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Another suggestion that I would like to make is to keep an inventory of what you have in your pantry. That way you will know what holes you need to fill. I use an Excel Spreadsheet, but using pen and paper will be fine. I list the product, vendor, size and expiration date and location i.e...

Idea For Cheap Housing In another discussion someone had asked for suggestions for economical construction ideas and I mentioned using a cargo container and another poster added a link. I did not want the original poster to think that I was trying to hijack their posting so I decided to start...

For canned goods, especially the ones that you buy at the store you might want to build a unit similar to the ones that you see in some grocery stores. Check out the section that sells soup. It allows you to load the cans from either the back or top and rolls down a chute. This way the oldest...

miss_thenorth there is a cult type Architectural movement to turn the containers into housing. Over the years Ive given some thought about getting 4 6 of them and connecting them together and doing an earth burned home type thing. I even ran the idea past one of my buddies who is a Civil...

Buckshot Im glad that you found the information helpful. Remember to pull the nais so that you dont mess up your saw blades. Pictures would probably be a nice thing to include to show everyone how they turned out. When youre pulling the wood dont forget to think about the possibility of the...

Dont loose sleep over this folks. My intentions was to share some information not to cause a panic. The funny thing is after I posted this on another sight I received a phone call from a friend working at one of the FL plants. We were talking about this and that and I mentioned that I had...

TanksHill maybe its off subject, but Ill try to answer it anyway. Actually the warm water seems to attract the fish. If you even want to go fishing and youre near a power plant head over there and youll be surprised how many fish that you will catch.

curly_kate Ive worked in the power industry since the late 70s and have been a consultant since the late 80s. Every power plant be it fossil or nuclear uses cooling water which is taken from a river, ocean or cooling pond on-site. It circulates through the plant to help cool equipment. NOTE...

I hope that this is the correct place to post this. I posted this on another site and also wanted to make sure that the folks on this site are also aware of the potential danger. ________________________________________ Everyone is aware of the problems that BP is having in the gulf and most...

Boyd This is nice to have around to meet and greet any zombies that come your way http://shop.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=573019

The purpose of using bay leaves is to help to keep the creepy crawlers out of the grain. I normally put some inside the Mylar bag as well as on top of the Mylar bag once I seal it. Check on-line and buy the bay leaves in bulk, its a whole lot cheaper than buying it by the oz at the local...

A 55 gallon drum is going to be heavy when/if you move it. Plus if you plan on stacking it you are going to have to have some heavy duty shelving units. Also when you open a 55 gallon drum you have the potential of having the remaining food spoil. These are a couple of the reasons that most...

Tractor Supply sells whole corn in 50 pound bags. Buy the Producer's Pride double cleaned whole corn thats been aflatoxin tested. You can pick up a bag for less than $9. It takes 2 buckets per bag if you want to keep it for LTS. If you are going to store grain dont forget to buy a grinder so...

My Survival Philosophy Im new to this site but I have been a member of similar sites over the years. Im no great authority on making preparations nor do I tell people that I am. But I do read a lot about what others think and what they have done to be prepared and I thought that Id share...

If you have a store that sells glass windows in your area check with them. The glass is shipped in wooden containers and after the store removes the windows they generally put the lumber in the dumpster. I have picked up some really nice 2x6s and other dimensions for free. I did have to pull...

Have you ever looked into using a cargo container? They can be bought for $2,000.00 delivered. Sides can be cut and made into some really great farm buildings. There are even those that convert them into houses by connectin 2/3 together.

I may be moving to Tonopah in the next few weeks if I get the job that I was interviewed for at Palo Verde. Is anyone near there?

greenrootsmama patandchickens did a very good job of explaining how everything is measured. You will find the requirements for each appliance somewhere on the appliance or in its owners manual, you know the book that is supplied with every appliance, computer, TV etc that everyone never...

I dont want to sound like a one trick pony because of my other posts but the best source that Ive found that talks about home built solar and wind power is a site called greenpowerscience.net . They have a lot of free videos that you can view on your computer. Edit to fix the link

Whats wrong with the present unit? You might look into cleaning it by doing the following http://www.ehow.com/how_2127922_clean-shower-head.html If your present shower head is alright you could take a dime drill a small hole in it, remove the shower head, insert the dime and then put the...