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Natural disaster plan & preparedness
Save your life by sawing your trapped arm off à la Danny Boyle's 127 Hours

How to save your life by sawing your trapped arm off à la Danny Boyle's 127 Hours

If it ever came down to it, would you have the guts to do what Aron Ralston did? Maybe, if you knew ...

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Survive the disastrous upcoming earthquake in California

How to survive the disastrous upcoming earthquake in California

In light of Oklahoma's recent wave of earthquakes, California isn't the only state who needs to ...

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Construct  a shelter out of tarp, string, and trees

How to construct a shelter out of tarp, string, and trees

When stranded in the wilderness, your first priority should be shelter. This video teaches you to make a shelter with only a tarp, string, and stakes.

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Kill Prey in the Wild with a Survival Deadfall Trap

How To Kill Prey in the Wild with a Survival Deadfall Trap

One day, you might find yourself alone and hungry. No TV dinners. No canned goods. Just you and your surroundings. This will help you capture small game for fresh meat, unless you want to eat veggies all ...

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Make your own fire piston

How to make your own fire piston

A simple lighter that never runs out of fuel? You can actually make one for less than five bucks. Now you'll never be stranded without fire.

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Identify wild plants for eating

How to identify wild plants for eating

Never get hungry again if you somehow get lost in the woods. The trick is to figure out which plants are good to eat, and which are poisonous. Learning the difference is essential, especially if you want to go ...

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Make a homemade fire extinguisher

How to make a homemade fire extinguisher

The majority of preventable residential fires start on the kitchen stove. OodleboxTV fire expert Captain Mike Baker demos how to make a ...more

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Make hurricane shutters for a home

How to make hurricane shutters for a home

Protecting a home from any hurricane damage can be difficult to do but you can minimize it by applying shutters to windows. Watch this ...more

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Survive a Deadly Tornado (Preparation Tips, DIY Safe Rooms & Aftermath Secrets)

How To Survive a Deadly Tornado (Preparation Tips, DIY Safe Rooms & Aftermath Secrets)

Deadly natural disasters can happen at any moment— earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, fires ...more

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Survive the disastrous upcoming earthquake in California

How to survive the disastrous upcoming earthquake in California

California is struck by earthquakes everyday, but the biggest ones, on average, appear every 150 ...more

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Install hurricane storm panels

How to install hurricane storm panels

This hurricane preparation video shows us how to install storm shutters.

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Survive an Earthquake

How To Survive an Earthquake

Earthquakes can be among the most destructive natural disasters. Earthquakes cannot be predicted, but your chances of survival are much ...more

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Assemble a Survival Kit

How To Assemble a Survival Kit

I am writing this quick post in response to the recent earthquakes and tsunamis that are affecting Japan. As soon as the news broke, and we ...more

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Teach kids about natural disasters

How to teach kids about natural disasters

Natural disasters happen for different reasons. Some are related to weather such as lightning storms, hurricanes, tornados and winter ...more

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Survive a volcano eruption

How to survive a volcano eruption

When the mountaintop blows there's little time to waste, so HOW TO SURVIVE instructs you how to dodge falling debris, listen for a Lahar ...more

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Prepare for an earthquake (before, during and afterward)

How to prepare for an earthquake (before, during and afterward)

Earthquakes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters in the world, especially in states like ...more

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Survive a Tsunami

How To Survive a Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of destructive and very dangerous waves that result from earthquake activity or some other type of underwater ...more

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Survive in the event of a zombie attack

How to survive in the event of a zombie attack

In the event of a zombie attack, you will need to have some basic skills if you need to survive. First of all, you need to know what a ...more

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Survive a fire

How to survive a fire

Whether a house fire or a forest fire, when a blaze catches you off guard, you have precious little time to react. HOW TO SURVIVE outlines ...more

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Survive a Tsunami (for Kids)

How To Survive a Tsunami (for Kids)

A tsunami is a series of huge waves that come from something happening under the sea that disturbs the water, such as an earthquake or an ...more

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Survive a Dust Storm or Sandstorm

How To Survive a Dust Storm or Sandstorm

Dust storms are among nature 's most violent and unpredictable phenomena. High winds lift dirt particles or, in the case of sandstorms, sand ...more

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React during an earthquake

How to react during an earthquake

This is a FEMA PSA about what kids should do during an earthquake. Be prepared and stick together. Hide under tables to protect your head.

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Stay safe in your home during a winter storm or blizzard

How to stay safe in your home during a winter storm or blizzard

If you live somewhere where winter storms and blizzards are a threat, watch this video. It will give ...more

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Build a wooden house with a concrete wall that is safe from hurricanes

How to build a wooden house with a concrete wall that is safe from hurricanes

Hurricanes are a constant threat to many Americans, and many homes are not constructed properly to ...more

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Stay safe during a lightning storm

How to stay safe during a lightning storm

Lightning storms are beautiful to watch but deadly to be out in. If you find yourself caught out in a thunderstorm there are several easy ...more

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Defend yourself and your plants from a swarm of locusts

How to defend yourself and your plants from a swarm of locusts

A swarm of locusts might be a biblical plague, but they really can't hurt people directly. They can ...more

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