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Preparedness
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.
FAMILY PREPAREDNESS
The Prepared Workplace: Lifesaving Supplies You Need Before the Emergency
Chances are, if a sudden disaster occurs at your workplace and you are forced to shelter in place for a given time, many coworkers (including yourself) could be unprepared.
These Food Essentials Should Be in Every Bug Out Bag
Preparing to bug out on foot requires physical fitness and lightweight calorie-dense foods to get you to your destination. Be sure to include these foods in your bug out bag.
Six Easy Methods You Can Use to Protect Your Identity
Over the past five years, the number of people who have had their identities stolen has nearly doubled, and the amount of money that was collectively lost has increased from $37 billion to $50 billion.
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.
PREPARED PET
Hunting Dogs: Eight of the Most Popular Breeds for Game and Fowl Hunting
The value and utility of a good hunting dog cannot be overstated – especially in an off grid environment.
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.
How Your Guard Dog Security Could Easily Be Compromised
We would like to think our dogs are vigilantly guarding our properties and will deter anyone who dares to enter, but this isn’t always the case.
CBD Oil Is More Than Just A Fad: Holistic Vets Effectively Use It On Dogs
CBD oil is more than a fad. It seems like everyone, from athletes to everyday busy moms, and even veterinarians are using it as a natural and safe holistic treatment for a variety of ailments.
ARE YOU READY?
What Happens to Nuclear Power Plants Following an EMP?
When the primary power shuts down and the backup is rendered inoperable, how is coolant water to be pumped to cool the spent fuel rods?
Post-Disaster Wellness: Why Drinking Alcohol in High Stress Environments Should Be Avoided
In a post-disaster scenario, your wellness is paramount, and grabbing a drink to deal with stress could have lasting consequences.
Real Life Survival Story: How to Survive When the Grid Goes Down
This is my personal account of living through the aftermath of a hurricane and just how quickly a society can break down and descend into chaos following a disaster.
How To Escape Unseen and Cover Your Tracks in Winter
In a post-SHTF world, all bets are off. The world you would find yourself in is unpredictable at best. So what would you do if you were taken captive? Your only option would be to find a way to escape.
SURVIVAL FOOD
4 Food Sources You Can Find in the Dead of Winter
Finding food in the dead of winter is not impossible, you just need to know where to look and have supplies in place.
Ready Nutrition: Power Protein Pancakes – Just Add Water
Adding some just-add-water protein additions to your pantry is a must to maintain health and vigor during emergencies.
Food Freedom: Backyard Strategies You Can Try Today
If you have a yard, then you can use these steps to achieve food freedom.
Sweeten Up Your Pantry: The Best Types of Sugar for Your Stockpile
With the holidays right around the corner, now is the time to add some less processed, non-GMO sugar to your pantry. Here’s what you need to know.
SURVIVAL SKILLS
5 Tips to Put Your Bug Out Bag on a Diet
If you have a bug out bag packed and waiting, it might be time to reevaluate what’s inside it and lighten things up a little while you’re still able to easily.
How To Make A Call On Your Cell Phone WITHOUT Cell Service
Being in a situation that’s an emergency could be made worse by also being in an area that doesn’t get cell service. But there’s a way to make a call on your cell phone even without a signal.
6 Critical Tips You Need to Know In Order To Survive Being Stranded in Your Car in Freezing Temperatures
With the unusual winter weather that many parts of the country are experiencing, driving conditions will be harsh and potentially dangerous. Moreover, getting stranded in your vehicle could become a very real threat, especially if you are traveling in isolated parts of the country. If this happens, you have a potentially dangerous survival situation on your hands.
SHTF Planning: 7 Ways to Use The Items Around You To Adapt and Survive
Having a plan and a supply of food is well and good. But it’s the skills and ingenuity that will help you thrive and stay alive. Here are 7 ways to use items around your home to survive.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Home Invasion: Preventative Security Layers to Protect the Home
It’s not enough these days to tell those who are home alone to have the doors and windows locked at all times or to not open doors for strangers. Minimize the threat of a home break in or home invasion by adding 3 layers of security to prevent your home from being a possible target.
5 Ways To Avoid Approaching Attackers
People are unpredictable and for whatever reason may be inclined to want to attack you. Your top priority in this situation is to escape and get to safety. Use this common sense approach to escaping dangerous situations combined with tactical awareness to keep you safe when you are in danger.
6 Non-Lethal Weapons to Carry Instead of a Gun
There may come a time where you will find yourself in a serious situation and self-defense is the only recourse. The following items are ideal to carry in a purse and should easily be accessible.
Blunt Force: Take an Attacker Down in Seconds
If you find yourself in a self-defense situation, having a defense weapon like a bat can strike a lethal blow to your attacker and take them down in seconds. Use these self-defense techniques to practice and give yourself the winning advantage.
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
Survival Water Fundamentals: 9 Common Waterborne Diseases and How to Treat Them Naturally
Nine predominant waterborne diseases and how to use natural medicines to combat them.
Here’s Everything You Need to Know About First Aid for Your Eyes
There probably isn’t any part of your body that is more sensitive, exposed, and crucial to your survival than your eyeballs.
Family Preparedness Essentials: Assessing Your Emergency Medicine Supply For the Home
Emergency medical supplies require planning and inventory of supplies to ensure there is enough during major medical emergencies.
How to Build a Prepper’s Medical Emergency Kit on a Budget
Many of the prepackaged kits have a great variation of items, but they may be lacking on some of the critical components previously mentioned, and this is why it often the most cost-effective strategy to build your own.
POTABLE WATER
Emergency Water Sources Hidden In Your Home
When water is unavailable, we must tap into other sources for emergency use. According to FEMA, there are sources in the home that you can access for emergency water.
When the SHTF, These Cheap Items Will be Worth Their Weight in Gold
If society were to break down tomorrow, the value of the things we own and the skills we have would be turned on its head.
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.
America’s Tainted Water Supply: Study Warns Two-Thirds of the U.S. are Drinking Cancer Causing Chromium-6
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan isn’t the only water supply found sickening its citizens. At least 74 million Americans in 42 states drink chromium-polluted tap water, much of it likely in the cancer-causing hexavalent form.
ALTERNATIVE POWER
SHTF Planning: 7 Ways to Use The Items Around You To Adapt and Survive
Having a plan and a supply of food is well and good. But it’s the skills and ingenuity that will help you thrive and stay alive. Here are 7 ways to use items around your home to survive.
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 Uses a Stationary Bike Has When the Grid Goes Down
If you find yourself living through a long term disaster, where the new way of life is living off the grid, then the sooner you can begin learning creative solutions to adapt to this way of life, the better off you will be.
5 Ways to Make Candles From Household Items
Here are five creative ways to make candles using household items to help keep the lights on when the lights go out.
