How to Survive Hard Times
by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E.



Hobos Living in a Tent
  1. Ancient Board Games and Solitare Games From Around the World - Added June 2, 2008, Revised June 20, 2008.
  2. Cast Iron Cookware - Added June 9, 2008, Revised June 23, 2008.

  3. Bicycles for Emergency Transportation - Added June 18, 2007; Revised December 18, 2007.
  4. Charity During Hard Times - Added November 17, 2007; Revised January 1, 2008.

  5. Books: Emergency First Aid Books and Supplies.
  6. Books: Recommended List of Books to Purchase Before the Hard Times Begin - Added September 1, 2007; Revised May 1, 2008.

  7. During a Disaster Event Should You Stay at Home or Leave? - Added December 21, 2007.
  8. How to Effectively Evacuate a Big City Without a Car - Added December 27, 2007; Revised January 16, 2008.

  9. An Emergency Evacuation List - Added December 21, 2007; Revised January 1, 2008.
  10. Pets and Livestock - Added March 17, 2008; Revised July 1, 2008.

  11. A Worldwide Food Shortage - Added January 21, 2008.
  12. A Simultaneous Worldwide Depression, and a Worldwide Famine, and World War III - Added March 8, 2008.

  13. One-Year Emergency Food Supply for One-Adult - Revised July 4, 2008.
  14. Food Inflation Price Index Based on the One-Year Emergency Food Supply - Revised July 4, 2008.

  15. Recipes for Hard Times, including Acorns, Hickory Nuts, Pemmican, Squirrel, and Wild Game.
  16. Safe Drinking Water - Revised October 11, 2007.

  17. Shelf Life of Canned Food and Dry Food - Added September 3, 2007; Revised June 16, 2008.
  18. Shelf Life of Medicine - Added September 3, 2007.

  19. Grandpappy's Homemade Soap Recipe - Added August 14, 2007; Revised March 12, 2008.
  20. How to Melt Animal Fat and How to Clarify Used Cooking Grease - Added August 14, 2007.

  21. Job Opportunities During Hard Times - Added September 1, 2007.
  22. Man and Society in Calamity, by author Pitirim A. Sorokin.

  23. Solar Battery Charger for Flashlight Size Batteries.
  24. Solar Power Generator.
  25. Solar Power Radio with Manual Hand Crank.

  26. Home Gardening Tips (Index of Articles).
  27. Wilderness Survival Tips (Index of Articles).
  28. www.survivalblog.com (Web Site With Some Hard Times Survival Information).


Revised July 4, 2008 - Revised 2 Pages: Used July 2008 Prices to Update the Cost of a One-Year Emergency Food Supply, and the Food Inflation Price Index.
Revised July 1, 2008 - Pets and Livestock: Added Link to New York Times Article about Pets.
Revised June 23, 2008 - Cast Iron Cookware: Added 3 Pictures of a Rusted Cast Iron Dutch Oven.
Revised June 20, 2008 - Ancient Board Games: Rotated the Checkerboard 45 Degrees for Visual Clarity on the Alternate Checkerboard Games.
Revised June 18, 2008 - Ancient Board Games: Added Another Checker Diamond Solitaire Game, and Revised the Starting Position of French Solitaire, and Added Solutions to 3 of the Solitaire Games.
Revised June 16, 2008 - Ancient Board Games: Added Diamond Solitaire, Chinese Checkers, Checkers, and 4 Other Games That Can Be Played On a Standard Checkerboard.
Revised June 16, 2008 - Revised Food Shelf Life Page: Added a Third Dry Food Shelf Life Article.
Revised June 12, 2008 - Revised Food Shelf Life Page: Added a Second Dry Food Shelf Life Article.
Revised June 9, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: Cast Iron Cookware.
Revised June 7, 2008 - Ancient Board Games: Added Six More Board Games, Two Solitaire Board Games, and a Microsoft Word File Containing a Printable copy of All the Game Boards.
Revised June 2, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: Ancient Board Games.
Revised June 2, 2008 - Revised 2 Pages: Used June 2008 Prices to Update the Cost of a One-Year Emergency Food Supply, and the Food Inflation Price Index.
Revised May 2, 2008 - Revised 2 Pages: Used May 2008 Prices to Update the Cost of a One-Year Emergency Food Supply, and the Food Inflation Price Index.
Revised May 1, 2008 - Added two books to the Recommended Books page.
Revised April 21, 2008 - Removed link to Foxfire Books because that web site is no longer active.
Revised April 4, 2008 - Revised 2 Pages: Used April 2008 Prices to Update the Cost of a One-Year Emergency Food Supply, and the Food Inflation Price Index.
Revised March 17, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: Pets and Livestock.
Revised March 12, 2008 - Revised Soap Page: Added list of differences between homemade soap and commercial soap near beginning of article.
Revised March 8, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: A Simultaneous Worldwide Depression, and a Worldwide Famine, and World War III.
Revised March 1, 2008 - Revised 2 Pages: Used March 2008 Prices to Update the Cost of a One-Year Emergency Food Supply, and the Food Inflation Price Index.
Revised February 8, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: Food Inflation Price Index of One-Year Emergency Food Supply.
Revised February 6, 2008 - Revised One-Year Emergency Food Supply Using Food Prices for February 2008.
Revised January 23, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: One-Year Emergency Food Supply for One Adult.
Revised January 22, 2008 - Added Link to Six Foxfire Online Books.
Revised January 21, 2008 - Added 1 New Page: Worldwide Food Shortage.
Revised January 16, 2008 - Revised Big City Evacuation Page: Added paragraph with reference to Hurricane Katrina.
Revised January 1, 2008 - Revised 3 Pages: Charity During Hard Times, How to Evacuate a City Without a Car, and Emergency Evacuation List.
Revised December 27, 2007 - Added 1 New Page: How to Effectively Evacuate a Big City Without a Car.
Revised December 21, 2007 - Added 2 New Pages: Stay or Leave During a Disaster, and Emergency Evacuation List.
Revised December 18, 2007 - Bicycles - Added Information about Walking and Using a Folding Luggage Carrier.
Revised December 15, 2007 - Recommended Books - Added Four More Books to List.
Revised December 4, 2007 - Shelf Life of Canned & Dry Foods - Added New Links to a Canned Food and a Dry Food Shelf Life Article.
Revised December 1, 2007 - Charity During Hard Times - Added More Information to End of Article.
Revised November 17, 2007 - Added Charity During Hard Times.
Revised September 3, 2007 - Added 2 New Pages: Shelf Life of Canned Food, and Shelf Life of Medicine.
Revised September 1, 2007 - Added 2 New Pages: Recommended Books, and Job Opportunities During Hard Times.
Revised September 1, 2007 - Homemade Soap - Added Another Fragrance Method to Step Three, and Recommended Turning Soap Over in Step Six.
Revised September 1, 2007 - Created this Special Hard Times Index Page and Moved the Articles Below, and a few others, to this Page.
Revised August 14, 2007 - Added 2 New Pages: Grandpappy's Homemade Soap Recipe, and How to Melt Animal Fat.
Revised June 18, 2007 - Added Bicycle Page.

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