Have you ever watched an episode of the reality TV show, ‘Survivor’? The premise of the show is simple: a group of Americans is left to survive on an isolated island with only a few resources. While these mid-life crisis contestants do have an emergency medic on site and a camera crew filming their every move, they actually do have to survive 39 days in … [Read more...]
11 Highest Calorie Crops for Your Survival Garden
Right now, most of us live in a world where the fewer calories a food has, the better. Should the day ever come when food is in short supply, though, that trend will reverse. When preparing to grow a survival garden, the number of calories a crop offers is an important consideration. Although veggies like tomatoes and cucumbers are nutritious and easy to … [Read more...]
How To Make a Gas Mask From a Two-Liter Bottle
Although a gas mask is a great thing to include in your preparedness supplies, it's usually not a top priority for most preppers. There are only a few specific scenarios where you would need one, each of which isn't very likely. Still, I think we should be prepared for as many scenarios as possible. But if for some reason you don't have access to a gas … [Read more...]
11 Great Self Defense Weapons That (Probably) Won’t Kill Anyone
The most popular self-defense weapon is a firearm, but that doesn’t mean it's always the best self-defense weapon. Many people are uncomfortable carrying a gun (as it is a major responsibility) and would prefer a non-lethal weapon instead, or they may live or work in an area where carrying firearms is not allowed. If either of these applies to you, you'll … [Read more...]
20 Pioneer Foods We’ll Be Eating A Lot After Doomsday
Ever since I saw Little House On The Prairie as a kid, I've been fascinated by how the pioneers lived. How could anyone be happy without indoor plumbing, central heating, microwaves, refrigerators, and televisions with dozens of channels? Well, not only were many of them happy, they were arguably happier than most people today, but I'm getting sidetracked. … [Read more...]
25 Supplies You’ll Need to Survive the Next Pandemic
Right now, the United States is experiencing the worst flu season in nearly a decade. Hundreds of people have died, and as of this writing, the flu virus continues to spread rapidly. Experts thought it would peak weeks ago, but it still hasn't. Currently, no one knows how bad it will get. All of this has got me thinking about pandemics. Of all the major … [Read more...]
5 Medical Uses for Raw Honey
I've written about the health benefits of honey, but it also has many other uses, particularly in survival scenarios. In this video, SkinnyMedic shares 5 ways raw honey can be used for first aid. I typed them up, but be sure to check out the video below for more details. Note: If you try any of these things, make sure it's real honey. There are many … [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 about to die had to decide how to spend their last half hour on Earth. Should … [Read more...]
99 Relatable Things That Only Preppers Will Understand
You don't realize how much prepping can change your day-to-day life until you've been doing it for a while. Little things that might seem paranoid to the average person (like survival caches buried in your backyard) become commonplace for you. I mean, come on, you have to have backup emergency supplies. What if your home is looted or destroyed? Okay, maybe … [Read more...]
30 Best Foods For Your Bug Out Bag
Food is one of the most important things you can put in your bug out bag. After all, the whole point of a bug out bag is to help you survive, and you definitely need to eat to survive. But this is where most people mess up. They fill their bags with canned soups and high-carb snacks, not realizing these foods are going to leave them feeling exhausted and … [Read more...]
Quick Trick for Keeping Your Feet Warm in Freezing Weather
Are you sick of your feet freezing every time you go outside in the winter? Sometimes even multiple socks won't stop your toes from going numb, especially if there's snow on the ground. There's a really easy way to keep your feet warmer that only costs a few dollars (if that). I learned this trick a few years ago, but for the life of me, I couldn't … [Read more...]
8 Tips for Defending Your Bug Out Location from Marauders
Bugging out of the city and into the country during an SHTF scenario would be very stressful, to put it mildly. Hopefully, you and your family would be able to bug out quickly, but the trip to your bug out location would probably take a while. Once you finally got there, everyone would be eager to relax and get some rest. That would be a mistake. I'm not … [Read more...]
15 Improvised Weapons You Can Find Around the House
When someone breaks into your home, you don't usually get a five-minute warning. Oftentimes, you won't even see the intruder until he's already inside. If that happens, you won't have time to run to your room and get your gun out of your safe. You might be forced to defend yourself with something that is only a few feet away. In this article by Rusty … [Read more...]
33 Over-the-Counter Meds You Need to Stockpile
It's easy to take the power of medicine for granted. We all grew up with the idea that you can just pop a pill and get rid of your cold and flu symptoms, but just a little over a century ago this was completely unheard of. Back then, people had to live with their symptoms and could only hope they would get better. If you ever find yourself in a long-term … [Read more...]
9 OTC Items To Help Fight Radiation Poisoning
Every day it seems more and more likely that we will end up in a nuclear exchange with North Korea. Although the concept of mutually assured destruction has kept a nuclear war at bay, it's possible that if the U.S. invades North Korea and Kim Jong Un believes his dynasty is about to collapse, he will fire everything he has. In other words, he might try to … [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 multiple devices were detonated with the specific intent of causing a nuclear … [Read more...]
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