Bugging Out in Winter
Watching “To the Lake” has made me think about the conditions that could affect my family’s journey if…
Should You Know How to Use a Tire Plug Kit?
Don’t let a relatively minor puncture put you out of commission. Simply having a tire plug kit can…
Do the Results of the Election Have You Prepping for Doomsday?
Regardless of who you voted for; this election illustrated one thing very clearly. It showed in no uncertain terms that as a country we…
Everyday Carry Essentials – Gear That Can Save Your Life
Everyday carry items are up close and personal prepping items that each of you should have access to…
Now Is Not the Time to Quit Prepping
If we do see some other type of disaster or disruption to our lives, are you going to be prepared this time?
Liberty I – Stealth Survival Weapon
When it comes to being prepared for disasters great or small, readers of this blog know I like…
The Rise of Liberal Preppers – Welcome to the Party!
What are Liberal Preppers and are they any different from those who can’t stomach the thought of describing themselves as anything left of Die Hard Conservative?
Build Your Own Earthquake Survival Kit
I put together this earthquake survival list for those preppers who want to put a bag together and prepare for the possibility that their entire world comes crumbling down around them.
A Prepper Looks Back – 10 Years of Prepping Lessons
I thought that maybe it might be of some value to share some lessons that I have learned in my personal preparedness journey that hits 10 years old this year.
What to Do If You Are Caught Without Your Prepping Supplies
When all hell breaks loose, are you doomed if you don’t have your full battle rattle on?
Best Selling Prepper Items – Why They May Not Work for You
I was looking around for more prepper and survival gear the other day and often readers ask for gear recommendations so I wanted to give you this list of the best-selling prepper gear but with a twist.
Off Road Checklist: Don’t Get Stuck Bugging Out
Those alternate routes could lead you through areas that aren’t paved over obstacles that could put a halt to your forward progress, but with this off-road checklist, you could be able to unstuck yourself and keep going.
Surviving Anarchy: Strategies to Avoid Dying at the Hands of the Mob
Without law enforcement as a deterrent to crimes, desperate, opportunistic or even criminally motivated people take to the streets and chaos ensues. When this happens, you have anarchy.
16 Best Hobbies for Preppers
These hobbies for preppers will give you skills that you can use in a survival situation but can also enrich your life right now.
Are You Planning to Fail If SHTF?
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?
Vote for Your Favorite – Prepper Writing Contest Round Eight
Vote for your favorite prepping article in round eight of the Prepper Writing Contest!
10 Items That Sell out After a Crisis
If you were in a race with your neighbors to get anything you could before the stock was gone, which items would you need to throw into your shopping basket?
Preppers: Now Is Not the Time to Let Your Guard Down
It seems that so many preppers who were in full swing a year or two ago have relaxed and stopped worrying about the need to prepare. Has this happened to you?
Valley Food Storage – Great Tasting Emergency Food
When preppers discuss the supplies you need to be ready for anything, food is naturally at the top of the list.
Apocalypse Training 101: Learn How to Survive the End of the World
Do you know how to survive the end of the world? Get the keys to apocalypse training 101 and learn how to prepare for SHTF.
Interview with Prepper Children’s Author Benjamin Ellefson
Benjamin Ellefson is a prepper who writes children’s books with themes of preparedness and survivalism.
Bug Out Vehicle Load Plan
What if this simple bug out vehicle load plan could get your and your family on the road faster?
9 Less Than Lethal Self-Defense Items
I wanted to write today about some less than lethal self-defense items that can be employed by just about anyone who can’t or does not want to own a firearm
How Many Days Before You Give up Hope When SHTF?
Are we avoiding conversations that we may need to consider now that involve the very real prospect of death?
The Best Way Home: SHTF Route Planning
It’s one of the more common problems us preppers try to figure out. What is the best way home as quickly and safely as possible when SHTF and you are far away?
Survival Gear: Setting Your Group Standard
I am talking about the decisions you will make regarding the survival gear and equipment that your larger mutual assistance group is going to use. It is important to standardize on several major pieces of gear if you want to function cohesively as a unit.
What Are You Prepared to Do When Your Family Is Hungry?
What if something happened and you were unable to acquire any more food through traditional means and your family is hungry? What would you be forced to do in order to live?
How to Travel Like a Prepper
There are some lessons I have learned and rules that I try to follow as closely as I can when I travel that could keep me alive and help me make it back home if disaster struck and I was away from my family.
Are You Guilty of Hoarding? How to Prepare for Coming Shortages
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.
After the Apocalypse: What Will You Do Then?
But an apocalypse is something that you could still live through, right? At least that is what many of us seem to be prepping for. What could life be like after the apocalypse and why do so many preppers need to adjust your thinking about the probable facts of life we all plan on living through.