While many of these emergencies are localized to certain regions, it’s important to prepare for them if you live in these areas. Putting some forethought and items in place can help you better navigate through them and the aftermath.
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Preparedness
When Seconds Count: 5 Items for Quick-Action Response
Emergencies can spring up in seconds. When they do, those seconds count! These are a few things you can tote around with you in a jacket or cargo pocket that will give you an immediate edge when a situation arises that calls for you to work on it immediately.
Summer Safety: How To Avoid and Prevent Heat Injury and Dehydration
Now with summer rapidly approaching and temperatures starting to rise all over the U.S., it is important to cover some information that is pertinent to your activities.
20 Hurricane Survival Tips From Real-Life Scenarios
I asked some fellow preppers in the community what advice they would offer on how to better prepare for hurricanes, and the community overwhelmingly stepped up to help their fellow man. They lived through this disaster. These are their words and, in my humble opinion, this is some very solid advice to follow.
Your Neighbors Could Be Your Worst Nightmare in an Emergency
Today’s neighbors can morph into tomorrow’s marauders in the blink of an eye.
Live-Off-The-Land with These 7 Summer Survival Foods
While many would turn their nose up to these 7 survival food sources, in a dire emergency, where there is no food, you have to take it where you can get it.
FAMILY PREPAREDNESS
6 Generator Safety Tips You Need To Know Before the Next Emergency
Generators are great to have around! Portable or permanently installed standby generators can come in handy during long-term power outages. However, if you do not know how to use these tools properly, they can be dangerous.
Summer Checklist for a Safe and Happy Home
Summer comes with a season-specific checklist for household safety. Take advantage of the longer days and a less intense schedule and go through these 6 tips to keep your household organized, safe, and de-cluttered in the summer months.
Rip Currents: How To Survive This Hidden Danger At The Beach
These currents often cause drownings when they sweep unsuspecting swimmers away from the shore.
5 Documents You Need Before You Die
We’ve all heard the saying: “Only two things are certain; death and taxes,” before. Because death is certain and permanent, you need to be prepared so your family can carry out your wishes.
PREPARED PET
Bugging Out With Man’s Best Friend
Dogs can serve multiple purposes in a SHTF scenario, but in a bug out scenario they also have a job to do – to help you get to your bug out location.
Are You Ready Series: The Prepared Pet
Our furry and feathered friends make their ways into our hearts and become loyal parts of the family. Their well being is important and they will appreciate the supplies.
Homemade Dog Treats
Dog treats are a fast and healthier way to show Fido how much you love him. Here are three tasty dog treat recipes that you can make in your home and save money in the process.
Five Useful Products for Your Prepper Dog
They will help us hunt, alert us to intruders, and fight for us when the chips are down. They will be one of our most indispensable tools, and anyone with a dog after the SHTF is going to have a huge advantage
ARE YOU READY?
Are You Ready Series: Heat Safety
Heat related deaths are the number 1 weather related killer in the United States. Learn how to keep cool and safe during hot weather and summer power outages.
Food Shortages Are Coming: This Is How You’ll Survive
We have all likely seen the reports that food shortages are coming. This seems to be the one thing that the mainstream media and alternative media can agree upon. If food shortages are coming, there is a way to prepare.
SHTF Security: Principles for Patrolling Your Property
When the you-know-what hits the fan, protecting your home is paramount. These fundamentals will help you prep the home for patrols to prevent looters and marauders from entering.
Six Must-Have Blades for Off-Grid Living
When it comes to survival, there is nothing more important than a dependable knife.
SURVIVAL FOOD
This Emergency Food Storage Tip Could be a Lifesaver if the Grid Goes Down in the Summer
The power grid is pushed to extremes in the summer months and can force homes off the grid if temperatures reach maximums. This food storage tip can be put to use and save your precious food supply during warm months!
Food Freedom: Backyard Strategies You Can Try Today
If you have a yard, then you can use these steps to achieve food freedom.
Survival Food Series: 25 Survival Seeds You Need For Your Garden
Living off the land sounds as inviting as Christmas dinner. But many have hardly had adequate experience being “farmers.” In fact, many have had no experience at all when it comes to planting anything. That being said, the day is slowly approaching where each of us may have to trade in our company identification badges for a shovel and a pair of overalls.
The 4 Things You Must Eat To Avoid Malnutrition
Those that are preparedness-minded may want to take a more in-depth look at why it is important to store certain types of food and how they affect our bodies in order to make better choices when investing in your food storage.
SURVIVAL SKILLS
Essential Hurricane Preparedness Skills You Need to Know Before the Next Storm Arrives
Staying safe during a hurricane is always the main priority when mapping out your preparedness strategy, but many forget to plan for the aftermath scenarios or health issues associated with this type of emergency. If you have ever been through a hurricane, you know how unpredictable these storms can be. We have outlined 5 skills anyone who lives in a hurricane-prone area should know.
Why Learning a Different Language Can Improve Your Survivability
Learning a foreign language (or several foreign languages) will give you and your family a distinct advantage when the SHTF.
Patrol Skills: Using Tactical Hand Signals to Communicate in Silence
Good security requires efficient forms of communication and when audible communication like speech and radio comms cannot be used, hand signals are a good alternative.
Why It Is Imperative to Maintain Fishing Gear for Long-Term Survival
In a disaster or a collapse, you’ll need to feed the family. Fishing gear that is both clean and maintained in working order will not then be leisure toys: your gear will be survival tools.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Riot Safety Tips
Ingrained in each human is a desire to care for themselves, their family and those they love. And put simply, when that desire is taken away, we rise up and fight. Knowing how to safely stay away from the dangers of riots will keep you safe and away from harms way.
What If Your Preparedness Plan Isn’t As Sound As You Think
If we all have the same preparation plan, then how do you think we will all survive a shtf event? We must think outside of the box.
10 Cheap Yet Effective Home Security Tips
Check out these cheap yet effective home security tips to keep your home safe and secure while making sure you have as much of your budget as possible to use for your prep.
Preppers on Vacation
Think about your absolute worst case scenario SHTF event….and then think about it happening while you are on vacation. What is your contingency plan? How will you keep your family safe?
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
SHTF Survival: First Response Packs for Medical Emergencies
We must prepare for the unexpected, and there are times when the unexpected will be time sensitive. Having medical response packs pre-assembled for those time crucial moments can help in better and more efficient medical care.
Earthquakes: What To Expect, What To Do During A Quake, And How To Prepare
Earthquakes can happen when we least expect them, and unless you live near a fault line you probably haven’t thought too much about them. But it’s important to know what to expect when an earthquake strikes, what to do during the quake, and actions to take immediately afterward.
6 Natural Remedies for Sunburn That Aren’t Aloe Vera
As proactive as some of us are at trying to mitigate the harmful effects of the sun, sometimes those warm rays are just too much for our skin, and sunburns occur. While aloe vera is our first go-to product to start the healing process, there are a few other remedies to consider.
Summer Safety: How To Avoid and Prevent Heat Injury and Dehydration
Now with summer rapidly approaching and temperatures starting to rise all over the U.S., it is important to cover some information that is pertinent to your activities.
POTABLE WATER
Smart Survival: This is How You Find Water When There Is None To Be Found
With water being one of your main survival priorities, you want to know multiple ways of procuring water in an emergency situation. Knowing the hidden sources of water in your area and how to procure it will keep you alive.
How to Find and Purify Water Sources You Never Considered
The day may come when you will need to get creative in how to purify your water. Your life may depend on it.
72 Hours Without This Will Kill You: Survival Water Fundamentals
Good Day, Ready Nutrition Readers! Welcome to “Part I” of a 3-part series detailing information on the fundamentals of water in a survival and preparedness arena. Today’s article will cover some purification methods and tools available to individuals and small...
Emergency Water Storage Ideas for Every Type of Disaster
Between droughts and natural emergencies, many communities have gone without water in recent years. Now is the time to store a supply of water before the next disaster strikes.
ALTERNATIVE POWER
When the Grid Goes Down, You Better Be Ready!
According to many experts from the private and public sector, we’re just one major catastrophic event away from a complete meltdown of life in America as we know it today.
DIY: Make Your Own Biodiesel
The current world is at it’s peak as far as consumption is concerned. With our finite resources, it’s time we begin exploring alternatives.
When it Hits the Fan Most Won’t Be Able to Take a Warm Shower… But Here’s How You Will.
It is important to continue regular hygiene habits during an emergency to prevent sanitation-related diseases. In a pinch, water can be heated outside using a solar vehicle visor. This set up can be used to create an outdoor showering area.
3 ‘Powerful’ Things You Can Do NOW To Prepare For A Future Grid Failure
In the event of a grid failure, would you be prepared? Many who prep save extra food and water, but have no idea what actually going “off the grid” would entail. But there are some tips and tricks to preparing so you don’t find yourself or your family at the whims of those currently running the political system.
