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Most of us know that over 50% of Americans receive some sort of benefits from the national government. It's one...
You got your food storage? CHECK You got your water? CHECK You have plenty ammo so you can kill all...
Here’s a quick word association test - how big is the gender pay gap? How much less are women paid...
More than 100 people were injured this morning and at least one dead in a Hoboken New Jersey train crash....
Whether it be an underground bunker or a super armored vehicle, many have imagined how they would survive a post-apocalyptic...
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a woman sat on the edge of Market Street Bridge, looking down at the long drop in...
This guy never knew what almost happened. In Buffalo, New York area, a distraught man witnessed something on his camera...
Recently I was informed that a very high percentage of young children do not wake up to the high pitch...
Oil. Some of the everyday uses are obvious. We use oil as fuel for heating and transportation, we make plastics...
From FreedomPreppers.com Public opinion is largely shaped by the media in all formats including news, cinema and television shows. It...
By Allyzonx Just for a moment, let's remove the political aspect of this headline. You'll notice I didn't title it, "Why...
Sept.18,2014: More than 2,000 homes and up to 1,500 other smaller structures are threatened by wild fires that are spreading...
September 15, 2014 nearly 500 people have been killed across Northern India and Pakistan. Flooding in a village south of...
Some will call it brave, some will call it stupid - but it was undoubtedly selfless! During record breaking flooding...
When it comes to living in the land of the free, how free are we really? How does America's incarceration...
What's better than a Ninja? A super black Ninja that not even light can escape. Scientists have developed a new...
Everyday Preparedness "Everyday Preparedness" is one of the things the American Preppers Network strongly advices - even over "doomsday preparedness"...
Bounty Hunters Are After Your Guns Actually, I don’t believe in “conspiracies” because the world and life is just too...
The horrific Colorado and Connecticut shootings are still being processed, as I write, into the collective conscience of America. Photo...
Cryptolocker Virus Virus Alert As if spyware, adware, and trojans weren't bad enough, how about Ransomware? It seems hackers have...
Host: The Gun Show The modern militia movement is much more than just a fancy term used to demonize the...
By Stephanie Dayle A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Sustainable Preparedness Expo in Spokane...
Host: I Am Liberty To me there are few things more demeaning than the idea of a military presence in...
By Linda Holliday Here in the Ozarks, we are expanding our growing areas, relearning old-time skills, acquiring hand tools and...
Midwest Storms Joplin, Missouri bore the brunt of it. But the results broke the hearts of millions of Americans, and...
Mathew Craft, from the Associated Press, wrote a great piece today that explains the EURO crisis brewing across the Atlantic,...
For beginning gardeners, homesteaders and preppers the question usually isn't what to plant so much, but what type of seed...
Photo @ michaelgraham.com With 3 people dead and hundreds of others injured, we still have no answers as to who...
Photo by: touchyaneighbor.com Recently, a small firestorm was ignited by Valerie Lucus-McEwen, a government Emergency Management employee, who had...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 Feeding the Hungry is also Feeding Hope This Christmas season, see if there is...
For the last nine years, September has been designated National Preparedness Month. We've generally recognized this tribute each year but...
We had three tropical storms hit my house in about a month in 2004, One Hurricane Charlie hit Punta Gorda as a...
The disaster that really woke me up was the 'dot.com-crash' of 2000. It hit a LOT of other people as...
I live in Montana, where it is often bitterly cold in the winter. In February of 1989, it was 29...
Although my experience does not come anywhere near the seriousness of the tragic events like in Colorado, but it did...
It was called the "No Name Storm" and the "Perfect Storm". Yes, It was the same one they made the...
I plan on writing more about this later, but this just floated across my desk and I'm not sure how...
Take a look around you. Read the papers and the news online. Watch the news channels. Part of the...
Gun Control: The media brought it up as a topic almost simultaneously as they announced the Aurora shootings - just...
Introduction I am semi-retired with a small business that teaches disaster preparation training classes. My whole immediate family are preppers...
WHAT IS GROWING IN OUR GARDEN WHAT WE ARE ADDING TO STORAGE The start of fall vining crops: Canned...
One reader wondered why hot, tasty food is categorized as a survival item on SurvivalCommonSense.com, and why I claim recipes...
Sorry folks, I have been sick and slacking on my job, but I am back! Fukushima - is there anything we...
What the Bock Urban Farm is doing: WHAT IS BEING ADDED TO STORAGE WHAT IS BEING PRESERVED 1. 50 lbs...
A very common scene in post-apocalyptic fiction is where the hero, down to his last can of beans and out...
Prepping could be a fad. I mean, it’s possible that there is a combination of ‘end of civilization’, conspiracy and...
We grow all our own vegetables here in "Our Edible Suburb", but if there's one thing we specialize in, it's...
Perhaps as a result of having seen too many Rambo movies back in the day, there still exists this mentality...
Common items can become valuable survival gear when used properly. Among the most useful are some you probably already have...
