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Updated November 2025

There are certain items which are difficult if not impossible to recreate from raw materials in the wild.

They are:

So many of us have become accustomed to having a cheap and nearly unlimited supply of electrical power available to us 24-7 that when a power outage happens, it becomes a disruptive event.

Short term outages of only a few hours or so are usually easy enough to handle, but what if the power doesn't come back for days, or weeks?

There are plenty of things you can do ahead of time to ensure that you can cope with an extended power outage without a majorly detrimental impact on your way of life.

Why all the fuss about water treatment outdoors? The answer is that there’s no easy way to tell whether or not that pristine-looking stream a few hundred yards away from your camp is harboring a gut-seeking microbe. If any animal, including humans, can reach an area, so can disease-causing microorganisms.