How Does the Flu Actually Kill People? Am I the only one who feels that there are more deaths in the last few years from the flu than during my entire childhood when medical care was not as advanced as today? I have been very lucky (knock on wood) that as an adult I have …
What is Urban Survival Syndrome? Could it Affect You? Urban or rural you could be affected by Urban Survival Syndrome. For most of us that aren’t in a negative urban location it could be a short term affect depending completely on our environment at the moment. But for long term city dwellers who happen to …
The 10 Worst Places to Hide in the City if SHTF I know many feel the ideal is not to live in the city. With a second opinion that if the SHTF to bug out before it becomes too dangerous. However, even if you live in a rural area your bug out plans could come …
How To Be Ready For Cold Weather Emergencies It is vitally important to be prepared for a cold weather emergency. Sometimes the power goes out, stores are closed, the roads are blocked and cash machines are inoperable. Even if the store is open, and you have cash, the supplies may already be gone. The best …
Three Layers of 72 Hour Preparedness Priority one is always surviving the initial event. After that the next 72 hours are critical. If aid is available it is stretched extremely thin. People are dazed, injured and scared. At their most vulnerable and too often for some their most dangerous. If supplies are intact they …
Smart Strategies For Keeping A Low Profile During SHTF After the initial event, after the immediate chaos, you may want to become the go to guy. That is a personal choice completely dependent upon your unique personality, skills and situation. But during the event and immediately after, the last thing you want to do is …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Burn Injuries On and Off The Grid Other than excessive bleeding these are the types of injuries that frighten me the most. I have I have a close relative who was burned badly enough to require skin grafts (much worse than is pictured above) and saw the pain, infection …
What You Need to Know About Hunkering Down Many of us have a plan to bug in or hunkering down in place. But do we really know what that entails? Imagine being confined to just your property or a portion there of for months at a time. Are your resources renewable? Are you prepared for …
14 Signs It’s Time to Bug Out One of a prepper‘s biggest concerns is knowing when to call it a go and get out of dodge. When do you drop plan A to hunker down in place and bug out? Often things get bad so slowly that we miss the meaning of each event and …
OPSEC: An Alternative View OPSEC is always a hot topic in prepping circles. The majority feel that keeping the bulk of our preparations quiet is a safety issue. Believing that if your level of preparedness is known it can make you a target for looters, the desperate seeking more help than you have to give and …
