Lack of access to clean water kills about three and a half million people every year worldwide. That is almost equivalent to the population of Los Angeles. This comes mostly from water related diseases in third world nations where almost … Continue reading
Solar Water Disinfection or SODIS as it is called is a relatively simple and straightforward method for disinfecting drinking water. In short the SODIS process uses the sun’s energy to purify water that is questionable or known to be unsafe. … Continue reading
Approximately 300,000 residents of New Orleans are under a boil water alert today as issues at the city’s largest water treatment plant have left residents with low water pressure and questionable quality. Residents have been advised to boil all water … Continue reading
The recent news story, about a major cruise ship that lost power and had to be towed back to port, brought to my mind one prepping topic that receives too little attention: hygiene during a power outage. The ship had … Continue reading
The short answer is: “Yes”. The long answer is the subject of this post. In the abstract, if you have a clean container with nothing but water in it, and the container is sealed, the water should keep indefinitely. It … Continue reading
There’s nothing like a big storm like Hurricane Isaac to get even the laziest Preppers to pop up and rethink their emergency plans and supplies. For me, whenever there’s a big natural disaster I spend just about equal amounts of … Continue reading
There are many different forms of water purification, including filters, chemical disinfection, boiling, and distillation. One of the easiest and most readily available ways to purify water uses common household bleach. The EPA website describes how household bleach may be … Continue reading
This prepping and survival blog article reviews the use of iodine, in tablet or liquid form, in order to kill pathogens: bacteria, viruses, parasites. As a method of water purification, any type of chemical disinfection is far from ideal. Commercial … Continue reading
Are some prepping activities illegal? Or could they become illegal in the not-too-distant future? A few introductory remarks are needed here. I’m not an attorney and this is not legal advice. It is nothing other than a discussion of possibilities … Continue reading
A solar oven needs a clear window on top, reflectors to increase the sunlight and therefore the energy going into the oven, a black surface to turn that light into heat, and insulation, so that the heat is retained, rather … Continue reading
My goal for this project is to design an inexpensive easy-to-build low temperature solar oven that can be used for a few different purposes: 1. to pasteurize water by heat 2. to produce distilled water 3. to cook food at … Continue reading
Over the last month or so I’ve picked up a few products that I think are worth mentioning here at Prep-Blog. I’ve read a couple of new books on solar power that helped me come up with my strategy for … Continue reading
