We self-reliant types spend a significant portion of our lives prepping for a long-term disaster. We grow our own groceries, cultivate backyard apothecaries, hone our shooting skills, preserve the garden harvest, hunt, fish, and harden our bug in or bug out locations. But how … [Read more...]
How To Homestead In An Apartment
Are you intrigued by the idea of homesteading, but you don't think you can until you have a big house with a lot of acreage? At its essence, homesteading is about self-sufficiency, and there are many ways you can increase your independence no matter where you live. Here are … [Read more...]
13 Urban Survival Tips From The Homeless
It's hard not to look down on homeless people. Even if you're a compassionate person who gives to charity, you probably feel uncomfortable when a homeless person approaches you and asks for change. In the back of your mind, you can't help but wonder, what is wrong with this … [Read more...]
9 Urban Survival Tools To Get Before The SHTF
When a disaster strikes an urban area, there are all sorts of unexpected problems that require specific tools. For example, what if a gas line breaks and your home starts filling up with dangerous, flammable gases? You'll need a gas shutoff tool in order to turn the gas valve. … [Read more...]
Urban Survival: How to Live in Your Car
There are a number of unfortunate circumstances that could lead to a person having to abandon their home and live in their car, from financial struggles to a disaster scenario. In all of these circumstances, though, one common factor remains: living out of a car isn’t easy, and … [Read more...]
8 Ways to Cook Indoors Without Filling Your Home With Smoke
Picture this scenario: The power has gone out due to a major blizzard and is expected to be out for several days. You and your family are starting to get really hungry, but you can't use your electric stove or microwave. Normally, you'd just go outside and fire up the grill, … [Read more...]
Martial Law: You Only Have 3 Options
I've seen countless articles about martial law survival (and have published a couple on this site). But for all the talk about martial law--what it means, what to do, how to survive--the discussion really boils down to three simple options. That is the topic of this video by … [Read more...]
Urban Survival: How to Avoid or Survive a Carjacking
A carjacking is an event where someone tries to steal a vehicle by force while that car is occupied. In other words, it’s when someone tries to steal your car even though you're sitting in it. Carjackers usually have a weapon, and they may use extreme coercion or violence to get … [Read more...]
9 Things To Do Before The Economy Collapses
If you're a long-time reader of this site, you may already know that the event that turned me into a prepper was the 2008 financial crisis. It made me realize that the system we all depend on is far more fragile than I ever imagined. What's worse, the fundamental problems … [Read more...]
10 Improvised Weapons for Urban Survival
Wilderness survival is about man versus nature. You have to survive no matter what weather events, dangerous terrain, or frightening creatures you encounter. Urban survival, on the other hand, is more about man versus man. There are a limited number of supplies in the city, … [Read more...]
Body Armor for Urban Survival: Here’s What You Need
One of the most overlooked pieces of tactical equipment for civilians, without question, is body armor. Many people are under the impression that body armor is for the military and law enforcement only. This could not be further from the truth. Not only is body armor fully … [Read more...]
10 Sheep Dog Gangs That Will Form After The Collapse
In the prepper community, there's a lot of discussion about what bad guys will do after the collapse. We hear scary talk about gangs of looters ransacking one neighborhood after another, but we don't hear much about gangs of good guys keeping the peace. That's what a sheep dog … [Read more...]
Surviving a Massive Power Outage in the City
For a Prepper in a Cabin in the Woods a Power Outage is No Sweat. But It’s a Different Story in the City. Urban environments are heavily dependent on infrastructure to deliver basic comforts and needs like water, electricity, natural gas for heating and cooking, and municipal … [Read more...]
How to Read a Map and Contour Lines
Countless times, I've recommended buying detailed paper maps of your local area and all the areas along the path to your bug out location. During a major disaster, satellites might be down and GPS might not be working. If that happens, you need to know how to find your way with … [Read more...]
30 Urban Survival Items You Forgot To Buy
My most popular article by far is 50 Survival Items You Forgot To Buy. The list is interesting to both newbie preppers and experienced preppers because both groups usually find at least a few items they overlooked. Since this site is mainly focused on urban survival, I … [Read more...]
9 Street Survival Skills for the Concrete Jungle
Major cities may still only take up a small portion of the land mass in the United States, but they are nevertheless home to over 80% of the population. With this being the case, the odds of being caught in the concrete jungle when disaster strikes are quite high. Of course, … [Read more...]
50 Places to Search for Supplies After SHTF
A while back, I wrote about places to scavenge for supplies in a post-apocalyptic scenario. I thought I came up with quite a few ideas, but Reality Survival & Prepping made a list that's over twice as long. When thinking about scavenging, everyone's first instinct is to … [Read more...]
Urban Survival Gardening: A Guide for Beginners
According to a 2015 survey, 62.7 percent of people in the United States live in the city, despite US cities taking up just 3.5 percent of the total land area. No doubt, living in a city provides plenty of advantages, from dining and entertainment options to proximity to your … [Read more...]
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