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It’s a foregone conclusion that everyone who wants to be remotely prepared for a disaster needs to have a bug-out bag. When a worst-case scenario strikes, like a wildfire, hurricane ...

Let’s face it, the state of our civilization is more fragile than people like to think. Natural disasters, economic calamities, infrastructure collapse, and catastrophic social unrest can all threaten your ...

A massive disaster strikes that results in widespread devastation. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) responds and the local authorities shut the area down. Martial law is declared as the government ...

When most folks in the Southern U.S. think about roofs, they imagine the classic pitched roof—the kind every suburban neighborhood is littered with. Sloped, angular, textbook “American Dream.” But if ...

In a SHTF situation or a prolonged disaster, knowing the places to avoid is a critical component of any safety strategy. Looters, thieves, ill-prepared people, and general Ne'er-do-well all pose ...

Aside from shelter, water is the most critical component for maintaining human life in a survival situation. On average, a human being will die without water in only three days. ...

Look around the house sometime, and think about the value of all the stuff you have. Not how much money you paid for it – consider how important it is ...

Every day awareness grows of the real-world threat of an EMP attack or a solar coronal mass ejection. In either one of these scenarios, the damage to the electrical grid ...

Preparing for a long-term economic crisis is about more than ensuring you’ve got your food stocks and a way to protect yourself at home. Major economic downturns in history, such ...

In scenarios where public order has broken down, such as government collapse, national EMP strikes, natural disasters, rebellion, and others, looting frequently occurs. Looting can start immediately, or it can ...

It’s comforting to assume that government agencies on a federal, state and local level will swoop in to provide aid and assistance in a time of natural or manmade disasters. ...

Self-sufficiency is starting to become a necessity for more and more people. As the cost of living is increasing all over the U.S., switching to an off-grid lifestyle could become ...

If you own a backup generator or even think of buying one… this may be the most important thing you read this year. The vulnerability of our grid has become ...

Preppers are ingenious people, and we can provide a lot of things for ourselves. Food? We can grow, hunt or forage it. Water? We might drill a well, set up ...

OPSEC is an important part of prepping. None of us want people showing up at our door, after a disaster strikes, expecting us to feed and take care of them. ...

Why should we be so focused on preparing for 2024? Over the last couple of years, many more people have come to recognize the value in preparing and getting ready ...

Have you ever wondered where everyone (or at least most people) will flee to when a major SHTF disaster strikes that forces people to evacuate? To be clear, not every ...

As we’ve seen over and over again the last few years, when a crisis hits crime follows close behind it. Whether it was looting in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ...

One thing all good preppers do is keep an eye on the world situation. Being prepared for anything that happens is great; being prepared for anything that happens and having ...

The average American on the street is counting on FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), the government’s agency for responding to natural disasters to take care of them in the ...

In a country as vast and diverse as the United States, it's important to be aware of the potential dangers that can lurk in certain areas. While disaster can strike ...

What are the true powers of FEMA in an emergency? I have been writing about this for a long time and have parsed out some very important things. For us ...

When societies collapse life suddenly gets a lot more dangerous. There will be many risks to your life, from a whole range of sources. Fires won’t get put out. The ...

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by the endless lists of prepping supplies that seem to grow longer every day? It's time to take a step back and discover the ...

One of the most essential and yet undervalued skills of any prepper is consistency and discipline. Prepping can be a very overwhelming lifestyle because preppers have to dedicate themselves to ...

A disaster strikes in your city so severe that military, law enforcement, and major emergency response forces such as FEMA are deployed to handle the situation. But then, to your ...

Imagine this country without electricity. No, not in the 19th century, when everyone was used to hand-operated tools and industry ran on water and steam power; now, when we’re surrounded ...

Unless you have a fully stocked bug-out location and the means to make your way there in a post-apocalyptic landscape, bugging in is probably the path many of us take ...

What would you do if a major natural disaster, such as a tornado or a hurricane, swept through your town and was coming straight for your house? Or what would ...

After a disaster, be it natural or human-caused, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will likely be mobilized to offer aid to the survivors and assist in relocation and rebuilding ...