A gravity filter is one way of purifying already drinkable water of debris and some chemicals; its advantages are that it lets you further purify the water you ingest without having to purchase expensive equipment or materials. Many of us have a very small version of a gravity filter in our refrigerators and it helps…
(Video) Learn a Genius Survival Trick to Prevent Any Infection
So many outdoorsmen are convinced they are above injury or wounds. Granted, the fact the highly trained warriors can do what they can, are proficient, and seemingly invincible, is to be admired! However, none of us are immune to injury, pressure soars, or simply minor accidents! We all need a curative at one time or…
I Still Can’t Believe What Harms People Who Live Off Grid the Most – Wow!
When we first read the material that was presented to us, knowing we would have to write a piece about what harms the people who live off the grid most, our first thought was a sigh inducing diatribe about how man is the most dangerous beast in the world and cannot be trusted. You know,…
10 Skills a Person Can Easily Trade After the End of the World
We have gone over this before but it bears repeating. When it comes to the potential of a worldwide collapse, when the “end of times” shows itself very early on, there will be a few individuals, like yourself, who have trained for the moment and may do well. It is not just the camping out,…
What Makes This Colorado Tunnel Haunted and Why it Scares People
Back in the olden days, when our country was in its infancy when men, women, and children were working their way west in search of gold and a new way of life, ghost stories were often told on the trail. They would sit around the campfire and while hoping to not have run-ins with peeved…
(Video) Everyday Life Threats We Could Face – And How to Deal With Them
Life is full of potential dangers; everywhere you look, there are things that can make you sick, injure you, even kill you. That is the reality even before you face a survival incident or situation! In that type of situation, the danger of encountering a life altering – or ending – event is increased because…
The Critical Elements of a Doomsday Survival Plan – Here They Are!
The information contained in this article is geared towards dealing with an EMP strike, but it really applies to any large-scale disaster where you: Do not know what happened exactly, or its scope of influence Have family or team members separated from your or your bug-in place of refuge You yourself are separated from your…
Bartering – Four Invaluable Items That Should be Stockpiled for Survival
If we are ever faced with a long-term survival scenario – more than a few weeks, but rather six months or more – bartering will become one critical skill we all will have to possess to get our hands on what we want or need. Bartering is the process of trading a good or service…
Why The Walking Dead May Not Comprehend Human Nature
When we think about “the collapse” and “the end of days” we, as survivalists, often contemplate how it could happen. We’ve come up with theories about EMPs, bombs, and even the poisoning of our water supply. There really is any number of ways to bring about a catastrophic SHTF scenario. But in this case, we…
Tips We Wish We Would Have Known Before We Started Prepping
Someone once said that life is a sequence of lucking out or learning from mistakes. That makes perfect sense when you realize all the challenges every life encounters. The same is true for preparing for a survival situation. You may luck out and get all the stuff you need, at the right price, before a…
Unbreakable Laws of Survival Everyone Must Later Recall
No one wants to be lost and lonely when it comes to a crisis situation or a collapse. This is why we press our readers so often, telling them certain basic skills over and over again. You may think you have it all together only to suddenly realize you forgot a certain and very important…
4 Amazing Tips We Learned From The Walking Dead
People can say what they want about the popular cable TV series, The Walking Dead, but as survivors, we have to admire and often laugh at some of the skills we see our heroes partake in. Admittedly, this is fantasy. But the fact that this raggedy bunch of people have come together to live, learn,…
(Video) He Knocked Down a Door in His Home and Discovered a Hidden City
Just picture it. You are living in Turkey in 1963. You’ve always wanted to take that back wall down and maybe build on another room. So, one day you just do it. Then discover a hidden room behind it – connected to an entire underground city! What? Is this out of some kind of fantasy…
What Movies Forget to Mention Will Actually Happen During the Apocalypse
Over the years there have been many post-apocalyptic movies and TV series produced to entertain us. They range from the type of movies where bombs have been dropped, wiping out mankind, to weather change turning the surface of the world into a never-ending ice cube or a strength sucking sauna. Oh, and there are also…
Man Flies Drone Inside “Glory Hole Spillway” That Hasn’t Been Seen in a Decade
Residents never thought they would see the overflow from their local phenomena again but it just goes to show you should never say never! It is actually called The Monticello Dam Spillway, just west of Sacramento, but friends and fans simply call it “The Glory Hole”! The spillway hadn’t seen water since 2006 but because…
If a Person Gets Separated From Their Family During a Survival Crisis Here’s What They Should Do
The possibility of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) that takes out the entire country is fairly remote but is a possibility. More than likely, if we were hit with an EMP, it would be regional and the time it took to get everything back to normal would be measured in weeks, not months. Regardless, what do…
Flash Floods Are Deadly – Here is How to Avoid Them – Or Survive Them!
On a recent July weekend, nine and probably 10 people, many of them children, lost their lives to a flash flood in the Tonto National Forest, north of Phoenix Arizona. We all have heard about flash floods and if you live in certain parts of the country know well how violent and deadly they can…
(Video) The Survival Quiz That’ll Test a Person’s Intelligence and Thus Teach Them How to Survive Better
A lot of people, mostly those who are not preppers, think that we who enjoy survival training, prepping, and thinking ahead of a chaos situation, are not altogether too bright when it comes to the “real world”. If only they knew. FYI: We are not all slack-jawed “survival nuts” without a thought – other than…
Native American Medicine – Three Natural Plants to Help Fight Disease and Injury
Far too often we forget that long before us, many human beings lived and thrived on the lands we now call home. Native Americans had a deep connection with nature and relied upon it to give them the sustenance they needed to survive as well as to help them heal when it was necessary. They…
5 Lies Experts Are Telling Us We Need to STOP Believing
We are of the firm belief that when chaos hits, the big one, the end of days – none of us will really know what will happen. Certainly, we can predict what we think will happen but, when it comes down to it, we simply do not know. It would help if we knew ahead…