5 Paracord Bracelet Designs With Instructions There aren’t many unisex accessories that are not only stylish, actually wearable by both sexes, and useful. The paracord bracelet is a hot fashion item right now and can be made to fit you perfectly in almost any color or combination of colors you can imagine. Now the buckle can …
Could You Go Underground? During the cold war, many folks tried to or actually did build backyard underground bunkers. Now days with the additional knowledge we have about what a safe bunker would entail most families can’t afford to even consider one. But the bunkers they are building now days are pretty cool. They even …
Digging up a Survival Cache 1 Year Later I have often wondered if the time, effort or money to prepare and bury a survival cache. What will last best in it? How deep does it have to be to remain in tact? Will critters dig it up or will it freeze? Will the container or …
DIY Duct Tape Field Stretcher Camping, hiking, or bugging out Duct tape should definitely be part of any prepared take away bag! It has so many emergency uses that I couldn’t begin to count them all. One thing though I had never considered making a field stretcher from duct tape. If you are out in …
Languages for Opsec Group Communications The idea of private open conversations wasn’t started by preppers but by parents! 🙂 I have been blessed with 5 very different very unique children. My biological children’s other parent is of German heritage. So when they were young and misbehaving I would give them behavior warnings in German when we were …
What Not to do After the SHTF The featured article from Prepper’s Will is a really good look at things that can derail your survival plan if they are allowed to happen. We get a lot of ideas on what to do if we are in the mist of a crisis but not so …
DIY Installation of Your Above Ground Cistern An underground rainwater catchment cistern is ideal. They are also expensive to have built or to even build yourself. You need a lot of expertise to successfully build one on your own. So the majority of those with water insecurity who can afford to purchase an above ground …
Common Prepper Strategies That Can End Badly Because of this site and the social media accounts that go with it, I hear a lot of prepper strategies. I never doubt a particular prepper’s plan because we are all unique and our plans should reflect that. Different group make up, different skills, different locations and abilities …
Could You, Would You, Leave Someone Behind? No Man Left Behind. Ingrained in many of us. The creed of brothers in arms. They have the right to know that no matter how bad it gets they will not be left behind to die alone or become a captive of war. The stuff of heroes. But …
Convincing Your Teen to Prepare If you have teens, you know that anything a parent says pretty much goes in one ear and out the other with only a minimal stop in the grey matter in between. Many teens become outright defiant of any attempt to teach them life skills. I know I had 5! …
