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Do you have an old piece of cast iron passed down in your family or use one that needs more than a little cleanup? We will give you some tips and tricks on how to get your old worn-out cast iron usable and functional again.

One of the things that people with cast iron do is not ever use water or soap on them, thus not needing to worry about rust getting to it. You certainly can clean cast iron without using them, and therefore you won’t have to worry about rust either.

If it is too late and you already have rust, take it to a machine shop and have it sandblasted. Once you get it back from them, season it immediately.

Though you cannot predict when an emergency will happen that will end up with an evacuation of your home, it happens more often than you think. According to a 2017 FEMA report, more than 8 million people were evacuated due to a crisis or emergency. Here are some of the people that were affected by those evacuations:

• Flooding in February near the Oroville Dam in California caused an evacuation of over 180,000 people.
• Hurricane Harvey struck Texas in August and resulted in the evacuation of over 780,000 people.
• Hurricane Irma struck Florida in September and resulted in evacuation orders covering a record 6.8 million residents.
• Wildfires in California forced the evacuation of over 100,000 residents.

True survival requires five basic things to be fulfilled: oxygen, water, food, shelter, and self-defense. When you can fulfill these five needs, you have everything you require to survive.

Although there are only five things that are required for you to survive, there are ten steps that need to be taken for you to achieve these five things.

Cyberattacks can be life altering experiences and are happening at alarming rates in the United States. Here are some ways cyberattacks can affect you: Accessing your personal computers, mobile phones, gaming systems and other internet and Bluetooth connected devices. Damaging your financial security, including identity theft. Blocking your access or deleting your personal information and accounts. Targeting children and adults. Complicating your employment, business services, transportation, and power grid. Gaining access to your personal social media accounts Accessing your banking information Changing passwords on your internet accounts making them inaccessible.   There are many ways you can protect yourself from...

While most people agree on what goes in a go-bag initially, three are some items you may not need, or may not need to worry about. If you are going somewhere, and that place has a good abundance of food, for instance, you may want to leave some of that out. This also goes for water. If you are going to be close to a water source, you may not need to worry about water, just how to make sure it is safe to drink, cook with, and use for personal hygiene.

We will give you a list of what most people have in their go-bags, and you can certainly add or deduct from there.