Last updated on 9/9/20 with 20 more survival tips! Prepping isn’t just for SHTF or a zombie apocalypse or even TEOTWAWKI. Prepping is for everyday problems, normal emergencies, and worldwide events. The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of the global pandemic. Want to save this post for later? Click … [Read more...]
What an 18th Century Frontiersman Can Teach Us About Prepping
For the vast majority of human history, trappers, pilgrims, soldiers, explorers, and settlers across the world were forced to brave the elements and survive for years at a time away from civilization. The skills and lessons they have to teach us about prepping and survival are innumerable, and we have likely forgotten … [Read more...]
24 Easy Survival Hacks Everyone Should Know
One of the most important things you can do to prepare for a disaster is learn some simple survival hacks using everyday items around your house. Such skills may seem meaningless, but in reality, are extraordinarily useful when you don't have the supplies you need. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin … [Read more...]
7 Things America Has Learned From Survivalists This Year
If we’ve learned anything from 2020, it’s that survivalists are one step ahead of the game when it comes to weathering the storm (sometimes quite literally). Pre-pandemic, many of us dismissed their tactics as paranoid or unnecessary, but we now know that they had the right idea all along. From stocking their … [Read more...]
6 Surprising Uses for Potassium Permanganate
When you are preparing for an emergency, the best items to have in your bugout bag or survival kit are those that serve more than one purpose. Potassium permanganate is such an item. Available in some pet stores, hardware stores, and pool supply stores, potassium permanganate (KMnO4) is a purple-black powder that … [Read more...]
10 Things Unemployed Preppers Should Do ASAP
More than 40 million Americans filed for unemployment from mid-March through late May. As businesses struggle to stay afloat in a drastically different economy, some experts predict that many of the planned temporary layoffs will become permanent. A report by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics estimates … [Read more...]
The Fires of SHTF: Are You Ready For This?
Fire is one of those things that everyone puts on their survival checklist. It can provide heat, lighting, and security, but it can also take those things away. Most people don’t think about what fire could do if it were to develop into a forest fire or set buildings ablaze in a densely populated area. With the … [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...]
8 Fatal Mistakes That Preppers Make
Nobody's perfect, not even preppers. And especially not new preppers. When the SHTF, thousands of them will be agonizing and dying because of mistakes that, in hindsight, will seem perfectly obvious. But by then it will be too late. In this video, Ethical Preparedness talks about eight of these fatal … [Read more...]
6 Easy Campfires Everyone Should Know How To Make
This week's video comes from the Youtube channel, Canadian Prepper, which I can't recommend enough. In this video, he goes over the six basic types of campfires and their uses. He also talks about the basics of building a fire in winter. As a general rule, any fire built on the snow requires a foundation of pine … [Read more...]
How a Dog Can Be a Prepper’s Best Friend
From the rocky highlands of Scotland to the flooded fields of China, dogs have played an essential role in human communities for thousands of years. In the modern-day, like our ancestors before us, we too rely on canines for a myriad of necessary daily tasks. The variation in a dog's functionality is just as … [Read more...]
Top 5 Survival Goals To Achieve
One of my favorite Youtube channels is The Modern Survivalist. It's run by Fernando Ferfal Aguirre, and man who survived the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina. In the video below, he talks about the top 5 goals you should set as a prepper. Here's a quick summary... Want to save this post for later? Click Here … [Read more...]
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