Some posts may contain affiliate links. Life Saving Fight or Flight The fight or flight instinct is a normal human reaction to danger. One of the hardest skills to learn when preparing is how to keep those instincts under control when necessary and trusting your instincts when you need to. It is imperative know when to …
Avoid Ring Avulsions & Replacement Rings With a Caraband Ring The caraband ring was a successful kick start project. I don’t know why someone didn’t think of this earlier! If you have ever caught your ring on anything you can attest to the pain it can cause. If you work or have a hobby that …
Especially when you first begin to prepare it can be expensive. I am always being asked by the new prepper “How can I prepared for tomorrow, when I am struggling financially today?”. I always recommend you start slowly with the basics and learn as much as you can before you spend a dime. Make …
Helping Your Community in a Disaster There has been a major disaster. You survived the event. You have secured the wellbeing of your family or group. Now it is time to help your community. What do you have to offer? What would be best use of your skills? Where do you start? Who needs your …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Basic Survival Signaling One of the most important parts of a successful mission is communication. For our purposes the mission is to survive. To communicate over some distance or silently we will need to signal each other and others within our own groups. Even more importantly is the need …
Doomsday Clock Ticks Ever Closer Why? What does it mean? and Who sets it? Everyone has heard of doomsday. Some preppers even prepare for it as a regular expected event.. So Just what is the doomsday clock? It’s a clock face used as a timer or a count down to when humanity will destroy themselves. …
Alone for the End? Most of us prep with the hopes that it will be for the short term crisis. But factually we know any disaster scenario could cause long term supply shortages and could come with angry crowds of survivors who either lost their supplies or hadn’t prepared at all. Often this leads to …
Gray Man Secrets From a Surveillance Operative Other than this site, for the most part I live my life gray. I simply don’t choose to stand out. I do admit that if and when a time were to come when being gray would be less a choice and more a necessity I would have to adjust my …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Potted Meat: FAQs & Recipe (2 links) Now days when I hear potted meat I think spam or corned beef. Neither make my taste buds tingle. Although either are decent choices for stockpiling if your palate enjoys them. I do have a couple of recipes in my repertoire that call …
12 Unconventional & Frugal Uses for Safety Pins No household junk drawer or lady’s vanity drawer is complete without safety pins. Honesty I don’t even know where the safety pins in my home came from! They just always seem to be there when I need one. I am sure they were purchased at one time …
