How To Guides
The Basics of Morse Code
It’s very possible that your cell phone will cease to work in a disaster. This can happen because a nearby cell tower is damaged or destroyed. It can also happen when there’s an overflow of traffic in a short period of time causing the service to be slow or not work at all. You will […]
How To Distill Water
You may have read our previous article on purifying water and have an understanding that boiling water for the right amount of time will make most water safe enough to drink. While bringing water to its boiling point is enough to sterilize the liquid and kill water-born pathogens and bacteria, doing so will not remove […]
Survival Skills: How Too Hot Wire A Car
Today, we’ve written an article for educational and legal purposes only. Perhaps you’ve lost your keys and you need to get your car going in an emergency situation. We don’t promote the use of anything we teach on Doomsday News for illegal purposes. Ok, so that’s enough of the formalities. Let’s get started. Before you […]
5 Ways to Purify and Store Water for Survival
Heating water to kill all those nasty bacteria, viruses and invisible bugs that are swimming in your water is an effective measure. Heating water to the boiling point and holding it at that temperature for 20 minutes is all it takes. You don’t actually have to even raise the temperature to boiling (165 degrees will […]
Info-graphic – Weeds That Heal
Recently we brought you an article on plants to avoid like the plague. Like that article, this info-graphic is aimed at encouraging further study in plants and herbs. I encourage you to take out a survival or wilderness course to really be able to identify the dangerous and the useful plants and herbs, This info-graphic […]
Listening To Shortwave Radio for Survival
To put it simply, shortwave is a way for people to hear radio broadcasts and emergency broadcasts from radio stations all over the world. But, in order to listen to these broadcasts, there are things you need to know in order to thoroughly enjoy your amateur radio experience. For instance, do you know that there […]
DIY Survival Soup
Contrary to popular belief, a few power bars and a bottle of water aren’t going to get you very far in a survival situation. While hunger is an ever-present issue during a crisis, water is the single most important resource the body needs to survive and should always be a priority. But preparing and cooking […]
The Cell Phone As A Survival Tool Infographic
There are over 320 million mobile devices in the US. Chances are you have one of these devices. Most people would use their mobile device to call, text, tweet, email or surf the net but would never of think of using it for a survival situation, apart from the obvious use of calling someone, but….. […]
Survival Fire Starters That Could Save Your Life
In disaster preparation there are few things more important than some sort of survival fire starter. In fact you have to put the importance of fire in the same category as food, water, and shelter. It can be the difference between warmth and bitter cold, between some cooked meat or fish or some grubs for […]
Life Sucks, Get a Vacuum Chamber
Vacuum chambers are used for a whole lot in our modern day world, but we seldom realize it. From food packaging, to industrial production, to outer-space product testing, the seemingly mundane vacuum chamber actually has quite an interesting résumé. A vacuum chamber works by removing air and gases from an enclosed environment by use of […]
