It’s Estimated 28 Million People May Be Homeless By September of 2020. Here’s What To Do If You Become One of Them. 10 million Americans faced eviction and foreclosure as a result of the Great Recession of 2008, causing homelessness to increase. The Coronavirus Pandemic may see almost triple that number with estimates … [Read more...]
The Art Of Cooking With Leaves (Pics & Recipes Inside)
In Many Cultures Around the World, Leaves are a Primary Part of Many Meals. We typically ignore leaves when harvesting anything with the exception of the obvious lettuce, cabbages, and kales. But in many cultures, a variety of leaves are not only part of many recipes but are used to hold ingredients together for … [Read more...]
Why Shipping Containers Are Overrated as Underground Shelters
If You Believe Everything You Read On The Internet, Then You Probably Think A Buried Shipping Container Makes A Great Underground Shelter. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea. The Internet is flush with articles about how easy it is to convert a shipping container into a shelter. The promise is that the main structure is … [Read more...]
Bugging Out On Foot: What Should You Bring?
The Big Question: What to Pack for a Walk-Out Bug Out? Last week we talked about bugging out on foot and how far a person can walk while carrying a bug out bag. Now let's talk about what to put in it. It’s easy to find lists of things to pack in a bug out bag. A Google search will take you to hundreds, and we have … [Read more...]
Bugging Out On Foot: How Far Can You Go?
Bugging Out on Foot Brings a Whole New Set of Problems. There are many reasons why someone might leave home and head for a safer location. Natural and manmade disasters top the list of reasons. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! What’s curious about the current situation is that … [Read more...]
Livestock Pandemics: A Very Real Danger That No One Talks About
All the News is About COVID-19, But There are Livestock Pandemics Raging Right Now, and It Can Only Make Things Worse. Up until a few months ago, many people were unfamiliar with the word “pandemic.” That’s all changed as COVID-19 has literally stopped the world in its tracks. But epidemics and pandemics are nothing … [Read more...]
The First Rule Of Prepping: You Do Not Talk About Prepping
Preppers Often Have to Explain Their Preparations to Family and Friends. There’s a Simple Solution: Stop Explaining. It takes a certain mindset to be a prepper. Most people don’t have it. And while some will toss a 72-hour emergency kit in the closet, it’s rare that their preparations go beyond that one-time … [Read more...]
Why Depressions Always Lead To War
Failing Economies Lead to Desperate Times and Desperate Decisions. Here’s How Economic Collapse Has Led to War. The Coronavirus pandemic has no end in sight,l and the effect on the global economy has resulted in economic statistics last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Want to save this post for … [Read more...]
9 Ways To Prepare For Civil Unrest
Some Say It Can’t Happen Here. But Many Never Believed a Pandemic Would Happen Either. Civil disobedience is actually a sign of a functioning democratic society. Thoreau outlined civil disobedience in Walden Pond as a necessary right when expressed through passive resistance. Both Gandhi and Martin Luther King … [Read more...]
4 Reasons This Downturn Could Be Worse Than the Great Depression
It’s Not Just About the Stock Market. Other Economic Measures are Both Telling and Unprecedented. For many people, the stock market is the economy’s scoreboard. When it goes down things must be bad and when it goes up things must be good. Unfortunately, the stock market was exploding into a bubble before coronavirus … [Read more...]
Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From?
Conventional wisdom traces the source of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 to Wuhan, China. It’s believed to have come from a wet market in Wuhan where a variety of animals both dead and alive are bought and eventually eaten. One of those animals was believed to have been a bat. Bats have been known to transmit … [Read more...]
Life After The Virus: Will Things Ever Be The Same?
We’re Still in the Middle of a Pandemic and Our Lives Have Changed Dramatically. How Many of Those Changes Will Remain? Significant events have forever changed many generations. The Great Depression had a lasting impact on those who endured it. The same is true of World War I and World War II. Want to save this … [Read more...]
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