Raising chickens is a long-standing homesteading tradition that a multitude of preppers have capitalized on to help ensure their survival. Chickens do not take up much space and provide both an excellent source of protein via their meat and eggs. Backyard chickens are now often kept by folks living in suburban areas thanks to state …
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5 Ways to Deal with Stress in an Emergency
No matter how well you prepare for TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it), there really isn’t anything that can truly prepare you for the reality of an emergency situation. Sure, you can keep backups of your backups, but when it comes down to it, a true emergency or TEOTWAWKI situation will …
Prepping For a Flood
Not every disaster is world ending, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less devastating to those involved. Floods are a serious threat that can ruin lives; as we saw with the post-Hurricane Katrina flooding, floods can easily decimate entire cities. Prepping doesn’t have to be reserved for End of the World as we Know it …
EMP Attack Threats From Iran Discovered Military Manual Found In Tehran
The controversial Iran nuclear deal sparked weeks of heated debate. Now, another potentially deadly hidden secret has emerged from the rogue Middle Eastern nation. National security experts who claim to have read translated excerpts from an Iranian military manual have stated that an EMP attack against the United States has been in the planning stages …
Prepping With Pets
Getting yourself ready for an emergency is one thing, but what about the pets you’ve chosen to include in your family? These furry critters depend on you for everything, and unlike other family members, they don’t have any survival skills to help keep them safe in an emergency. Prepping with pets is just like prepping …
The Truth About Currency Devaluation And Preparedness
It’s a crisp fall morning as you awaken to the smell of pancakes on the grill wafting through the house. You flip on the radio to hear the morning news as you roll out of bed. It’s then you hear that it’s been a busy morning over on the east coast; the U.S. stock market …
3 Survival Skills Learned from NASA
Recently I finished the book “The Martian” by Andy Weir. In it, a man named Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after his fellow crew mates escape a disastrous storm in which they believe him to be dead. I don’t want to ruin the story for you, but that’s the basic idea. The rest of the book …
Blackout! What to do When the Power Goes Out
Nobody likes a power failure, but what happens when a simple blackout turns into days or even weeks of inadvertent off-the-grid living? Sure, no power means you can’t watch TV or charge your iPhone, but we take for granted all the other things that run on the grid like sewage pumping stations and communications towers. Necessities …
7 Bug Out Bag Essentials
Bug Out Bags are far more common than you may think. If you’ve ever had a pregnancy in your house, you know that when it starts getting close to the baby being born momma usually keeps an overnight bag next to the front door so it’s easy to grab and run. This is, technically, a …
3 Reasons it’s Better to Conceal Carry than Open Carry
As the gun debate has heated up in the United States, the call for open carry has increased. With more and more citizens carrying their guns on their hip open for all to see, the question has come up, is it better to carry out in the open, or to get the proper license to …