Wonderfully Ordinary Prepper’s OPSEC We have read about becoming the grey man during a SHTF event, this time we are reading about always appearing average and wonderfully ordinary to the rest of the world and our communities protecting our group/family’s OPSEC. If you charge about town in your camouflage gear while open carrying your weapon and it’s …
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Prepping for Winter Storms
Prepping for Winter Storms Winter storms can range from a moderate snow over a few hours to a blizzard with blinding, wind-driven snow that lasts for several days. Some winter storms are large enough to affect several states, while others affect only a single community. Many winter storms are accompanied by dangerously low temperatures and …
Surviving a Long Trek in the Snow & Cold – 10 Do’s and Don’ts
Surviving a Long Trek in the Snow & Cold – 10 Do’s and Don’ts The tips included in the featured article are intended for making a planned necessary trip on foot through the snow and freezing cold. The supplies recommended are not usually available to those who are stranded for some reason in a storm. …
Prepping and Cooking Rabbit
Prepping and Cooking Rabbit I realize that the idea of hunting a bunny is a bit repulsive to some. But when you are hungry and worse yet your family is, it becomes a matter of survival. Preparing and cooking rabbit correctly can mean the difference of it not just being palatable but actually safe to eat. Meat …
Effectively Navigating After Dark During a SHTF Scenario
Effectively Navigating After Dark During a SHTF Scenario As children we used to play a game of night tag. Without knowing it in some ways we were learning to navigate after dark without drawing attention to ourselves and attempting to be unseen by those searching for us. Now days it really isn’t safe in most places …
Home Protection Secrets From a Police Officer
Home Protection Secrets From a Police Officer In the end who sees all the home related crimes? The police! Almost always they are the first called by the homeowner as soon as they are able or become aware they have been a crime victim. When it is your job to investigate the crime, you see …
Violence Preparedness Plan
Violence Preparedness Plan The best way to survive a confrontation of the violent sort is of course to avoid it in the first place. However, that may not always be possible. You don’t have to start it, be involved in it, be expecting it, or even know why it is happening to end up in …
Delivering a Baby in a Crisis
Even though home births have made a comeback among prospective parents these days. No one plans on doing so without appropriate training or on the fly during a crisis scenario. I know that women have been giving birth just fine on their own for all of measurable time. That doesn’t make me feel one iota …
DIY Cook Top From a 55 Gallon Barrel
DIY Cook Top From a 55 Gallon Barrel This project is just awesome! We have seen barbeques and wood stoves for heating made from barrels and now one with a cook top. I personally love it. If cooking off grid on a permanent basis for any length of time and I would desperately want a …
New Prepper’s Guide to Preparedness
New Prepper’s Guide to Preparedness Everyone of us was a newbie to prepping at one time or another, even if it is a life style we grew up in. We took those things for granted and lived by our parents examples preparing for the most likely SHTF scenario in their opinions. Today’s world isn’t the …