The crackle and pop of a good campfire is one of the best things about staying in the woods overnight. When a fire is in full bloom and the flames radiate up charred logs and lick off into the night sky, you can stare at it for hours. It’s about the best setting for comradery you … [Read more...]
7 Problems That Every Prepper Must Overcome
Preppers have a problem. Oftentimes, they can't see the forest for the trees. I've found that prepping is like a vast river of opportunity, a river that ebbs and flows based on the situations around us. When world events are spiraling out of control, we feel inspired to get … [Read more...]
10 Easy and Delicious Camping / Bugout Recipes
I like a strawberry millennium bar as much as the next guy, but there are times when you need hot food and meat-based protein. The more arduous the task and the more stressful the day, the more you want those fatty, warm, and filling meals. Bugging out can have many hang ups, but … [Read more...]
The Government Will Help These Cities First After The SHTF
Whether you clicked this article out of curiosity or are looking to find out whether you have hit the lottery on location, there are some things to consider. 2017 taught us a lot about the resilience of communities and the response of the government to disasters. In fact, … [Read more...]
What to Do if North Korea Fires a Nuke Toward Your City
Unless you've been living in a cave, you heard about the false missile warning in Hawaii a couple weeks ago. For 38 minutes, over a million people believe a nuclear missile was headed right toward them. Think about that for a second... All those people who believed they were … [Read more...]
Why Bugging Out Would Be a Living Hell for the Average Joe
"Just minutes ago, an explosion rocked the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station. Those local to the station may have felt tremors from the blast. Officials in the plant are saying that this explosion was not part of a malfunction. Instead, it is believed that a device or … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Radiation Poisoning When the Unthinkable Happens
If you are within the blast radius of a modern day nuclear weapon, you are pretty much dead on impact. There is no amount of prepping or body armor that will save you. Your bunker will probably prove useless as well considering there will be little to no warning. Also, it will … [Read more...]
5 Issues Preppers are Missing Completely
Let me start this article by saying that we are amid a powerful group. The readers and the writers, talkers and teachers of the survival and prepper niche are special people. This community embraced me with open arms over 5 years ago and I am always impressed by what the skills … [Read more...]
Fortifying Suburbs And Communities After SHTF
Ezekiel 4:2 - Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it. History Walls were used to protect societies for a very long time. Uruk in Mesopotamia was one of the earliest examples of … [Read more...]
11 Actions You Must Take After an EMP Attack
Clearing the plates from the dinner table, you hear your kids in the living room. It's summer and it's hot. Thunderstorms were happening almost every evening as the earth struggled to deal with the cool dry air meeting hot moist summer days. Suddenly, the lights flicker. The … [Read more...]
How to Make Gunpowder Step by Step (With Pics)
In the Chinese culture, there are four great inventions that are celebrated. You may have recognized them at the Beijing Olympics as they made an appearance at the games. They are: papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder. Although there is a widespread belief that … [Read more...]
6 Things That Could Attract Dangerous People After SHTF
First, the disaster will come. It will come like they always do. It may start slow and steady but eventually, it will reach a fever pitch. The destruction brought on by man or mother nature will ravage all that dares step in its path. The audible effects of the disaster will give … [Read more...]
Is a Concealed Carry Weapon Really Necessary?
January 2017: 39 people were killed and 70 wounded in a nightclub in Istanbul. Things have changed. Methods have changed and we have learned so much about the threats we face. There are instances when, in hindsight, we can place a concealed carry weapon or a CCW into a … [Read more...]
What to Expect from the Government After the SHTF
In the face of any real disaster, the government is going to take steps to manage it. Some of these steps will be policy driven and others will happen out of necessity. Let’s look a little closer at what to expect from the government in time of disaster. What We Know The best … [Read more...]
Survival Hygiene While On The Road
You have the tactical training, you’ve got the tactical watch, pants, plans and boots. By now I am sure you have a bag filled with all sorts of hi tech tools for water filtering and purification, navigation, self-defense, first aid and fire craft. Have you considered Tactical … [Read more...]
10 Steps To Take After The SHTF
There are many things you can do at the onset of a disaster. Most people panic. But when you panic, it leads to drastic and dangerous decision making. Panic leads to the type of radical actions that get people hurt or killed. Another thing people do at the onset of disaster is … [Read more...]
7 Things You Need To Survive An EMP
Though stories have been pouring out for at least 5 years about the weakness of our power grid, we are still woefully unprepared. And one of the most effective ways our enemies could cripple our power grid is with an EMP (electromagnetic pulse). It would require a tremendous … [Read more...]
Want To Disappear From The Grid? Here’s What You Need To Know
You might be thinking, "Why disappear?" There has long been speculation that the government is playing more of a role in our lives than ever. What we learned about the NSA and the inherent spying in the name freedom is that we are compromised. All Americans are compromised by the … [Read more...]