Modern living means that people have access to convenient ways of getting things done. We buy our food at the nearest grocery store and use appliances electricity appliances to cook and wash our clothes. But what if you could actually save money by learning a few old-fashioned skills? Believe it or not, there are some …
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7 Survival Tips Learned From The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead is one of the most popular post-apocalyptic shows ever seen on television, and while the gripping story focuses on the characters and their travels through the ruined world, there are some lessons to be learned by us along the way. Sure, not everything the characters do is spot-on correct for survival, and …
The Bad News About The Ubiquitous LED Light Bulb
The light-emitting diode (LED) has become ubiquitous in the technology that surrounds our lives today. Practically everywhere you look, LEDs are visible; your car, your computer, your microwave oven, your cell phone, etc. Even in household and commercial lighting applications, we see LED technology taking over where the older less efficient fluorescent and filament bulbs …
Fear and Prepping
What’re you afraid of? If you’ve ever talked about prepping to someone not of the same mindset when it comes to preparedness this is a question you’ve surely been asked at least once. It’s hard for many people to see why you’d be worried about disaster when things are going great. Instead of being seen …
ATF Planning For Grid-Down Disaster?
Guess what? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (‘ATF’) has their own version of a Disaster Preparedness plan, or as Preppers say; a plan for when the excrement hits the fan (‘SHTF’). I don’t intend any disrespect towards the ATF, but, as I read their ‘plan’ it’s clear that they are trying to …
Five Self-Defense Tricks That Could Save Your Life
No one plans on being attacked in the course of their daily routine but the reality is that danger could find you anywhere and at any time. When you find yourself in a precarious situation, do you know how to defend yourself? It is best to know ahead of time how to fight back, especially …
Will Your Electronic Safe Open After An EMP? How to Protect Your Gear
Did you know that if you own a safe with an electronic lock that you might be locked-out of it after an EMP? And that’s not exactly good timing. That’s right folks! Depending on who made the safe, its model, where the safe is located, and the distance away from the EMP source, you may …
7 Reasons Why Bugging Out is a Bad Idea
If you’re reading this, chances are you have a bug out bag ready and waiting for the STHTF. It’s probably packed with just about everything you need to pick up and run with, and while it’s a definite necessity to have a bug out bag of your own, bugging out under most circumstances is, for …
THE USMC TACTICAL SURVIVAL AXE AKA: ‘The BRUISER’
This is not your uncle’s camping axe! I am not an expert with edged weapons, even though I have a trunk-load of them, including the old Buck hunting knife that my Dad gave me when I was a teenager many moons ago. So with that said, I wanted to share my latest prize, which was …
The Food Dilemma: How Natural Disasters can Impact Your Food and What to Do About It
We’ve all grown pretty accustomed to getting everything we need from the grocery store, from food to cleaning products today’s supermarket is a haven of necessities and not-so-necessities for our modern age. But what happens when there’s a major natural disaster? Even if your supermarket isn’t damaged a natural disaster on a large enough scale …