Learning Survival from Recent Events: What Did You Learn from the 2014 Snowpocalypse?
As the weather begins to heat up again and the snow begins to melt away, it seems like a good time to take stock of...
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Low-Cost Survival Lighting: Creating Emergency Lamps from a Lightbulb
In an extended emergency, being able to reuse otherwise worthless items is a major boon. There are few things that will be in greater demand...
Keeping Your Guns at the Ready – Do’s and Don’ts
Gun safety is an integral part of gun ownership never to be overlooked. Unfortunately, most gun safety courses are focused on drawing and holstering your...
Homemade Powdered Laundry Detergent
I’m trying out some homemade laundry soap. Laundry soap is one of the items I was afraid I’d run out of on the 2 week...
Six Important Steps to Prepare Your Family to Survive Without You
In preparing for the end of the world as we know it, most of us envision facing that future with our families. But what if...
Cooking With Three Candle Flames
After heating up spaghetti and ravioli with a single candle flame, two different types of oil lamps and a shortening lamp I decided to...
What You’ll Need From That Last Trip to the Store: The Top 10 Items You Should Buy
Unless things fall apart extremely rapidly, you should still have the opportunity to make one last trip to purchase supplies and materials that are needed...
The Truth About Keeping Preparedness in Perspective
Do you ever get the feeling that you’ll never be fully prepared? That it’s impossible to reach the level of preparedness you feel others may...
Hide in Plain Sight By Instituting a Blackout
One of the most obvious results of many disasters will be the sudden lack of constant night light.
The Number One Catastrophic Event That Americans Worry About
Can you guess what the number one catastrophic event that Americans worry about is? There are certainly many to choose from. Many Americans are deathly...
Survival Tips In Times of Crisis
While looking back at Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, we became fully aware of the level of disaster that occurred from the destruction of many utilities...
11 Currency Options That Would Work If Paper Money Lost Its Value In A Crisis
They say that money makes the world go around, but what would happen if a major crisis made all of the pretty paper in your...