Top 10 Uses For a Tarp Every survival, preparedness, prepping and homesteading site will advise you to own a tarp. Probably several tarps because they have so many uses. From temporary repairs to temporary shelters. I could probably name 50 uses off the top of my head But what are the top uses? See them …
A Dozen Situational Awareness Tips I have to wonder if the author of this article was speaking to the small town in which I currently reside! I moved here from the city where I lived in the suburbs and commuted into the city for work. I loved the little suburb that I had moved into. …
A Day in Life After an EMP Many of us have considered the effects of an EMP on our lives and some of us have preparations gathered for just that disaster. But what would it really be like? For you with your preps or for your friends and neighbors who didn’t think such an emergency …
Could Your Protective Parental Instinct Put Your Child in Danger? Human beings are mammals, and we tend to instinctively protect our young as do other mammals. By either aggressively attacking a threat or by fleeing the threat with our children closely in tow. Either way our parental instinct is to physically shield our child. There …
Are People Going To LOSE IT When Times Get Really Rough? We have all seen someone ‘lose it’ in the past. Usually bogged down with stresses that have nothing to do with what finally causes them to snap. In the States these days the mere mention of politics and faces get red, voices raise and …
A Dozen Items That Everyone Should Be Stockpiling I know it’s hard to consider stockpiling while the economy is so bad. Often times it is hard to make ends meet month to month and then we tell you to be prepared both financially and with items you will need in a crisis. It seems impossible. …
Get Your Apartment Ready for Hurricane Season Especially along the coast real estate is at a premium and many of you live in an apartment. Just because you don’t own the property you live on doesn’t change the fact that this is your home. Your family’s safety isn’t any less important than that of a …
Is Your Nightstand Prepped? While we sleep we are our most vulnerable. We take a number of precautions for these very reasons. We lock the doors and often the windows, many have alarm systems set at night with a panic button near the bed. It’s a fact that we must sleep. But we can do …
50 Mistakes to Learn From- Updated In the last few years the methods of preparing have changed. Most governments are encouraging their citizens to have a 72 hour bags, helpful to our cause. But the chances of a disaster that lasts much longer than 72 hours has jumped from a possibility to be aware of …
50 Outdoor Survival Tips and Tricks The majority of us are wise enough to know that bugging out into the great outdoors, shouldn’t be our plan A in a time of crisis. We know much more about how to handle things and survive off grid in our own homes then in the wild. However, as …
