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Here’s How 30 Preppers Have Adapted and What They Foresee Happening Next
Here’s How 30 Preppers Have Adapted and What They Foresee Happening Next There’s a lot more crazy and a lot less money than usual, and as I’ve written before, the face of prepping has changed. It’s a lot more difficult (and expensive) to go out and stockpile as we did a few years ago, and […]
How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World
How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. — When the finish comes, some won’t be ready in a bunker for a savior. They will stride out into the wilderness with confidence, prepared to hunt and kill a deer, tan its disguise and sleep simply in a hand-built shelter, […]
Marti’s Corner – 07
Marti’s Corner – 07 Hi Everyone, Being prepared means trying to plan for a variety of contingencies. Having no power is one of those possibilities. I’m sure that most Texans could NEVER have foreseen having no power in the middle of freezing weather. In Texas!!!! Now is a good time to ask, “What if that […]
Step-by-Step When Disaster Strikes
Step-by-Step When Disaster Strikes Outline Seconds Before Seconds In the Disaster Seconds of Action Minutes After Hours After Many people will prepare for disasters, but they will seize up in crippling fear when the disaster is upon them. Every disaster survivor’s story has a few common characteristics. The person was prepared because of the signs […]
5 Winter Homestead Tips To Help You Prepare
5 Winter Homestead Tips To Help You Prepare It’s easy to decide to create a homestead, however, the ways in which we go about it can be difficult. But here are a few tips to help you as winter approaches if you want to live on a homestead or improve your self-reliance. Even though things […]
Bringing disaster preparedness into resilience politics
Bringing disaster preparedness into resilience politics Introduction Most discussion of “sustainability” for the last 30 years has been about how to ensure that what we do today is not at the expense of future generations. This is supposed to be so that future generations are safe from the damage done when current generations over-exploit the […]
SELCO: Everything Is Fluid When the SHTF – Including the Rules of Survival
SELCO: Everything Is Fluid When the SHTF – Including the Rules of Survival In hard and weird times, everything is fluid. I bet you have heard many times that expression, but what does it actually mean? In essence, it means if you do not pay attention to that “fluidity” or let s say if you […]
5 Frugal Prepping Tips For Beginners
5 Frugal Prepping Tips For Beginners You never know what’s going to happen. But, lately, I’ve had so many questions from those I know that have never been interested in preparedness before, asking how they can help themselves out on the cheap because they honestly “feel” like something is coming. You never know what’s going […]
18 Simple Habits That Create a Prepared Mindset
18 Simple Habits That Create a Prepared Mindset Look both ways before crossing the street!” “Take a sweater so you don’t get a chill!” “Don’t let the gas tank get under half!” Most of us have heard these and many other parental adages over the years – but how many of us really stop and […]
Not All Dogs Are Suited For Survival: 5 Suggestions to Help You Choose
Not All Dogs Are Suited For Survival: 5 Suggestions to Help You Choose Are you thinking of adding a new canine member to your family? If what you are really looking for is a survival dog, there are a few things you need to seriously consider. Some dogs are more well suited to be just […]
The 7 Pillars of Urban Preparedness
The 7 Pillars of Urban Preparedness The 7 Pillars of Urban Preparedness is an introductory course that Selco and I teach. This is a foundational module that we refer to often because so much is built from these seven pillars. Selco and I created this framework to hang things in a logical sequence. When Selco […]
5 Rookie Prepping Mistakes to Avoid
5 Rookie Prepping Mistakes to Avoid Prepping for your withdrawal from mainstream society comes with a steep learning curve. A small mistake could leave you in a pinch when you least expect it, leading to costly repairs or, worse, the end of your remote hideaway. You need to take care of your equipment, prepare for […]
The Prepper Shopping List for August: 7 of the Hottest Deals For Preparedness Supplies
The Prepper Shopping List for August: 7 of the Hottest Deals For Preparedness Supplies The temperatures are heating up and so are the deals in August. If you are looking for frugal ways to stock up on your food pantry and preparedness supplies, this month will not disappoint! The temperatures are heating up and so […]
Dehydrated Blueberry Muffin Syndrome: Survival Isn’t Always Comfortable
Dehydrated Blueberry Muffin Syndrome: Survival Isn’t Always Comfortable One thing a lot of preppers overlook is the potential discomfort of a survival situation. They stock up and prepare as though everything will remain exactly as it is now, except they’ll have to rely on dehydrated food instead of fresh ingredients. In some scenarios, this is […]
