Picture this scenario: The power has gone out due to a major blizzard and is expected to be out for several days. You and your family are starting to get really hungry, but you can't use your electric stove or microwave. Normally, you'd just go outside and fire up the grill, but it is absolutely freezing out there. Even if you can bear the stinging gusts … [Read more...]
101 Uses for Paracord
If you've ever bought a piece of survival gear such as a weather radio, an emergency whistle, or a magnesium fire starter, you may have noticed a long piece of cord attached to it. Maybe your tactical watch has a twisted rope for its strap, or maybe your rain jacket has a stretched cord incorporated into the design. If so, it’s probably paracord--short … [Read more...]
Survival Gardening: 9 Organic Pest Control Methods
If you are relying on a garden to help you survive a long-term disaster, going organic probably won’t be your number one concern. However, a willingness to use chemical pest control doesn’t necessarily mean you'll be able to use chemical pest control. Unless you have a large supply of pest control products stockpiled, you’re going to have to turn to more … [Read more...]
Martial Law: You Only Have 3 Options
I've seen countless articles about martial law survival (and have published a couple on this site). But for all the talk about martial law--what it means, what to do, how to survive--the discussion really boils down to three simple options. That is the topic of this video by Prepper Princess. She cuts through all the BS and breaks it down like this: … [Read more...]
How to Make Rope from Trash Bags
I've long suggested that preppers store several extra boxes of trash bags and even put a few in their bug out bags. Why? Because they're so useful. In addition to storing garbage, which will quickly pile up in an SHTF scenario, there are dozens of survival hacks involving trash bags. One of those hacks is making rope. People have asked me how to do this, … [Read more...]
17 Things People Will Wish They Have After The SHTF
This post is a little different from my usual posts. If you're already a prepper, I don't expect this article to teach you anything new. Rather, I expect it to serve as a reminder of why we prep. I also hope that it can serve as a warning to those who don't prep. For example, you might think it's unlikely that your home will ever be damaged or destroyed, … [Read more...]
Urban Survival: How to Avoid or Survive a Carjacking
A carjacking is an event where someone tries to steal a vehicle by force while that car is occupied. In other words, it’s when someone tries to steal your car even though you're sitting in it. Carjackers usually have a weapon, and they may use extreme coercion or violence to get their way. Carjackings don't get as much attention as other types of crime. … [Read more...]
10 Easy Steps to Raising Chickens in Your Backyard
If you're the type of person who eats eggs every morning (or would like to), then why not raise some chickens in your backyard? As long as there are no laws against it in your area, there's no reason not to. Keeping chickens does take a little bit of work, but it is pretty easy considering how much you get out of it. Once you have everything set up, it … [Read more...]
How to Build a Survival Seed Bank so You Can Grow Food After the Collapse
Food, water, and shelter are the three essential requirements for survival after an apocalyptic disaster. Of the three, though, it is food that will be the most difficult to acquire. Making sure you have enough food to survive after the supermarkets are permanently closed requires a multi-faceted approach. While stockpiling canned food and other foods … [Read more...]
9 Things To Do Before The Economy Collapses
If you're a long-time reader of this site, you may already know that the event that turned me into a prepper was the 2008 financial crisis. It made me realize that the system we all depend on is far more fragile than I ever imagined. What's worse, the fundamental problems that led to the Great Recession were never really solved. Wall Street has managed … [Read more...]
15 Best Canned Foods To Add To Your Stockpile
I want to start off by pointing out that you're better off canning and/or dehydrating fruits, meats, and vegetables. Foods preserved at home are cheaper and healthier than store-bought canned foods. Having said that, if you're new to prepping and don't know much about food preservation, or if you're just looking to add more variety to your food … [Read more...]
20 First Aid Supplies You Need for Survival
There are hundreds and hundreds of first aid items out there, which is why building a first aid kit can be so overwhelming. It helps to start by narrowing it down to the essentials, and then building on that. If you could only choose 20 first aid supplies, which would they be? In this video, Serious Survivor makes some great suggestions. Here is his … [Read more...]
15 Rare Skills That Will Come In Handy When SHTF
If you’re familiar with the world of prepping for natural disasters and other life-changing, cataclysmic events, you probably have some provisions. You’ve decided that having a bug out bag is a good idea; you’ve stocked up on nonperishable items; you have a plan for where to go and what to do when the SHTF. But at some point in a survival scenario, there … [Read more...]
How to Make Bannock, A Healthy and Delicious Survival Food
Why is it that so many survival foods come from a time long forgotten? Some of the most well-known survival foods are so old, it's hard to even peg their origin. They are often so effective that people of different nations figured out similar foods along their way. The reason for this is simple. Every good survival food must have five certain features: … [Read more...]
DIY Perimeter Trip Wire Alarm
There's really not much need for a perimeter alarm when you're out camping, but in a survival scenario, it's a whole other story. If lots of hungry and dangerous people are pouring out of the cities in search of food and supplies, you'll need to make sure they don't catch you off guard. To that end, Sensible Prepper came up with a clever solution. This … [Read more...]
Top 10 Major Disasters You’re Most Likely To Face In Your Lifetime
The odds are likely that you will face a major disaster at some point in your life. Maybe it will be a wildfire, or an earthquake, or an economic collapse, or--God forbid--World War III. Which one do you think it will be? Have you ever asked yourself this question? You see, when preparing for disaster, you can’t just ‘prepare for disaster.’ You need to have … [Read more...]
4 Ways To Use Your Smartphone Without a Signal
Sometimes I don't know how I ever lived without a smartphone. I'm not one of those people who stare at social media all day, but I do use my phone for a lot of things. I use my smartphone for taking notes, setting alarms, reading books, listening to music, casting TV shows, tracking my workouts, counting my calories, and playing the occasional game. … [Read more...]
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