When preparing for a disaster, it’s wise to start with what you expect to happen. Many places on earth can reasonably expect earthquakes, hurricanes or typhoons, tornadoes, floods, winter weather, avalanches, volcanoes, or tsunamis. Electrical power can be out for ...
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Staying In Touch When You’re Off the Grid
When it comes to preparing for disasters, whether a short-term situation such as a weather related event, or long-term such as an economic collapse, communications is a vital part of survival preparedness. One should carefully consider how they will communicate ...
Read More »Living in a Salvage Economy
In the event of a major, world-wide disaster, whether natural or man-made, economic or physical, manufacturing as we know it will virtually cease to exist. As supplies of materials begin to dwindle, survivors will turn more and more to salvaging ...
Read More »The Survival Pack: A Vital Part of “Plan B”
When it comes to survival, you can focus so much on “Plan A” that “Plan B” is forgotten. Then disaster strikes and Plan B turns out to be just what you needed! Here’s what I mean: You’ve done a good ...
Read More »I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help
The government has our best interests in mind. They love us, they care about us and they understand that we are simple children, who cannot properly care for ourselves. Their sole existence is our well-being. Oh, and politicians are like ...
Read More »What if the Earthquake Happened Here?
The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has remained in the headlines for good reason, and likely will for the foreseeable future. The loss of life, devastation and the unfolding nightmare of power outages, infrastructure destruction, rioting, looting and general ...
Read More »Meet the “New Survivalists”
No longer are so-called survivalists concerned only with self-preservation; ‘New Survivalists’ are living normal lives while simultaneously working to prepare their family and friends from threats that are all-too real. Survival of the fittest is no longer an evolutionary theory ...
Read More »Don’t Forget the Kids
Most of us who are preparing for off the grid living or survival type situations are preoccupied with food, water, energy and maybe personal defense preparations, and with good reason. However, children will require more than just food and shelter; ...
Read More »Ideas for Burning Off Some Holiday Pounds
I have joked a few times that I am accumulating some extra pounds in the event of famine, disaster, or food rationing. However, the truth is I’ve just been overeating and not getting enough exercise, and my doctor reminds me ...
Read More »You’re Not the Only One Preparing for Collapse
As we prepare our families and loved ones for the deterioration of our culture and lifestyle, it bears watching how the government is responding to the warning signals that are now obvious to anyone who is paying attention. We already ...
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