Although many disasters strike without warning, oftentimes there is plenty of warning. For example, a hurricane is heading in your direction, the stock market is in a free fall, or a peaceful protest in your part of town is turning violent. If you see signs of a disruptive event, … [Read more...]
7 Stupid Things People Do In Survival & Doomsday Shows
Over the past few years, the number of survival-related TV Shows has grown by leaps and bounds. On the one hand, you have the survivalist shows like Alone, Dual Survival, and Doomsday Preppers. And on the other hand, you have doomsday shows like The Strain, Falling Skies, and of … [Read more...]
25 Badass Camping Hacks For Your Next Trip
In my opinion, fall is the best time of year to go camping. In addition to the beautiful colors, fall comes with cooler weather, fewer bugs, fewer people, and cheaper rates at most campgrounds. If you live anywhere near a campground, October is a great time to go. But before … [Read more...]
How To Disappear Completely: The Great Vanishing Act
Have you ever thought about completely disappearing from the grid? Maybe you're in over your head with some dangerous people, maybe you want to get away from it all before society collapses, or maybe you're just curious what it would take to vanish from civilization. Whatever … [Read more...]
7 Survival Life Hacks
Household Hacker makes videos with all sorts of interesting tips and life hacks. A while back they did a survival edition with 7 survival hacks. There are some really cool ideas in this video including: how to get more light from a candle, how to filter dirt out of water, how … [Read more...]
7 Prepper Lessons Learned in Afghanistan
I just found a great new Youtube Channel called City Prepping. If you like this site, you'll definitely like this channel. There are a several great videos, but this one is my favorite because he talks about several aspects of urban survival that he learned while living in … [Read more...]
7 Tips For Keeping Your Family Together in an Emergency
The thing that frightens me the most about an unexpected disaster is being separated from my family and unable to get to them. I work from home, but my wife works 30 minutes away and my son goes to a school 10 minutes away, which means we spend almost a third of every weekday … [Read more...]
10 Survival Tricks Learned from Homeless People
What can you learn from homeless people? Lots of things! Especially if you're interested in learning street smarts. There are a number of scenarios in which you would have to abandon your home and/or vehicle and bug out on foot. If you're in the city when this happens, you'll … [Read more...]
10 Things You Must Do To Survive Martial Law
I've long maintained that the United States will be ground zero of the next economic collapse and that it will be even worse than the one in 2008. When that happens, many parts of the country will descend into chaos as people become desperate for food and water. And when that … [Read more...]
120 Survival Tips That May One Day Save Your Life
The writers over at Survival Sullivan have put together one of the longest lists of survival tips I've ever seen. And they're not just generic tips like "stock up on plenty of food." Rather, these are mostly overlooked tips that new (and some experienced) preppers will find … [Read more...]
9 Life Threatening Situations You Forgot To Prepare For
When preparing for a disaster, preppers set aside all the basics: food, water, firearms, medical supplies, bug out bags, and so forth. They do this with the goal of being ready for almost every type of life-threatening situation they can think of. But what about all the … [Read more...]
How to Start a Fire With a Flashlight
Ultimate Survivalist has a really clever way to start a fire with a flashlight. All you have to do is remove the silver cup from the end of the flashlight, put some tinder in the bottom, and aim it at the sun to set the tinder on fire. I can't imagine a situation where … [Read more...]
These Battery Hacks Could Save Your Ass
The first thing most people do in a power outage is get a flashlight. Hopefully you have them in easy-to-find locations around the house and with fresh batteries. But what if you don't? What if you don't have enough batteries, or don't have the right size batteries? In the … [Read more...]
25 Lost Survival Tips from 100 Years Ago
Did you know you can store fresh eggs for up to a year by burying them in salt? It's true. As long as no air gets to the egg, it will be perfectly preserved. How else do you think people stored eggs before the advent of refrigerators? There was a time when most people knew … [Read more...]
How to Start a Fire With a Soda Can
Here's a great example of how skills trump stuff. Although I recommend carrying a lighter at all times, what if you're stuck somewhere without a lighter? Or your lighter is lost or submerged? That's why you need to learn the many ways to make fire. One simple way to start a … [Read more...]
How to Charge a Cell Phone With Batteries
Here's a skill that could come in handy. Imagine your phone is dying and you have no way to charge it--the power has been out all day, or you're stranded somewhere and your car's battery is dead. In a situation like that, you might still have access to your car charger and … [Read more...]
