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With very little attention, the federal government is preparing for the possibility of a man-made electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack or a solar geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) that potentially would create a nationwide blackout for weeks or months. Recent news reports indicate ...

May 25th, 2015 The first of The Planetary Society’s two LightSail spacecraft will ride to space aboard an Atlas V rocket in May 2015. The mission is a shakedown cruise designed to test out the CubeSat’s critical systems. In 2016, ...

I’m going to level with you in this one: I’m not exactly a person who is preparing for ye olde “zombie apocalypse.” While it’s certainly a creepy, cataclysmic scenario, I’m thinking that an apocalyptic event concerning the infected undead just ...

Perhaps you have been searching for the perfect alternative housing option. You desire something that produces a very small footprint and gets you as close to the natural world around you as possible. Has tent living crossed your mind? After ...

March 30th, 2015 A discussion of homemade Faraday cages and how to conduct a simple experiment to test their shielding effectiveness against an electromagnetic pulse. Video courtesy of disasterprepper The Plain Uncensored Facts About What It Takes To Create A Safe, ...

Television has unwittingly given a false view of survivalists and preppers to the world. In the show Doomsday Preppers, each of the people on the show was only concerned about one possible catastrophe. Not only that, but some of the ...

Living off the grid gives one a sense of independence and pride. We use our own knowledge and labor to keep our off-the-grid power system up and running. For those who haven’t yet selected an off-the-grid power system, below is ...

Every American should take some simple steps to ensure survival in the event that a disaster strikes. You don’t need a half-million dollar underground bunker or a self-sufficient cabin deep in the mountains to prepare for a disaster. Here are ...

One of California’s main sources of electricity is literally drying up – and solar power is saving the day. Water levels in some of the state’s reservoirs are so low because of the drought that hydroelectric power plants are shutting ...

Living an off-the-grid or prepper lifestyle is not full of doom and gloom and the absence of typical family activities – quite to the contrary. It is easy, though, to get lulled into thinking everything is fine and will remain ...