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Hackers May Have Destroyed Food at U.S. Military Bases: Could Your Food Supply Be Next?
Sometime overnight in late August, freezers at a military grocery store in Arizona switched themselves into defrost mode. By morning, the food inside had been heated until it spoiled. It wasn’t the only one. Now the Pentagon is investigating whether hackers were behind a string…
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Worst States to Be in During the Fuel Crisis This Winter
Back in the spring, a lot of us thought the trouble with Iran would be over in a few weeks. Now gas averages around $4.27 a gallon, and diesel costs more than $6 in many places. Then in mid-October, drivers in Omaha and Lincoln went to fill up and found the pumps empty. The…
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Rainwater as a Backup Supply: Why Preparedness Starts at the Roof Edge
Water is the first item on almost every preparedness list, and for good reason. Ready.gov, the federal preparedness site, advises households to store at least one gallon of water per person per day for several days, for drinking and sanitation. For a family of four that adds up…
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California Declared an Emergency Over El Niño. Are Homeowners Prepared for the Next Major Storm?
California doesn’t usually declare an emergency before the first storm shows up. This year, it did. On September 21, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a statewide state of emergency ahead of what forecasters expect could be the strongest El Niño on record. The move isn’t a sign…
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The Lost Halloween Traditions That Brought Me So Much Joy Growing Up
The smell of burning leaves can take me right back to October of 1949, the fall I turned eight. Back then folks raked their yards into long piles along the road and lit them after supper, so the whole street smelled of smoke and dry oak. The war had been over for four years, but…
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Read THIS Before Eating Your Survival Food!
Somewhere in the back of your pantry sits a can or jar that’s been there longer than you’d care to admit. And from the outside, it probably looks just fine. Stored food changes slowly, though, and much of that change happens where you can’t see it or smell it. After SHTF, that…
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Former FBI Official Urges Americans to Stockpile Emergency Supplies: Here’s What He Says You Need
When a former FBI deputy director tells Americans to start stockpiling, people listen. On his podcast this week, Dan Bongino urged listeners to keep at least three days of food and backup power on hand. “Get your stuff today,” he said. “Please. Do it for your family.” To be…
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The Fed Faces Another Inflation Decision: What Rising Prices Mean for Your Emergency Budget
The Federal Reserve wraps up a two-day meeting today, and the timing could hardly be more awkward. Inflation is climbing again, energy prices are through the roof, and voters head to the polls for the midterm elections on November 3. Most economists expect the Fed to leave…
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How to Get Your Family Into Prepping This Holiday Season (Without Scaring Them Off)
Every prepper knows the feeling. You’ve got water stored, a pantry that could last months, and a plan for when the power goes out, but the people you love most think it’s a strange hobby at best. The holidays are your best shot at changing that. Families are together, people are…
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FDA Inspections Aren’t Keeping Up With Imported Food: What Americans Should Know Before Their Next Grocery Trip
Last week, we covered the shredded lettuce outbreak that sickened thousands of Americans and exposed how slowly food recalls move. Now a new investigation shows that outbreak wasn’t a fluke. It was a symptom of a much bigger blind spot. On October 27, The Washington Post…
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Hackers Are Targeting America’s Water Supply: Here’s What Every Household Should Have Ready
Most people picture a water outage as a broken main, a drought, or a hurricane knocking out the treatment plant. Now there’s another threat on the list, and it doesn’t need bad weather. Hackers are breaking into the computers that control America’s drinking water. On October 1,…
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7 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True
For decades, anyone who claimed the government was drugging its own citizens got laughed out of the room, usually by people who trusted every word on the evening news. Then the documents came out, and the truth was revealed. Some of those so-called crackpots turned out to be…