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Water: Use Desert Survival Skills to Get Drinking Water During Floods

by Leon Pantenburg Shared with permission of Leon from SurvivalCommonSense.com Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Leon in Leon's Blog An  irony of floods is that muddy, filthy water inundates everything, but there is generally a shortage of anything to drink! If you are stranded in an area surrounded by standing water, you may be able to adapt a desert survival skill to gather potable water. Flood Waters at the north steps of Hilton Coliseum. (photo by Bob Elbert/Iowa State University...more

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Survival: Finding Water in the Desert

by Peter Kummerfeldt Summer is here, and people like me are attracted to those empty spots on the map that indicate an arid desert region. Always take lots of water along, and never depend on being able to find it! But it’s a really good idea to know where to look for water in the event of an emergency. Here are some tips for finding water in the desert  from survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt. – Leon This spring in the Central Oregon high desert is the only water for miles around....more

Food: Healthy Bannock...A Quick, Easy Multi-grain Survival Food

by Leon Pantenburg Some useful, very basic, recipes should be included any prepper/survival/ Bug Out backpack. It’s one thing to have staples, such as flour, but another to be able to consume them. And you need some very simple recipes for those times when you might only have a few ingredients. It only took the addition of some other grains to make this basic bannock survival ration into a tasty, nutritious food. After posting some emergency survival recipes for flour last week, I whipped...more

Tips: Mark Your Gear For Safety Sake

Shared with permission of Leon from SurvivalCommonSense.comOriginally Posted on July 2nd, 2010 by Leon in Survival Equipment by Leon Pantenburg Mark all your gear so it can be easily found before you head for the back country. Here’s why.   In low light, my fanny pack with all my survival gear would be hard to find.   At the first portage, I realized my fanny pack with all my survival gear was missing. The scout troop was about four days into a nine-day canoe trip into Northern...more

News and updates...

We had another web site attack this past weekend, one of the worst yet. Digital fingerprints left by the hackers point back to eastern Europe, and specifically Latvia. Why?  I have no idea. This particular attack created a hidden directory, containing 932 folders, each containing web page code that accepted, then forwarded traffic from other websites to malware delivery locations in the locale of Latvia. Google blacklisted the site for a few days (and users of Firefox using the safe browsing plug...more

Reviews: Five Top Survival Psychology Books

Shared with permission of Leon from SurvivalCommonSense.com Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Leon in Recommended Readings by Leon Pantenburg Any list you make shows your priorities, and hopefully this list will help establish some in your survival planning! The idea behind SurvivalCommonSense.com started several years ago. As a journalist, I was often on the scene of natural disasters, catastrophes, accidents and search and rescue missions. My observations lead me to this premise: Survival...more

History: A D-Day Veteran Remembers Omaha Beach

Posted on June 6th, 2010 by Leon in UncategorizedShared with permission of Leon from SurvivalCommonSense.com by Leon Pantenburg Ahead of the soldiers  lay “Fortress Europe.” Behind them was the rising sea.  At stake, was the final outcome of World War II. June 6, 2010 marks the 66th anniversary of D-Day. Today,  I hope to honor my friend, Bob Shotwell, 86, of La Pine, Oregon, by posting his recollections. As a member of the 149th Amphibious Combat Engineers, Private Shotwell...more

Tips: Effective Methods of Carrying Water In Your Survival Kit

Shared with permission of Leon from SurvivalCommonSense.comPosted on May 6th, 2010 by Leon in Survival Equipment by Leon Pantenburg The rattle of musketry came from over the hill, and in a few minutes, our pickets were driven back. The order came to form ranks, so I drained my canteen and wished for more water. The Nalgene bottle, center, with duct tape is flanked by two soft, roll-up water containers. This system is my favorite for over-all use. It was late in the afternoon of the...more

Review: Worth Reading > Desert Survival Skills

Shared with permission of Leon from SurvivalCommonSense.comPosted on April 19th, 2010 by Leon in Recommended Readings by Leon Pantenburg   Desert Survival Skills by David Alloway Whenever someone writes a book on wilderness survival, the general public seems to assume that the writer is an   Adequate water is crucial in any environment, but particularly in the desert. The Nalgene bottle in the center is what I drink out of, and the collapsible Platypus soft bottles are carried filled in...more

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