9 Questions to Ask Before Accepting People into Your Survival Group
We talk about it all the time and it has been the subject of countless…
Author Pat Henry
Pat Henry
Freedom-loving American doing what I can to help prepare and inform others. Editor and creator of The Prepper Journal 2013-2017, 2020 -
Children after SHTF: Liability or Responsibility
How many times have you heard the question, “Who would want to bring a child…
Free Tokyo Disaster Manual Offers Creative Survival Tips
When you have something good, people want it and judging by the reaction on the…
What Happens When the Sheep Turn on the Sheepdogs
The Sheepdog concept has been around in its modern form since 2002 from Dave Grossman’s…
Top 20 Best Prepper Gifts for any Survival Situation
Do you have a prepper on your shopping list? The occasion doesn’t matter really. It…
Prepare for the Hunt: Tree Stand Safety Checklist
Each year as the weather gets cooler and the leaves start to fall, I along…
Forming a Survival Community
There is strength in numbers when it comes to forming a survival community and the…
How to Find Water in the Desert
I frequently highlight the need for water when you are preparing for emergencies. This simple,…
Do You Suffer from Prepper Burnout?
Prepping is always undertaken with the thought that you are “preparing” for something to happen.…
Could You Be a Hired Gun After SHTF?
Have you ever wondered what you would do for work after the end of the…
The Real Essential Oils You May Have Overlooked
You may have heard of the increasingly prominent use and promotion of what is being…
10 Excuses for Not Prepping That Could Get You Killed
Prepping is something that takes time, some level of commitment and usually finds its roots…
Why Do Chickens Stop Laying Eggs in the Winter
If you are looking into becoming more self-sufficient, one of the first places you can…
Migrant Crisis Validates Golden Horde Theory Fears
There are conventional buzzwords that many preppers know and spout off about more often than…
Coping with Stress After Disaster
When planning for disaster, we run through scenarios in our mind and those scenarios give…
Surviving an Urban Disaster: Do You Have the Essentials
The last census results in 2010 showed that a total of 80.7 percent of Americans…
Last Minute Prepping Items
For reasons known only to you, the subject of prepping has, up until now, been…
Is Your Prepping Causing Divorce
If you are currently or have ever been in a relationship, I would bet money…
Urban Survival Kit
The anniversary of the events on 9/11/2001 that killed thousands is just barely in our…
10 Must Have Prepper Skills for Survival
Preppers have become known for a lot of things in the media, but until recently…
Medicine to Stock up on for When There Is No Doctor
As preppers, we stock up on supplies that we think we will need in an…
What to Look for in a Survival Retreat
Prepping in some cases is about taking proactive steps to avoid or mitigate the risk…
SHTF Socialism: The Prepper’s Dilemma
Have you ever shared something with another person and eventually regret opening your mouth in…
Hurricane Survival Guide
Hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean runs from June 1st to November 30th with a…
How Long Will Your Food Last After SHTF?
One of the central pillars of preparedness is being able to feed yourself. Preppers focus…
Are You Practicing Financial Redundancy?
After the stock market opened up this week on “Black Monday” and quickly dropped 1000…
Grid Down Communications
Back when I started getting into this lifestyle now known as prepping, I had a…
Taking Care of Your Army
Many of us have affiliations with larger groups that we expect to depend upon in…
How to Siphon Gas from a Car
Have you ever run out of gas? Imagine running out of gas when gas stations…
Changing How You Think of Resistance to Tyranny
I think it is fair to say that one aspect of some prepper’s motivational drive…