Even though we are usually given fair warning of winter storms, there are unpredictable circumstances and you should be prepared to face them. Use this checklist to fortify your home for winter to help you have a better chance at thriving in these circumstances.
Preparedness
Is your home prepared for life’s emergencies? A disaster of any kind rarely stops with the initial event and has the capacity to last days or longer. Because of this, it is important to have a well-rounded approach to your preparedness efforts. Our research-based resources on emergency scenarios, emergency checklists, and disaster scenarios offer family-based preparedness advice to create a multi-layered approach so your family can be prepared for anything! Learn more about survival food, potable water, safety and security issues, how to live in an off-grid environment with alternative power and how to get your pet prepared for emergencies.
5 Ancient Weapons and their SHTF Uses
In a long-term emergency where society has collapsed, you’ll want to save that ammo and rely on ancient weapons in times that their silent employ could very well mean the difference between life and death.
The Best TSA-Approved Multi-Tools For Survival Or Self-Defense
Traveling can be fun, but going through the Transportation Security Administrations checkpoints can leave you feeling exploited and defenseless. The TSA’s rules are constantly changing, and it can be difficult to know what you are allowed to have on a plane. Because of this, we’ve broken down the best survival and self-defense tools TSA will allow in this handy guide.
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.
5 Ways To Keep Your Vehicle Evacuation Ready
Anyone who had the displeasure of evacuating is aware of the frustration and heightened stress levels you experience. Having a vehicle that is well stocked and evacuation ready is your ticket to a less chaotic and stressful encounter. Here are 5 ways to keep your vehicle evacuation ready.
50 Simple Tools Used to Rebuild Haiti
Rebuilding is an inevitable part of putting our lives back together after a disaster. Relief workers are still on the island trying to rebuild Haiti and have begun their reconstruction process using 50 tools.
Urban Survivors: A Post-SHTF Water Supply
Survival in an urban environment will be challenging in a long-term disaster. Writer Jeremiah Johnson writes an in-depth article on water procurement, covering everything from how to take it out of a rain gutter to establishing an “urban cistern” in plain view while surviving in a post-SHTF environment.
Bartering After SHTF
If the world all went to hell in a hand basket today, you would probably be stuck with what you have now in your possession and what you know or the skills you have learned already.
Beefing Up Your Prepper Pantry with Jerky
With meat prices steadily increasing at the grocery store, many are turning to purchasing bulk beef to save their budgets, and at the same time, bulk up their pantries for rainy days. This quick guide will teach you everything you need to know about making beef jerky and storing it for later use.
A Family’s Survival Story: Hurricane Katrina, (Part I)
Almost 10 years have passed, now, and although we weren’t unprepared, we learned a lot of lessons. Katrina tested us as a team and gave us the cohesive drive to prepare for any disaster in the years following it. This is our story.
