance of water to making it through a survival situation in one piece. Depending on the environmental conditions, the average person can survive about three days without water. After that, the time they can survive is reduced to hours and with each passing hour, the crippling effect on the body becomes…