When the weather starts getting colder your ability to up the ante on your Every Day Carry (EDC) increases. When you have a jacket and bulkier clothing on you can hide everything from a bigger gun to a better knife all on your person. While we all have our own personal EDC setup, there are …
Category: Emergency Preparedness
How to Reduce Stress During the Holidays
The holiday season is widely acknowledged as a time of joy, wonder, and giving. On the other hand, dealing with the crowds, the bad weather, and the financial pressure of buying presents can easily turn it into one of stress and anxiety. Here are some ways to keep from getting overwhelmed during the holidays: Take …
10 Cheap Yet Effective Home Security Tips
Part of prepping is making sure your home is secure now so your prep as well as your family is safe and secure. As your stockpile increases the threat of robbery becomes all too real. All it takes is the wrong person seeing you load up your guns for a day at the range to …
How to Survive a Bear Attack
How to Survive a Bear Attack. If you spend time out in the woods, chances are that you will run into wildlife. While most of these encounters are pleasant, some of them can turn deadly in an instant, especially in the case of bears. Bears are typically shy and try to avoid humans, but their behavior …
How to Build a Winter Home Emergency Kit
With cold weather and snow encroaching on us as well as the disastrous snow seen in the Buffalo, NY area recently, the idea of a winter home emergency kit is looking better and better. Part of being a prepper is being prepared for just about anything the world can throw at you and while many …
Going Off-Grid ‘Starting From Scratch’ PART 3 Energizing Your Off-Grid Homestead
In this series, we are considering the very basic steps that would allow anyone with average skills and the requisite adventuresome disposition, to successfully establish an ‘off-grid’ homestead. Going off-grid requires some of the same ‘spirit’ that many of our forefathers had when they first came to America in the 1800’s, taking their families into the wilds to establish their homesteads.
How to Layer for Winter Weather
One of the challenges of outdoor recreation in the winter is figuring out how to dress appropriately for weather conditions. Winter weather is often unpredictable. Storms can roll in suddenly without any warning and temperatures can drop quickly. How might you dress to stay warm and be comfortable, yet adjust to the weather conditions? The …
Borax: Its Many Uses
A naturally-occurring mineral also known as sodium borate, Borax is an eco-friendly cleaning solution featuring a host of other benefits. If your emergency or camping kit needs another component, check out some of the white stuff’s many uses: Fire Retardant Want to put your campfire out? Need to put your campfire out because someone thought …
5 Reasons You Need an Emergency Fund
Before getting serious about my finances, I’d never even heard of an emergency fund, let alone why it’s important to have one. However, in today’s economy, it is even more important than ever to be prepared with an emergency fund. Here are 5 reasons why: Cover a Job Loss: No matter if you are laid …
Stocking Up on Supplies for Winter
With winter weather approaching, it’s time to start thinking about how ready for the winter you are. Prepping for winter could mean a lot of different things from winterizing your house to getting your vehicle winter ready. Another critical part of preparing for winter is stocking up on basic supplies. Depending on the weather patterns …