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How To Become A “Gray Man”

One of the best survival skills you can have is the ability to blend in with a crowd so you can avoid attracting attention. With riots erupting across the country, if you find yourself caught in the middle of a crowd of protestors and rioters, the best thing you can do is avoid standing out so you can blend in and … [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...]

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...]

9 Urban Survival Mistakes That Could Get You Killed

Recently, I wrote an article about 11 urban survival skills that could save your life. And when I chose that title, I wasn't exaggerating. Having those skills during an urban disaster could literally mean the difference between life and death, which is why it's so important to start practicing them now. In this … [Read more...]

11 Urban Survival Skills That Could Save Your Life

On this site, we have a lot of articles about skills. Basic skills, rare skills, survival skills, bushcraft skills, first aid skills, street fighting skills...you get the idea. But since most of you live in cities and will probably be in one during the next major disaster, the type of skills you'll want to focus on … [Read more...]

Evasive Driving Tactics for SHTF

Even without an SHTF scenario, our roads are teeming with drivers looking for potential targets. From criminals to assailants, the reasons you may have for evading and avoiding someone while in your vehicle are innumerable. We use our vehicles for a vast percentage of our transportation needs, and the chances of us … [Read more...]

Urban Scavenging Kit: 25 Items You Need To Survive An Urban Disaster

I've written about scavenging before. It's a little bit controversial because some people view it as stealing. The way I see it, if an item no longer has an owner, then finders keepers. However, how can you know for sure whether the item has an owner? What if it's a situation where the owner plans on returning to … [Read more...]

How to Survive a Human Stampede

A crowd crush or human stampede can happen wherever crowds congregate. The crowd size can be large or small from huge sporting events, concerts, or riots, or smaller venues like nightclubs, churches, subways or worse—an escalator. A variety of factors can trigger a human stampede or crush. Something as innocent as a … [Read more...]

10 Tips for Apartment Preppers

I'm gonna be honest: An apartment is not a great place to be when disaster strikes. Not that you can't be a prepper while living in an apartment. You certainly can. In fact, I lived in an apartment for several years after getting into the prepper lifestyle. But the fact is, apartments are filled with … [Read more...]

Daily Life After The End Of The World As We Know It

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 many of us have really thought about what … [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 some ways you can begin your homesteading … [Read more...]