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Here’s Why a Prepper Homestead May Not a Good Plan for Survival
Here’s Why a Prepper Homestead May Not a Good Plan for Survival Lots of preppers are convinced that they’re going to “live off the land” should the world as we know it come tumbling down around our ears. Seed banks are stockpiled, books are purchased, and people are confident that they’ll be able to outlive everyone […]
Prepping for a Hurricane: Are You Ready for Joaquin?
Prepping for a Hurricane: Are You Ready for Joaquin? The East Coast is bracing for a hurricane that may rival the ferocity of Superstorm Sandy. Hurricane Joaquin is expected to reach Category 4 proportions today, as it gains strength in the Bahamas. Current projections have it heading due north, and it’s predicted to make landfall […]
The Beginners Guide To Selecting, Stockpiling And Defending A Survival Retreat Part One
The Beginners Guide To Selecting, Stockpiling And Defending A Survival Retreat Part One In order to survive a catastrophe of monumental proportions you will have to have a place to get to where you can ride out the storm in safety. If it is near a city, or a sizable town, or any closer than […]
How To Not Be Overwhelmed With Your Prepping – Tips, Advice and How-To For Putting Together the Perfect Bug Out Bag
How To Not Be Overwhelmed With Your Prepping – Tips, Advice and How-To For Putting Together the Perfect Bug Out Bag If you are like me, you may find prepping for everything to be a little overwhelming. It can seem that no matter how much you have, there just is never enough. I have read […]
Concealment Strategies Against Social Unrest, Theft, or Confiscation
Concealment Strategies Against Social Unrest, Theft, or Confiscation It does little good to spend a lot of time and money in preparing for difficult times if you don’t also plan on securing those supplies against the very threats you are preparing for. Severe social dislocations caused by war, economic problems, or widespread natural disasters are […]
Here’s How You’ll Die When the SHTF (and How to Prevent Your Untimely Demise)
Here’s How You’ll Die When the SHTF (and How to Prevent Your Untimely Demise) When it hits the fan…I mean REALLY hits the fan in a permanent kind of way, the most likely outcome is death. That’s not pretty, and I’m well aware of it. I always try to be positive and optimistic, because for […]
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1 Thanks to a reliable power grid Americans aren’t used to the “lights going out” often, but when they do many are surprised to also lose their cooking means—stovetop elements, ovens, microwaves, toasters, and coffeemakers. Everything Americans use on a daily basis for food preparation needs a plug. Even […]
Replacing Documents After a Disaster
Replacing Documents After a Disaster We often talk about having a bugout bag that includes a folder with important documents, but despite your preparations and efforts to protect them, sometimes disaster strikes quickly and unexpectedly, and those documents are lost. For example, the fires last week in Northern California moved so rapidly that some people fled from […]
12 essential survival items under $12
12 essential survival items under $12 Prepping can sometimes cost a lot of money and a lot of you really like when I post about gear (even though you really should be spending your time and money on skills more than stuff). Because my EDC kit (every day carry) – the cheap way article was so popular, I […]
Why Preppers Need to Focus on Local Food for Self-Reliance
Why Preppers Need to Focus on Local Food for Self-Reliance Years ago, I was reading the book Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs. (Great book that I highly recommend!) The premise of the book is that our future economic woes will be based on the scarcity of oil. The author, Wendy Brown, makes an excellent case […]
We Are All Preppers Now
We Are All Preppers Now Damian McBride is the former head of communications at the British treasury and former special adviser to Gordon Brown, erstwhile Prime Minister of the U.K. Yesterday he tweeted some surprising advice in response to the plunge in global equities markets.; Advice on the looming crash, No. 1: get hard cash in a safe […]
Healthy Emergency Food List for Beginning Preppers
Healthy Emergency Food List for Beginning Preppers In this day of paychecks that are stretched to the limit, it can be difficult to imagine taking on anything else that will cost money. Despite that, if you are interested in preparedness, you know that it’s wise to have a food supply on hand that will see you through […]
An economic earthquake is rumbling
An economic earthquake is rumbling While the people sleep, an economic earthquake rumbles underneath. The day that they begin to feel the quake draws near. History will record that in this decade more people will lose more money (forget about the trillions of dollars already lost) than at any time in our history, including during […]
Propaganda Alert: Feds Arrest And Charge Three Men “Accused of Prepping For Martial Law”
Propaganda Alert: Feds Arrest And Charge Three Men “Accused of Prepping For Martial Law” As reported by SHTF Plan, three men have been arrested on federal conspiracy charges for buying guns, stocking up on ammunition, and attempting to build explosives. We will get to the actual details of those arrests in a moment. Look at […]
Surviving the Drought: 25 Easy Ways to Conserve Water
Surviving the Drought: 25 Easy Ways to Conserve Water If you aren’t already storing and conserving water, it is absolutely your top preparedness priority as our country suffers from the drought that has now reached epic proportions. Forget, for now, about the beans and rice – how are you going to cook them without any water? From […]
