The contents of your Every Day Carry, or EDC are something that’s very specific to your personal needs and ability to carry items. If you carry a backpack around everywhere then your EDC can be significantly larger than someone just working with his or her pockets, making this a truly unique setup for every …
Category: Emergency Preparedness
Level 4 Solar Storm Hits Earth: Lack Of Attention To Fragile Power Grid Could Spell Doom For America
Every minute of every day we face a deadly threat in America, yet very few are paying attention to the problem. A downed power grid would change life as we know it more than virtually any other doomsday scenario ever could; and is far more likely than a plethora of the apocalyptic scenarios contrived by …
Tips for trekking through the forest
Whether joining a scheduled trek or lost in the vast, wet wilderness, it’s a good idea to have a working knowledge of jungle survival. Several types of tropical jungle exist in our world, all of which are hot, humid, rich in animal and plant life, and…wet. The jungle is not the safest place to be, …
How to Start Prepping
How do you start to prepare for the end of the world as you know it? Do you start saving all the water you can, or maybe lining your shelves with canned goods? Maybe you should buy some guns and get ready to protect your homestead against rioters. If you’ve watched “Doomsday Preppers” or other …
The Food Dilemma: Are You Prepared?
We live in an amazing time. Just about anything you could want is at your fingertips. We go to one store to buy all our food and supplies and drive them home in our trucks, cars, and SUVs. This has been the way the world has worked for as long as most of us can …
Footwear For Your Emergency Kit
Should footwear be a part of your Emergency Kit? So many things need to be in your 72 hour kit, or grab and go kit, if you prefer. You are balancing what you will need with managing the size and weight of the kit. After all, you probably wouldn’t call a bulging monster duffel bag …
Why Fear and Prepping Don’t Mix
There’s a reason people say “don’t look down” when climbing. It’s a simple trick to not let fear interfere with your actions and to help you keep a level head. People that are outside of the prepping world often look at survivalists and peppers with the idea that they are a fearful group. What else …
Hunker down; get outta town, or something in between.
A lot of emergency prep articles concentrate on the “SHTF” (Stuff hits the fan) scenario, where society breaks down, gangs of marauders are roaming the streets, and the only avenue of safety for you and yours is to find a mountain hideaway complete with camouflaged lean-to shelter made from twigs and pine needles, from which …
6 Spear Fishing Tips
Knowing how to spear the heck out of a fish is a great survival skill to have should you find yourself marooned who-knows-where. Like most things, learning how to spear fish takes practice, so check out the following tips to get you started: Get in Shape If you aren’t in good or great shape already, …
How to Get Kids Involved in Prepping and Survival
Getting an adult family member on board with prepping should be pretty easy. While it might take some time to convince your significant other that the bunker you want to build is totally worth it, the basic idea of getting someone you live with into the prepper mindset should be relatively simple. The same cannot …