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FEMA Director Urges Americans to Develop “a true culture of preparedness” But No One Is Listening
FEMA Director Urges Americans to Develop “a true culture of preparedness” But No One Is Listening It looks like preppers aren’t that crazy after all. FEMA’s new director, Brock Long, has repeatedly said that Americans do not have a “culture of preparedness,” something that is much-needed with the startling uptick in natural disasters. Long has […]
You’re Likely A Lot Less Prepared For Crisis Than You Realize
rangizzz/Shutterstock You’re Likely A Lot Less Prepared For Crisis Than You Realize Lessons from the recent rash of natural disasters It seems as if Mother Nature is waking up. Either she’s trying to send humans an important warning, or perhaps she’s just out to kill us all. Massive storms across the globe, earthquakes, and collapsing ecosystems […]
A Crash Course in Preparedness – Week 2 – Medicine, Sanitation, and Surviving Disaster Diseases
A Crash Course in Preparedness – Week 2 – Medicine, Sanitation, and Surviving Disaster Diseases Welcome back to week 2 in our Crash Course into Preparedness. Last week we discussed the basics of survival and gear needed for a short-lived event. One of the comments from last week’s class mentioned that it isn’t hard to […]
Grasshopper Nation: Planning For Those Who Aren’t Prepared
wikimedia Grasshopper Nation: Planning For Those Who Aren’t Prepared Whom will you help? And how much will you be able to? Take a moment to reflect on all the people you care about who aren’t reading this article. Or sites like this, which wrestle with the implications of limits to growth and the concerning unsustainability […]
Advice For The Newly Awakened And Overwhelmed
Advice For The Newly Awakened And Overwhelmed There are many aspects of personal preparedness that make sense, and I know firsthand that once you take a trip down the rabbit hole, the path to preparedness can be daunting at best, if not completely overwhelming. To this overwhelming state of mind, I wish to remind everyone […]
“Simple Offers Freedom”: Building a $500 Cabin Without a Permit
“Simple Offers Freedom”: Building a $500 Cabin Without a Permit How to make it in the wilderness certainly has its difficulties, but so does living in modern society. Whether you are taking shelter from the elements and the harsh realities of nature, or from the stresses, panic and emergency crises of the city. Building a […]
How the Perfect Prepper Plans Still Go Wrong
How the Perfect Prepper Plans Still Go Wrong When a disaster strikes unexpectedly, there’s nearly always some kind of monkey wrench that causes your well-thought-out prepper plans to work less effectively than expected. When describing the situation, the person says sheepishly, “Normally we wouldn’t have had X circumstance going on when it happened, and our preps would […]
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 […]
Preparedness Critics Are History’s Cannon Fodder
Preparedness Critics Are History’s Cannon Fodder The world is entering a kind of no man’s land, in between the realms of insane denial and utterly obvious crisis. Europe is now destabilizing amid the Greek soap opera (an event that I predictedin January would occur in 2015); China’s stock market bubble is bursting; and the U.S. dollar’s […]
San Andreas for Preppers: 12 Earthquake Survival Lessons from the Movie
San Andreas for Preppers: 12 Earthquake Survival Lessons from the Movie Nothing warms my prepper’s heart more than a good disaster movie that supports my hypotheses about a specific event, and the recent movie San Andreas was no exception. Okay, sure, there was some pretty unrealistic stuff like when The Rock was driving a boat through post-tsunami […]
How to Start Prepping in 3 Easy Steps
How to Start Prepping in 3 Easy Steps One day, you’re just moving through life with everyone else in your office or at your church, and then, for whatever reason, the reality of how tenuous our current lifestyle is, hits you squarely between the eyes. You realize that electricity and grocery stores and transportation are […]
The Value of Learning To Cook
The Value of Learning To Cook The potential of food to add beauty/pleasure to everyday life should not be under-estimated. I have been discussing job skills for the past five days, but life skills are equally valuable. For example, knowing how to cook. Knowing how to cook offers benefits beyond just saving money (though that is […]
Primitive Survival Skills: Surviving Without Supplies
Primitive Survival Skills: Surviving Without Supplies Although modern day technology has made outdoor living easier than the last few thousand years it is still very important to have knowledge of primitive survival skills. Knowing primitive survival skills will ensure survival without gear or supplies. A vast majority of people lately have been gathering gear and […]
The Doom Boom: US Families Increasingly Prepared For “Modern Day Apocalypse” | Zero Hedge
The Doom Boom: US Families Increasingly Prepared For “Modern Day Apocalypse” | Zero Hedge. From the outside America may seem to be a land of endless optimism and confidence. But, as Sky News reports, an increasing number of Americans seem to think it is danger of falling apart, and they’re preparing for the end. “We’re not talking about […]
Martial Law: What You Need to Know to Survive – Survival Life | Preppers | Survival Gear | Blog
Martial Law: What You Need to Know to Survive – Survival Life | Preppers | Survival Gear | Blog. How prepared are you for what will unfold when your hometown goes from Mayberry to fullscale Martial Law? With all the events going on in the world right now, we might be a lot closer to […]
