Jo's Survival Tip of the Day: Treading Water:

You can all tread water, right? Okay, can you do it for 45 minutes holding a rifle above your head?

Well, let's fix that then...

When most people are taught to tread water when learning to swim they are taught to do so in a manner designed to basically allow you to remain afloat and stationary - like ( Read more... )

Jo's Survival Tip of the Day: Ahhhhhhh It's a Snaaaake....

(Bonus points for getting the reference)

So... you just got nipped by a snake. Well, fuck.

What to do?

Rule number one: All snakes and the venoms they inject are not created equal! Venomous snakes that you are likely to encounter in the Americas will fall into one of two families;

Elapids and ( Read more... )

Jo's Survival Tip of the Day: Fire From Unlikely Sources:

Another quick way to make a hot, bright burning, wind and rain resistant flame with ordinary household items.

You will need: 9v battery, wire wool, tinder such as sticks, fluff, leaves etc.

Step 1): Take your wire wool and flatten it out a little to form a bed.

Step 2): Contact both terminals of ( Read more... )

Jo's Survival Tip of the Day: The Fire Triangle:

The Fire Triangle is a theoretical triangle we used to describe the three chief elements required for fire to exist.


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Jo's Survival Tip of the Day: Telling Water Moccasins from Other Water Snakes;

Most of the time when I ask someone if they know how to tell the difference, they say;
 "Well, the Water Moccasin has all white on the inside of it's mouth..."

Well yea, it does... but how many of you are retarded enough to go up to a fucking suspected cottonmouth and ask ( Read more... )

Jo's survival tip of the day: Field Expedient Covers:

Cover, headgear, hat, whatever you want to call it - remember that you lose the vast majority of your body heat through the top of your head. In a cold environment if you are caught without one, fear not, you are not fucked.

1) Take a dew rag, terry cloth, tear a piece of material out of something ( Read more... )

Jo's survival tip of the day: Rat-Fucking:

No, not a way to take care of your mating urges using small rodents, rat-fucking refers to the practice of field stripping MREs or civilian clone emergency rations.

Step One: Take three MREs (or civilian equivilent) and remove all three from the heavy, brown outer packaging - discard two browns, keep one.

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According to the Army Corps of Engineers it's looking like Sailorville lake is going to go today. Start prepping, seriously. If you missed it, scroll back in my journal to yesterdays' flood preparation post.

http://www.kcci.com/news/16551850/detail.html? ( Read more... )

Jo's survival tip of the day: Corpsman's Tinder

Corpsman's tinder is a field expedient way of creating a fire in less than perfect conditions using two common items from your medical kit.

You will need: Cotton Balls, Vaseline, means to create a spark or flame.

1) Roll your cotton balls or Q-Tips fairly liberally in Vaseline. Do not entirely impregnate ( Read more... )

Flood Preparation 101:

Water's getting pretty high in Central Iowa right now hmm? Yea well it aint done raining yet kids - Sailorville Lake is less than 2ft below the '93 levels and if it spills it has no place to go but down town Des Moines...

Things To Do Around The Home:

Firstly, evaluate the layout of your home and property. The cardinal rule of ( Read more... )