We have a tendency to forget how an innocent tooth issue can quickly exacerbate into a life-threatening emergency. Tooth care is paramount during a long term-disasters and is just as life-threatening as other dangerous issues we would face.
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson is the Nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne). Mr. Johnson was a Special Forces Medic, EMT and ACLS-certified, with comprehensive training in wilderness survival, rescue, and patient-extraction. He is a Certified Master Herbalist and a graduate of the Global College of Natural Medicine of Santa Ana, CA. A graduate of the U.S. Army’s survival course of SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape), Mr. Johnson also successfully completed the Montana Master Food Preserver Course for home-canning, smoking, and dehydrating foods.
Mr. Johnson dries and tinctures a wide variety of medicinal herbs taken by wild crafting and cultivation, in addition to preserving and canning his own food. An expert in land navigation, survival, mountaineering, and parachuting as trained by the United States Army, Mr. Johnson is an ardent advocate for preparedness, self-sufficiency, and long-term disaster sustainability for families. He and his wife survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Cross-trained as a Special Forces Engineer, he is an expert in supply, logistics, transport, and long-term storage of perishable materials, having incorporated many of these techniques plus some unique innovations in his own homestead.
Mr. Johnson brings practical, tested experience firmly rooted in formal education to his writings and to our team. He and his wife live in a cabin in the mountains of Western Montana with their three cats.
Guns for Gals: Recommendations from a Green Beret
The single most effective defense occurs when multiple firers concentrate their fires on a target. Therefore, home defense cannot be solely up to the man of the home. Here is a great list for firearms and a few home-defense pointers that the prepper chicks will find most helpful.
What Good is Your Bug Out Bag if Your Body Can’t Hold the Weight?
When you are bugging out, the uneven walking terrain coupled with a heavy bug out bag can wreak havoc on your joints, especially the knees. Ensuring that you take the proper preparation and planning on the gear you choose will ensure you do not cause further strain to the body.
Post-Collapse Food Will Probably Make You Sick. Here’s What You Need to Know.
3,000 die each year from foodborne-related diseases. Get the low down on how to prevent these nasty critters from making a home in your gut, as well as, various pharmaceutical and naturopathic measures for dealing with the foodborne illnesses.
Toxic Food: 1 in 6 Americans Come Down with This Potential Life-Threatening Illness
CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. This article is part 1 of 2 and will help you identify the common threats of foodborne illnesses and how to prevent them.
Coping with Depression and Stress When the SHTF
Psychological issues are prominent in our society and because many rely on medications to cope, they may not be ready to deal with the aftermath of a disaster. This article outlines the most likely psychological issues to be aware of and ways to coping in a grid down/societal collapse period when there will be plenty of stressors to adversely affect you.
Biological Warfare: Protecting Yourself Against Mankind’s Deadliest Weaponized Diseases (Part 3)
Part 3 in the Biological Warfare series discuss the illnesses that are the worst of all those that plague man and are perfectly geared for use in bio-warfare for a number of reasons besides virility and lethality.
Biological Warfare 101: What Weapons and Tactics Governments Use Against You (Part 2)
Make no mistake about it: the U.S. government is testing and readying for employment biological weapon.
Biological Warfare 101: Knowledge and Preparation are your Keys to Survive
There are nations that actively pursue biological weapons programs (albeit they declare that’s not the case). The government declares these threats to be ever-present (generating a climate of fear) and must be ever guarded against (that’s where big daddy government comes in). We are going to concentrate on the greater probable domestic threat: an authoritarian government running wild.
Wilderness Survival: Preventative Measures and Off Grid Treatment for Deadly Bugs
As the weather warms up and people begin to venture outdoors once more, they will be more susceptible to being bitten. Knowing the dangers that of ectoparasites and the diseases they carry will help take more preventative steps. This article will touch on wilderness-acquired diseases from insects, as well as provide information on treatments needed for them, along with the holistic approach where applicable.
