There is a romanticism surrounding living off the grid. Most of us have daydreamed about leaving the modern world behind...

The threat of an EMP or CME is always present, and many preppers are taking matters into their own hands...

Military surplus items are often found amongst the bits of gear that many preppers acquire over the years. Military equipment...

Mosquitos are a constant pest as we head into spring and summer. Aside from the irritation of being bitten, and...

It is a fact of life that the lights will suddenly go out from time to time, leaving us in...

In a grid-down scenario, batteries will be almost worth their weight in gold. So many of our devices and bits...

The National Geographic reality TV show 'Doomsday Preppers' aired from 2011 to 2014 and profiled various preppers and their families...

It's no secret that life in the United States of America has changed in the past several decades. If we...

There are many ways to prevent looters from entering your home or to deter them from trying. You can use...

There is strength in numbers, which is true for any SHTF scenario. Survival will always be easier if we have...

The term ‘combat boot’ can mean a lot of different things to a lot of people. However, I think that...

Unlike other major disasters, a civil war is unlikely to occur without any warning. There will be a build-up of...

Despite our best efforts to conceal that we are preppers, there is a good chance that your neighbors will eventually...

Looting is often a direct result of a widespread disaster or other SHTF situations. This is especially true of areas...

Unless you have a fully stocked bug-out location and the means to make your way there in a post-apocalyptic landscape,...

The security of our drinking water should always be a top priority, but the ease of access to it lulls...

There are many items in relation to prepping that we would want to conceal from outsiders. For example, food, water,...

After a disaster, be it natural or human-caused, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will likely be mobilized to offer...

One of the many scenarios preppers try to be ready for is an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). An EMP is a...

Once you find yourself in an SHTF situation, you need to be concerned about the prospect of your neighbors considering...

There are many reasons we may want to harvest rainwater, be it to supplement our water storage or for use...

The threat of an EMP has been around for many decades, but in the past several years, the concept and...

Although the threat of full-scale nuclear war is low, there is always the possibility that we might end up with...

When winter storms sweep the country, they often bring power outages in their wake. Fortunately, power outages are not overly...

Looting is a common after-effect of natural disasters and other widespread emergencies. As we prepare to survive these events, we...

Prepping and survival have always found a place in popular culture, and as a result, there are more than a...

The problem with emergencies and disasters is that they are not scheduled events we can plan our lives around. You...

There are many reasons why we may find ourselves in the midst of a power outage. It could be a...

There are several primitive weapons that can be handy in a survival situation. One such weapon is the trusty slingshot....

It doesn't matter how prepared you are; when SHTF comes, there are going to be things that you are going...