Ultimate Bug Out Shelter Relatively new to the market is the Dynamic Global RDSS (rapid deployment shelter system) could easily become the bug out shelter of choice for many. Once the manufacturer reaches a price point that is affordable to the general public that is. Available since 2011 it is able to be self sufficient for 72 …
5 Primitive Survival Fishing Methods One of the best natural resources we have for surviving in the parts of the country that have rivers and lakes is fish. Quick protein and if you know what your doing or better yet are prepared fairly easy to obtain. If you have your bug out gear or get …
Basic Old Time Home Security Every time you turn around, it seems like you hear someone say, “There’s an app for that.” New smartphone technology and updates roll out quicker than you can enter your password. We’re a constantly connected culture, finding new ways to use devices that make our lives easier to manage. …
Get a Get Home Plan Bugging out is secondary to getting home! Most of us don’t have a lovely isolated rural fully stocked bug out location. Although we often dream of them! We get in our vehicles and we drive off to work every day and then jump back in them and head home at …
Sheltering in Place for a Pandemic Update: The featured article was written during the ebola scare in the United States. Mercifully, the outbreak was contained and a pandemic avoided in this country. However, some other countries did not fair as well. A lot has been learned since about how the virus can be spread ie… it …
Ultimate BOV‘s The Pros & Cons Even if your plan A is to bug in, plans may have to change in a moments notice in a real crisis situation. Planning on a primary or a backup mode of transportation is imperative. A BOV is the prepper term for bug out vehicle and some take that …
Man Does Time for Water Collecting Water collecting laws in Oregon land a local man in jail for collecting too much rain water and water run off. He has been using the rain and run off to fill his own reservoirs on his privately owned property. Oregon officials insist that his massive water collecting efforts deny the near by city of …
The Basics of Survival Medicine When I saw this article, I knew I had to share it with you. So often survival medicine is about first aid and staying safe from a pandemic. It really is so much more than that. Once the wounds are dressed, new set of issues arise. Dehydration, malnutrition, preventing infections, …
Building the Mental Fortitude for Survival Mental fitness is imperative for survival. If you don’t believe you will survive you won’t. If you believe you will survive your chances of actually doing so jump up dramatically. Building mental fortitude isn’t as simple as one might think. Actually believing in yourself enough to honestly believe you …
Single Parent Prepping As single parents we carry even more than a double load. Not only do you play the part of both Mom and Dad, but in order to measure up you must carry that load better than would a two parent family. The disintegration of the parent’s marriage or partnership is difficult enough …
