Sometime in your life, you’re going to be faced with a crisis, do you have a SHTF plan?. Things will go from normal to horrible in the blink of an eye. It doesn’t matter if it’s a hurricane, an EMP attack, an earthquake, the financial collapse of the country or a tornado, the results will be …
What if You Don’t Have a Bug Out Location? Even undeveloped land is expensive. In today’s economy many people are struggling to simply keep a single roof over their heads never mind the financial ability to own a second location that they may or may not need some day. Contrary to what you might see …
DIY Catchment Pond Creating your own catchment pond on your own property is one way of making sure you have a reserve water source. It could be part of your aquaponics system or even just a nice, stocked fishing pond. Usage would only be limited by the size, the weather in your locale and the laws in your area. In …
Prepping for Wildfires September 17th. 2014 the “King Fire” wildfire was threatening 1,600 homes and had displaced 2,100 residents in the Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California region of the United Sates and this was at only its 5th day of burning. It was the largest of 11 major fires then burning in Nevada/California alone. Those details are of only one …
Carrying a Handgun in Your Vehicle Whether you have a concealed carry permit or not, the requirements for carrying a handgun while in a vehicle vary state to state and country to country. What you see pictured above (believe it or not) is legal in my home state unless you have a concealed carry permit! The weapon …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Survive the First 24 Hours Much like the legal and medical systems the first 24 to 48 hours are the most telling. If you survive the initial event and the first 24 hours after your chances of long term survival increase dramatically. The good folks over at The Shooter’s …
Be Prepared Not Scared Many people feel that preparedness is an expression of fear of crisis events and that pages and sites like this one are fear mongering. Factually nothing could be further from the truth. Humans tend to be more scared of the unknown than anything else, If we know what, when, and where we tend to be less …
Are Preppers Normal? Since the television debut of Doomsday Preppers many people have come to think that all preppers are a bit nuts. So if you are a prepper or have a family member who is are you or they normal? First of course to determine that we must decide what is normal. Most often …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. How Much Will Your Garden Produce? Now that you are reaping in the harvest and in some cases preserving the balance of produce for the winter months, it is the time to take stock on what you have enough of and what you would like to grow more of …
Scavenging After the SHTF All survival sites talk about preparing to scavenge after a major SHTF event. What you really need to know is how to do it safely, how to avoid contact with un-friendlies, how to get into abandoned buildings etc. But there isn’t much chatter about what you should be looking for. Things …
