When someone says “natural disaster,” most of us think about summer thunderstorms, torrential rains, tornadoes or a Fall Hurricane, something to prepare for when the weather is fairly cooperative in the aftermath of a survival incident. We often overlook cold weather preparation because most of us either do not encounter much winter weather or we…
(VIDEO) 50 Common Sense Wilderness Survival Tips Everyone Can Use and Should Know!
For most of us, the more survival equipment we buy or have on hand, the better off we will be. We tend to want to have gear for every possible excursion and scenario. It is why we scour the internet and retail outlets for deals on equipment, materials, and supplies. All around us, however, are…
Tips for Buying the Ideal Property When it’s Time to Get Out of Dodge
As the possibility of a longer-term, more severe survival situation has increased over the last 15 years, so has the number of people who are looking to relocate from urban and suburban areas. In addition, many have incorporated the concept of a “bug-out” location that will provide an escape if a truly severe survival incident…
Little Did You Know That These 4 Household Items Could Save Your Life…
The essence of surviving a man made or natural disaster, where all you are used to is effectively rendered useless is being able, outside your survival preparations, to make do with what you find at your disposal. A piece of tinfoil becomes a signal mirror. Vines you find in the woods become bindings for a…
9 Surprising Useful Survival Items You Can Find at a Yard Sale. #9 is Life-Saving!
Yard sales are a great way to find bargains for needed survival items. Often, people have upgraded their camping and kitchen equipment, tools and clothes and will part with the old at bargain prices. If you are diligent – scan classifieds for upcoming yard sales, map out a route to hit as many as possible,…
9 of the Best Survival Antibiotics You Need to Add to Your Arsenal NOW
Almost all of us have a list of survival items we absolutely need in the event of a survival situation. It varies from person to person and situation to situation, the priorities of a family of four, for instance, might be different than the priorities of a family of eight or a couple and most…
All of a Sudden You’re Stuck in a Lightning Storm While Bugging Out. Here’s How to Survive Without Being Struck by Lightning.
If you have ever been caught hiking on a mountain ridge or fishing on a lake or swimming in any body of water when a thunderstorm rolls up, you know that internal sense of worry that gnaws on you, particularly if the storm has a lot of active lightning. The good news is you are…
5 Overlooked, Non-Food Survival Supplies That Are Often Underestimated Until it’s Too Late.
No matter how prepared you are, in a long-term survival situation, something will have been overlooked or its use under-estimated. It would be merely annoying, like not stocking up on enough bug spray or it could be more serious, like under-estimating how much water you and your family go through in a week. More likely,…
The Most Venomous Snakes in North America You Should Avoid at All Costs
Anyone who ventures into the great outdoors knows that venomous snakes are a rare, but present threat to those who are not careful. While snakebites are rare, and snakebites by venomous snakes are even rarer, the possibility exists in all but a few locales in North America. Where you live increases your odds of an…
(VIDEO) Incredible! You’ll be Amazed How This School Bus Was Transformed Into an Off the Grid Home!
The recession of 2008 – 2011 hit large swaths of the country extremely hard, particularly if you were a young person just starting out in adult-life or if your life was in the least bit of flux. A shrinking job market and severely restrictive lending environment meant that for most, the option of buying or…
(VIDEO) Re-purpose a Spoon Into a Survival Arrowhead!
Even the most benign survival situation stresses most people and the longer or more acute it is, the greater the stress levels as supplies and resources dwindle. That means that being able to improvise with resources from your surroundings is paramount to your being able to make it through the situation intact and safe. One…
Prepare Your Vehicle for Any SHTF Moment by Planning Ahead. Here’s What You Need at a Minimum to Survive.
One area that often gets overlooked when preparing for a survival situation is the family vehicle. Sure, you have all the basics – spare tire, tire iron, simple first aid kit, jumper cables, flares, maybe a blanket or two, but unless you live in a remote area with extreme weather, we all generally take the…
(VIDEO) Just Starting to Think About Survival Preparation? Watch this First!
One of the most intimidating challenges to being prepared when you are just starting out is knowing what is important in a survival situation and what you can ignore or not worry about. The first thing to know is that even the federal government recommends everyone be prepared for at least a few days without…
(VIDEO) Watch a Prepper Construct an Awe-Inspiring Grass Hut from Scratch!
Most of us could figure out what to do for a few days in a survival situation if the power went out. A few of us could even last a few months. Rarely, one is so prepared that they could last a year or even in some iteration of their present state indefinitely. What, though,…
Dependability and Affordability – What you Need to Know About Firearms
In a world seemingly gone crazy, owning a firearm for protection is more and more becoming a necessity rather than something you think about but do not follow through on. Unrest in our cities, terrorist attacks, riots, home invasions, it seems the list of reasons to make sure you are armed for protection is growing,…
(VIDEO) What Three Survival Items Can You NOT Live Without?
If you were facing a hypothetical survival situation and could only have three items, what would your choices be? What could you not live without? And, you also need to think about how would you prioritize. Those are questions every person preparing for a survival situation must consider. You have to consider the Principles of…
Tips You Must Learn to Protect Your Vehicle from an EMP
A pretty good rule of thumb is that if the US federal government says something is a threat – or rather, if they admit something is a threat – it is likely a much more dire situation than said government wants to concede. That said, the federal government – multiple agencies including our military –…
You’re Bugging Out When Suddenly You Get Very Lost. Try These Steps to Get Un-Lost!
Anyone who spends time in the wilderness runs a risk of getting lost – no matter how experienced you are. Recently, in Maine, the skeletal remains of a very experienced hiker was found less than 3,000 yards off the Appalachian Trail. She wondered off the trail, got lost, made a series of understandable, but wrong…
Homesteading Versus Prepping – Are They the Same?
Is prepping the same as homesteading? This is a debate that often flares up between the two, usually in online forums. It is an interesting question. Certainly, both share similarities. But there are also some pretty fundamental differences. A prepper is more focused on catastrophe – a survival situation that alters their way of life…
Stealth Camping – What You Need to Consider
Unfortunately, if faced with one of the more dire survival scenarios we often hear about, the need for a stealth existence might become a necessity. This is especially true if you are caught away from home or have to move quietly through an environment to get to a bug-out location. If that is the case,…