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In this article I list some of the most unique ways that some basic survival gear, weapons, and defensive tools can be disguised in items you already wear every day.

This article attempts to cover some of the basic pros and cons of various forms of communication and introduce the reader to some additions that should prove helpful in crisis and bug-out situations.

For most, defense is simply just about the weapons you choose to keep. In reality, self defense is so much more.

Whether it is ourselves, our loved ones, or the friends who will be with us, we will need to know how to take care of each others injuries and illnesses.

If many survival groups are mainly made up of people whose only skill set is “providing security” and for some reason you found yourself looking to join a group either now or after a collapse, would you take you?

Wet and miserable some of us were experiencing early signs of hypothermia, and we all desperately wanted to feel some small amount of warmth.

This is my minimum gear I’d have on me if venturing any distance in the Winter season in Southern Ontario away from the home base.

Today I’m going to teach you one way to plan for a vehicle load out. Also I will help you develop a plan to secure the load so you can travel more safety.

An unusual phenomenon is occurring on College Campuses these days. It seems that students are offended by just about everything.

There are stories in Oregon, of instant storms, rain and wind for eons, beautiful country and hypothermia. Meaning rapid condition changes.

Ever try to answer all the questions that you ask yourself about how you will survive as a single, senior woman living alone with no family, no spouse, no other support other than yourself?

What is vital is that you have a RELIABLE vehicle regardless of how modest or basic it is.

I have a tight budget. I’m talking, poverty level budget, and with survival products being over the top expensive, prepping can be really hard.

It is important to be aware of your surroundings for many reasons but the most important is your life could depend on it

Knives are like vehicles and firearms. Everyone has an opinion on which knife is the best one. Today you get mine.

We all can’t afford bunkers and remote cabins to (attempt to) escape to. Have you completely given up on non-prepper society, including blood relatives?

In the millennia mankind has existed we have witnessed some small corrections. Nature, the things by which we are all bound, sets in motion events, unforeseen and undeniable.

What do you do if you’re in the city, the grid is down, and the toilet won’t flush?

Rather than focusing on building a fortress to defend your supplies it is safer to build a home you can walk away from without compromising your supplies or getting on the wrong end of a gunshot wound.

The Blizzard of ’77 is a prime example of why you should be prepared.

Once reality has set in and people have started to adjust to the new normal, an essential component of rebuilding your immediate community will be the ability to give selfless service to others.

Well I say. If there’s a will, there’s a way and in this article I am going to share how I practice being a prepper in college.

It keeps government officials up at night. But the vast majority of Americans are completely unprepared for it…

It would be terrible if after all the thought, time and effort put into making a bug out bag, that when you need it the most, it’s not within easy reach.

Not having emergency funds doesn’t leave much room for prepping. So what can a poor penny-pinched Prepper possibly do?

I don’t think there is anything wrong with looking like a Viking with an AR or a jacked and tan super woman–in fact, that’s actually super impressive. But is that Prepping?

Most people preparing for the dark days ahead don’t use their pressure canning to its fullest potential

I’m going to play devils advocate and attack several of the most common so-called “survival tips” preps so prevalent on the web today. I will even offer a suggestion or two.

Here are some gardening tips I have learned over the years that save money, allowing me to grow more for less.

There are multiple articles, videos, and books about bugging out and a few on bugging in. My aim here is to throw a bit of thought on the bugging in concept from my unarmed Canadian perspective.