https://rethinksurvival.com Learning to Live a Better Life With My Family and be Better Prepared too! Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:08:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://rethinksurvival.com/chainsaw-fire-starter-hack/ https://rethinksurvival.com/chainsaw-fire-starter-hack/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45095 I’m not much of a chainsaw user myself, but I’ve got a few and can wield one when pressed. But it never occurred to me that you should use one to make simple fire starter noodles. Enjoy!]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/chainsaw-fire-starter-hack/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/prepare-for-winter-now/ https://rethinksurvival.com/prepare-for-winter-now/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45107 Autumn has barely started, and here we are talking about winter already. Well, at least I’m already talking about it. Of course, that’s what preppers do. We think ahead. Waiting until the first hard freeze to figure out heat, food, snow removal, and backup power sort of defeats the purpose, right? I’ve covered winter preparedness […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/prepare-for-winter-now/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/the-5-step-household-security-plan-to-protect-your-family/ https://rethinksurvival.com/the-5-step-household-security-plan-to-protect-your-family/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45116 Most families have a fire plan, even if it’s only “meet at the mailbox.” Very few have a security plan. They have pieces of one: a lock on the door, maybe a doorbell camera, a vague sense that Dad will handle it. Pieces aren’t a plan. A plan is what tells everyone in the house […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/the-5-step-household-security-plan-to-protect-your-family/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/h2go-usb-or-solar-water-purifier-for-unlimited-water-treatment/ https://rethinksurvival.com/h2go-usb-or-solar-water-purifier-for-unlimited-water-treatment/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44989 This H2Go Global Water Purifier (and it’s military counterpart, the H2Go Prime Water Purifier) is new to me, but apparently it’s been around for several years. The device uses sunlight and table salt to create a chlorine solution for water treatment and is capable of treating tens of thousands of gallons, or so they say. […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/h2go-usb-or-solar-water-purifier-for-unlimited-water-treatment/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/what-could-get-rationed-next/ https://rethinksurvival.com/what-could-get-rationed-next/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45092 Rationing sounds like something from an old World War II movie. You might picture ration books, gasoline coupons, and people saving bacon grease for the war effort. Except rationing isn’t only for the history books. Right now, several countries are restricting fuel use or sales. Others have cut exports, limited certain uses, or asked people […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/what-could-get-rationed-next/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/cheap-meals-for-hard-times/ https://rethinksurvival.com/cheap-meals-for-hard-times/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45010 When we first moved to Washington state, money was tight for multiple reasons. We leaned hard on our food storage, especially rice and beans, and I got into the habit of baking our own bread from wheat we had stockpiled. We skipped restaurants completely. Fresh fruit and vegetables became a treat instead of a given, […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/cheap-meals-for-hard-times/feed/ 1 https://rethinksurvival.com/live-in-the-midwest-beware-the-new-madrid-fault-catastrophe/ https://rethinksurvival.com/live-in-the-midwest-beware-the-new-madrid-fault-catastrophe/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45066 I live in Kansas City, which is only a few hours drive from St. Louis, and relatively near the New Madrid fault. If you’re unaware, there’s a fault line that, for whatever reason, runs roughly along a part of the Mississippi River, which is nowhere near traditional active fault lines along the West coast. While […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/live-in-the-midwest-beware-the-new-madrid-fault-catastrophe/feed/ 1 https://rethinksurvival.com/11-off-grid-water-systems/ https://rethinksurvival.com/11-off-grid-water-systems/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45049 Good info to know if you really need to collect as much water as possible for SHTF. He clearly knows more about off-grid water than I do. In the video below he covers: dew mesh collector, dew condenser (it’s different than the collector), solar still, rainwater catchment, rain barrels with water diverter, underground cistern, hand […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/11-off-grid-water-systems/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-grow-food-when-you-dont-have-good-soil/ https://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-grow-food-when-you-dont-have-good-soil/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45047 If you are trying to grow food for your household, waiting for the perfect garden spot is not always an option. You may have a small yard, poor ground, or soil that has been worked over by construction and years of neglect. That does not make growing food impossible. It just means the first decision […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-grow-food-when-you-dont-have-good-soil/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/my-thoughts-on-september-being-national-preparedness-month/ https://rethinksurvival.com/my-thoughts-on-september-being-national-preparedness-month/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=45068 I would’ve totally forgotten that September was National Preparedness Month, except that my AI overlords like to remind me of such things, especially in my YouTube feed. My first reaction is usually something like, “didn’t we just do that?” But that’s probably because I’m getting old and the years are starting to fly by. It’s […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/my-thoughts-on-september-being-national-preparedness-month/feed/ 1