We all have different temperaments and individual likes and dislikes. When it comes to bugging out we have studied various scenarios and think we know what we should have with us and what we can leave at home. The same can be said for bugging-in. We have what we have and are stocking up on…
Tips That’ll Help Us Bug Out at a Moment’s Notice
Many of us watched the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey or before that Katrina, and now we understand that one of the major challenges facing the poor souls affected was not bugging out. How many of those affected, however, were ready to bug out if they were forced to do so? The reality is not many.…
What to Avoid At All Costs During a Riot
Unless a person has been living under a rock for the past five years, it is pretty obvious that our country has become something of a powder keg. This is particularly true in urban areas but it even has bled out into the suburbs. Whether we are rioting after a police shooting or at a…
How to Prepare for Potential Conflict with North Korea
With the likes of the Korean leader threatening world powers – including our own – is there any wonder why people are becoming more and more nervous over a North Korean threat? Honestly, we think a nuclear attack unlikely but if this world has taught us one thing it is never to say never. Remember…
What to Stock in Preparation and What to Do When the Power Goes Out
Power outages are one survival scenario that affects all of us unless we are living completely “off-grid” and do not rely on traditional power supplies at all. They can hit at any point in the year, making them easily the most common sort of survival scenario most of us will face at any given time.…
Lessons We Should Learn Now Before We’re in a Post-EMP World
One of the more realistic but often ignored threats to civilization is the EMP. Were one to hit North America, almost every electronic system or component we possess would be rendered useless – phones, computers, vehicles, refrigerators, the power supply – all would be turned into various iterations of very expensive anchors. While the plausibility…
(Video) She Shows Us How to Bug Out in Sweden As We Take in Her Serene Environment
When camping, it is always good to try out a new area. Walk around and get the lay of the land, set up a campsite in an area that seems appropriate, close enough to water to make the trip short but not so close that you roll out of a sleeping bag and fall in! Our…
Meat Companies Are Being Linked to Biggest-Ever Dead Zone in the Gulf
When we hear something referred to as “the dead zone” we immediately feel dread. There is just something about that term that sends chills up the spine. Then, when that phrase is linked to meat companies – it has to open our eyes a little wider and make us want to know more. After all,…
At What Point We Should Rely on FEMA and Whether it is Even Necessary
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) came out and recommended that every American have a few days to a few weeks worth of survival supplies on hand at all times, many of us were skeptical. If the US federal government was recommending citizens be prepared for a survival crisis, even a short-term one, what…
7 Tips to Get Home Safely Following an EMP
The recent solar eclipse, despite all the hype, had at least one significant characteristic that applies to preparing for a survival scenario: It should have impressed upon everyone that certain events, benign or otherwise, are beyond our control and can happen at any moment. We had ample warnings about the coming eclipse and that let…
How to Protect a Bug Out Location for a Potential Battlespace
Initially, when a survival situation presents itself you will probably be reasonably safe. Everyone around us will be trying to get their own acts together, figuring out how they will make do until “rescue” comes if it ever does. While there will be an every man for himself attitude it might not get truly vicious…
(Video) How to Avoid Being a Target During a Catastrophe
We have many friends that we love and adore and occasionally we have a conversation around a pit fire, with some cool drinks, and talk about what we would do if a big natural disaster were to hit. Some talk about how out of all their family-unit their house is the most firm and best…
How to Vanish Off the Grid and Live a Stealth Life
Have you ever thought about what it would take to disappear? To terminate your present life and start anew? Unless you have lived a charmed life (some have,) just about everyone has fantasized at least about leaving the old behind to embrace a new life, a new you, a new identity. 40 years ago, it…
3 States We Should Avoid When a Collapse is Coming
We are always worried about targets when it comes to a country-wide SHTF scenario. While we do not really know how it will happen we can speculate. Will it be from bombs? Maybe some germ warfare? EMFs? Or maybe an old fashion dose of economic collapse? With the political climate being what it is these…
15 Different Kinds of Trees That Should NEVER be in a Person’s Front or Backyard
We always have it in our heads that nature is our friend and we should never fear it. That’s a nice thing to say to an eight-year-old kid, especially when you are out camping with him or her and you want to keep the night frights away. But sadly, it is not always true. Trust…
Lessons We Have Learned From Recent Natural Disasters
It is a grim reality, will offend some, scare others, but planet earth and its weather are out to kill you. That might be a bit of an over-statement, planet earth probably is not plotting against you specifically, but in general, we survive this big, old, blue globe despite its best efforts. Apart from environments…
Stupid Mistakes Survivalists Make and How to Avoid Them at All Costs
No matter how well prepared you are for a survival situation, you will make mistakes. That truism is as reliable as a star Quarterback throwing an interception, a fisherman having “one that got away” and appliances breaking about a week after the warranty is up. The key is to avoid making the types of mistakes…
The 72 Hour Power Outage and How to Prepare for One
Far and away, the most common form of severe survival situation most will people face is the temporary power outage. For purposes of this article, “temporary” means more than a few hours and up to four days. That type of emergency moves you past the “Damn, there is no Netflix or Snapchat” phase but to…
Google Releases 20 Million Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in California and We Have to Wonder if This is How Apocalyptic Films Start
If you’re a fan of sci-fi and apocalyptic films then you may be more or less paranoid as to what our government is up to behind the scenes. Many people feel they have our best interests at heart whereas other feels there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that could now…
(Video) Have to Avoid People? Watch Out for These Dead Giveaways!
One of the most important survival skills a person could possess in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was the ability to remain invisible and undetectable. The situation was so chaotic with looters and worse running amok until the authorities got their act together, that discovery was almost a guaranteed invitation to trouble. The greater your…