Plan Your BOB A Free Customizing Tool We try to think of every scenario and preplan for every situation, but is that practical? When packing your BOB you must be ready for several different situations. But can you carry the weight of those items? Would you be better served with a few key items? Perhaps …
Defending your bug out location You survived the event, you made it to your bug out location and now you must defend it! How do you do this when you are just a small group or family? First priority is to prepare your battle space. Even if you don’t have the man power or the …
Bug Out the Last Resort video A number of preppers are preparing for hunkering down and bugging in. But a wise person always has a plan B in place and for many this plan is bugging out. Some things that should be considered when developing that plan B can be found in the video below …
Considerations When Burying a Cache A cache is actually less a thing and more a place. A secret hiding place where valuables are hidden with the assumption that you will come back at some point to retrieve them. Caches do not have to be buried in the ground necessarily. But burying survival supplies makes sense in most situations. …
What You Didn’t Know About Bugging Out Here are some things that you might never experience if you haven’t strapped your gear on your back (more properly, your hips) and traced your planned bug out route. You can’t know for sure what will work and what will not. You can’t choose to add or remove items from …
SHTF via Wildfire Summer is upon us again and for many that means wildfire season. Fire is a terrifying force of nature that devours all in it’s path. This is most definitely not a bug in scenario! But it is one that you can prepare for and lower your risk and property damage. For information on …
Hammock Camping Find below an infographic on hammock camp set up. It’s a great option for camping when the ground is damp or you need to worry about critters like snakes if you are asleep on the ground. Hammocks are also great for just hanging out in your own back yard and the info contained …
Personal Debris Shelter If you should ever be caught in an emergency situation without a shelter, knowing how to make yourself a personal debris shelter becomes an immediate life saving skill. The elements can and will literally be the death of you if not addressed right away. Most often you can assume that if you …
What Is the Plan when SHTF? Waiting until the disaster is eminent could leave you and your family out in the storm. Emergency items clear the shelves quickly just before and just after a natural disaster and disasters never just seem to happen when we are in a financial situation to easily run out and …
DIY Earthbag Dome/Shelter There has been a lot of web chatter and even mainstream news coverage on the building and living in what is called “a hobbit hole“. They can make awesome root cellars, storm shelters and for some even inexpensive housing. For Prepper‘s they could be a plausible and affordable bug out locations. Earthbags are …
