We’ve talked food and water preparedness, medical preparedness, guns and all but what about shelter? When SHTF this is where we’ll either bug in or head to when we bug out into the wilderness, so it makes perfect sense to … Continue reading
You might survive some time with little or no food, but you can’t say the same thing about water. It’s only 3 days and that’s it for you! That’s why water plays a crucial part in any survival plan and … Continue reading
If you can forgo a lifestyle that ‘matches’ your current pay, especially if you start while young, you will surpass the apparent ‘riches’ of most your workmates, neighbors, and friends – who will have dug a deep hole for themselves … Continue reading
I know you can feel it… the coming global crisis. And that’s a good thing (that you know the disaster is coming). It means your eyes and ears are open. Hopefully you’re preparing. It’s coming like a freight train – … Continue reading
You may think that all of your time post SHTF will be spent fighting off combatants or scavenging for food, but the grim reality is that if you’re in it for the long-haul, you will have some very long, very … Continue reading
In part 1 of this series we discussed medical emergencies. Now we are going to progress to dealing with trauma. In the emergency service field, trauma is an umbrella for any injury that is received from kinetic means. The mechanism … Continue reading
PVC Pipe has about a kazillion uses. It’s durable, lightweight, fairly cheap and easy to work with. As a matter of fact, if you’re a DIYer, chances are good you have some lying around from past projects. If not, no … Continue reading
In a long-lived emergency, our food stores can quickly be depleted. If this occurs, we must rely on our knowledge of native food sources growing wild in our area. One such wild edible is found in great abundance in many parts … Continue reading
There has been a lot of spirited discussion in the comments this week so I thought I would try to throw another log on the fire and see what debate this article would generate. There seem to be two sides … Continue reading
Prepping as a senior citizen presents its own unique challenges and circumstances that may necessarily need to be addressed in a different way from person to person. Each of us should have some members of our family who could be … Continue reading
We each have our own idea of what TEOTWAWKI would look like. For some, it is the deserted highways patrolled by maniacs in super-charged vehicles murdering anyone in their sight for fun as demonstrated in the 1981 movie, The Road … Continue reading
The Prepping Community’s most active discussion revolves around preparing for disasters. Not that disasters or zombies are our only focus. The broader topic of prepping involves a lot of discussion and debate on various subjects. At the end of the … Continue reading
Whether you are prepping for the zombie apocalypse or the aftermath of a hurricane, self-defense is an important aspect of surviving any disaster. Everyone has their preference as to what qualifies as the best survival weapon. History has proven the … Continue reading