In our bug out bag we (My husband and I) both had a mess kit which as you know, takes...
Disaster Preparedness
If an emergency or disaster occurs, don’t expect any help over the next 72 hours, which means you need to...
Written By: Jalapeño Gal I was researching different plans people have for bugging out and the question was posed; What...
With the current winter weather, (and recent past) upon you and so many people in danger, it is time to...
Emergency Essentials to Weather a Winter Storm - JK Mechanical
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We all want to feel safe in our homes. We don't like to think about disasters happening to us. We...
At any given time during the course of each year, thousands of individuals in the U.S. fall victim to some...
Sept.18,2014: More than 2,000 homes and up to 1,500 other smaller structures are threatened by wild fires that are spreading...
With all the hype lately about Yellow Stone's Volcano and how it could "possibly" erupt a lot sooner than expected,...
Preparing for a volcanic eruption basically boils down to prepping for evacuation at a movement's notice if you live...
Survival Smoke There are times in an emergency where being very visible is good and other times when being invisible...
For the person who has never spent any significant time in the wild, it can be quite overwhelming to find...
One area of interest that is almost completely ignored by preppers is the role of fire in nature. This tool...
These are frightening times. Of course, every prepper knows this – which is precisely why the individual in question is...
If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you are aware that there was a massive chemical spill...
There are positives and negatives to all tools of self-defense, if there was the perfect self-defense tool available where all...
On a recent winter camp outing we had the opportunity to test three different types of “rocket stoves” under winter...
Written By: Jim Jones, EMT/CHCM The very definition of ‘survival” is someone starting a fire without matches. What survival class...
There are times in an emergency where being very visible is good and other times when being invisible are a...
Written By: James C. Jones I have always considered the machete to be a jungle survival tool. They are generally...
Bedside drawer We spend about one-third of our lives in bed so there is a thirty-percent chance that the life...
On October 17, 2013 at 10:17 a.m. (local time) millions of people across the U.S., Canada and around the world...
Midwest Storms Joplin, Missouri bore the brunt of it. But the results broke the hearts of millions of Americans, and...
Written by: Naomi Broderick Nature has a way of making an entrance, sometimes announced and sometimes without so much as...
By Stephanie Dayle What are YOU going to do about it? A very important question that is not often directly...
storm surge We frequently discuss the risks associated with storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but not as much...
(Editors Note: This article can be taken into consideration for bug out locations as well as bug in locations.) Whether...
We all know our basic cost of living is increasing. Despite the increase and the knowledge, at some point, we...
Romeo...On DutyHis Name is Romeo. For what it’s worth, he lives up to his name and has fathered a good...
Suppose you just did something really stupid - like going snowmobiling and forgetting your survival gear in the truck. Your...
wikimedia Commons One thing many people do not think about when it comes to preparedness is how to decontaminate the...
This happened a long time ago. Our town was flooding and we were without electricity and in a small island...
Written By: Jalapeño Gal One of the common goals among preppers seems to be having a bug out bag (BOB)...
In 2003, my wife and I were living in Murfreesboro, North Carolina when Hurricane Isabel hit the North Carolina shores...
Sheltering in our house during Hurricane Alicia was a constant state of fear as we heard transformers exploding and trees...
Hurricane Rita happened just a month after Katrina and everybody was so burnt out with media about Katrina that Rita...
We have recently been discussing what EDC means, EDC KeyRings, and 72 Hour BOB's are. In this article, we will...
I wanted to relate a story to you that happened to my wife and I while on vacation at the...
Ever since I got out of the Army back in '62, I have been "prepping". A little here and there,...
On October 24th, 2005, my cousin, Dave, bugged in and rode out Hurricane Wilma. He told his story to me...
The ability to make a fire during an emergency situation can save your life. But what is the best survival...
Lightning is one of the most underrated severe weather hazards, yet ranks as one of the top weather killers in...
Riots have broken out lately in Egypt, and it has given us a good opportunity to learn and prepare. Typically, riots...
It has been an interesting 48 hours for all of us who were in Meet the Preppers, namely my family,...
