There are options when we talk about stockpiling wealth or currency in preparedness folds. Precious metals (PM) as a preparedness item are a topic of some debate in and of themselves
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Because the topic has been discussed extensively, I had sworn off writing about investing in…
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The last few years have been pretty damned frightening. Obviously, it was the COVID-19 pandemic…
It’s a jungle out there! Yep, that’s the title of a song by Randy Newman.…
If only we had to deal with such a problem….we all hope to have this…
Many of us consider our preps – from spare boots and cold-weather gear to our…
Editor’s Note: A guest post from Rodney to The Prepper Journal on a subject of…
Scheduled: U.S. Government Shutdown, Take 2 Date: 16 February 2019 The Players: Our elected representatives,…
Seriously, as preppers how do we prepare for government gridlock? While I need to set…
Editors Note: A guest submission from Megan Nichols to The Prepper Journal. The next Prepper…
In recent months, one of the biggest news stories that have been sweeping the nation…
Editors Note: Another contribution from Mike Harris in his series on bartering for The Prepper Journal. …
Editors Note: A guest contribution from Mike Harris, it is the first of several articles…
It’s the kind of thing in between our normal, everyday life and an actual major disaster that just doesn’t get prepared for all that often.
We plan on how we will act, what prepping supplies we will need to acquire and we plan how to talk to family members and avoid neighbors. But are you planning to fail? Is what you are doing really a plan at all?
You have a gold coin that you paid $1100 for back when the world was still somewhat sane. Do you offer that coin for a loaf of bread? 100 loaves or a years supply?
By learning about what happened in previous generations, and knowing that history repeats, we can prepare better and avoid making the same mistakes when SHTF again.
It is the contention of this article that the one commodity that will be in the shortest supply, and one that people will most likely be short on from day one is…
There are some cases where we don’t have our Bug Out bags with us at the moment. There are times when we don’t have our EDC gear because as much as we hate to admit it, sometimes we walk out the door unprepared.
Hoarding is normal by humans during times of scarcity. It is how the smart survive while the foolish perish. You accumulate or store additional provisions that you likely will need later but due to forces beyond your control, are unable to get.
What I see as a discrepancy is that some are forgetting about the ‘looting masses”. The idea of “trade” or barter resembling near what everyone thinks will happen, wont exist for a long time.
People have been saying the US is on course for an economic collapse for years; however, several economists anticipate the US will default on its debt if the country does not change its fiscal policies.
The only difference will be how they will be doing it once today’s money looses its value. So, below we’ve put together a list of 10 items that will be worthy of trading for those days ahead, on the other side of that moment we call when the SHTF
Prepping is always undertaken with the thought that you are “preparing” for something to happen.…
After the stock market opened up this week on “Black Monday” and quickly dropped 1000…
The bottom just dropped out all of your warning triggers are telling you that it’s…
It’s highly likely that anyone reading the Prepper Journal is very aware of the events…
So many articles have been written on the subject of bartering for preppers from many…
For many preppers, a firearm is a must-have item for everyday life not to mention…