Trying to make fire from ice isn’t as easy as everyone makes it out to be. It’s not as simple as shaping a piece of ice into a lens and letting the sun shine through it.
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Survival Skills
5 Steps to Become the Smartest Person in the Woods
I challenge you to try these steps. I guarantee you that you’ll learn something new even if you’re a master woodsman.
A Nifty Tip for Keeping Your House Cool When the Grid Goes Down
In an emergency the Eco-Cooler can reduce the temperature inside your home by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Turn a Car Battery Into an Emergency Power Source For the Home
Prepare and plan for the emergencies that you may be able to forecast for your own home in the midst of a disaster and lay in your tools and supplies.
Improve Your Natural Night Vision
Acquiring a natural form of night vision will be an essential tool to fall upon if you are living through a shtf event. Here are some tips and tricks on how to naturally enhance your night vision.
How To Score Free Groceries (Seriously)
Here’s some excellent advice that can help you trim down your grocery bill and provide some extra cash for survival gear or preps you will make in your home.
Escaping From Zip Ties. It’s Easier Than You Think.
Zip tie cuffs seem intimidating at first glance, but really, they’re child’s play.
Seven Essential Books for Rebuilding Civilization
Eventually, we’d have to move beyond survival, and start trying to build a new future for our children. We’d have to start rebuilding civilization.
SHTF Preparedness: How to Mask Noise and Light Signatures
In a true shtf event, you must exercise noise and light discipline in order to avoid being obsequious and potentially to evade a pursuer. Here is all you need to know to gain insight into these shtf skills.
Blending In: The Secret to Keeping The Target Off Your Back
As the sun sets on America’s affluent lifestyle, it will become more likely that you’ll find yourself in the company of desperate and dangerous people, no matter where you live.
Ambidextrous Shooting: How to Train Your Weaker Hand for a Gunfight
Ambidextrous shooting could give you a survival edge if your dominant shooting hand is injured and your weaker hand must take over. Train today!
7 Ways To Stay Alive in a Post-Collapse Society
Laws and rules is that they only help protect the citizen from the law-abiding citizen: the system focuses on self-discipline and restraint.
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.
How to Retread Your Old Shoes With a Car Tire
Consider the fact that your typical car tire is responsible for carrying thousands of pounds over tens of thousands of miles.
Creative Prepping: 5 Everyday Items That Do Double Duty in an Emergency
Let’s cover a few tools that you can carry and some of their subtle uses…not necessarily the uses for which they’re designed. You want things that are convenient to carry and usable, yet not for everyone’s eyes.
How To Navigate Using the Sun and Stars
Finding the right direction is just as important as traveling the right distance. Nature gives us two very predictable methods for navigating – the sun and stars. Here’s a great article on how to use them to find our direction.
Six Ways You Can Keep Yourself Alive With Animal Bones
Whether you find yourself stranded in a hostile environment, or you’re facing a long term collapse of the grid, you’ve got to learn how to put everything to good use.
Your Ancestors Had Some Hard Core Survival Instincts… This is How You Can Get Back to Your Roots
When we were hunter-gatherers and even after human settlements such as towns and villages were established thousands of years ago…our ancestors used all of their senses. All of them.
These Aren’t Considered SHTF Survival Skills, But They Really Should Be
There are certain skills that seem essential for surviving a catastrophic event, but these are a little surprising!
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Boom: The Deadliest (and Coolest) Slingshot You’ve Ever Seen
In an emergency, this silent weapon can have deadly force.
7 Jobs That Are Going to Survive the Next Economic Crash
It’s just like any other disaster. If you prepare yourself ahead of time, you stand a better chance of staying above water when everything goes to hell.
Are You Prepared for a Cyber Attack?
Cyber attacks are becoming more of an issue in this day and age. In fact, Wall Street admits that a cyberattack could crash our banking system at any time. Are you prepared for this type of disaster?
8 Prepper Principles For a Prepared Mind
You can have all the preps in the world, but without a prepared mind, you will not be ready for what may come. These 8 crucial prepper principles can help you prepare your mind for a shtf lifestyle.
These Aren’t Considered SHTF Survival Skills, But They Really Should Be
There are certain skills that seem essential for surviving a catastrophic event, but these are a little surprising!
14 Ways to Repurpose Glass Jars
There is something about glass jars being used other than their intending purpose that makes a smile creep across my face.
10 Practical Reasons You Need Tarps in Your Emergency Preparedness Gear
Tarps serve multiple purposes in an emergency situation and are great for long-term uses. Here are 10 practical uses for tarps in an emergency situation.
Trauma Medicine: How to Use and Apply a Tourniquet
Tourniquets aren’t discussed often when it comes to prepping supplies; the focus seems to be on medical supplies such as antibiotics and simple first aid kit. But a tourniquet should be added to your gear, and there is one big life-saving reason why.
15 Items That Should Be In Your Vehicle During the Winter
Winter brings about erratic weather patterns and chances are that we may be caught in them while we are driving. Having an emergency kit in our vehicles will help to ensure our basic needs are met.
24 Common And Frightening Concerns Elderly Disaster Victims Face
The elderly are a part of the population that is the most vulnerable during times of evacuation and emergency. They face many concerns both before a disaster strikes and immediately afterward.
