Whether preparing for personal emergencies and trauma and natural disasters or planning for a more serious SHTF event that could come up, an EDC kit is essential. Most people don’t have the luxury of walking around town with a backpack full of supplies, so the next best thing is to have an everyday carry kit. […]
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This fictional story takes place in Black Mountain, a small college town in North Carolina, located along a major interstate highway in such a way that its claim to fame is that it provides water to the main city of Asheville. Black Mountain has become a summer getaway for urban dwellers looking to escape the
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We’ve all seen episodes of Doomsday Preppers, the reality TV show, which showcases very extreme cases of individuals or families that are preparing for a major threat to our world as we know it. These families and at least three million more across the country are preparing to either bug in or in many cases
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We’re all familiar with flashlights and how handy they can be to help light the way through the dark. For power outages of short duration, your typical everyday plastic housed flashlight will suffice, as long as you can find it when you need it! But, for a bug out situation or extended grid down situation,
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Every prepper knows that the one thing you can count on during a natural disaster or post-SHTF situation is panicked crowds which result in unpredictable chaos, violence, and injury. There will be a myriad of events that could happen that you might not be ready to handle. If you’re putting together your bug out bag
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Is a prepper you should be aware by now of the multitude of events that can completely turn our world upside down. Depending on the type of event you may have days, hours, minutes, or seconds to react. Over time, the community of active preppers have come up with a variety of bags or kits
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Airsoft guns originated in the 1970’s-1980’s in Japan when owning firearms was considered illegal. They are primarily a prop gun made to simulate the real thing and were primarily used for target practice then. Airsoft guns use non-metallic pellets, usually plastic, for ammunition. Today, airsoft guns are being used in strategic military-like games played by
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Homesteading dates back to the Homestead Act of 1862. Settlers from various walks of life, single women, slaves, and immigrants fresh off the boat, took up the gauntlet to build a home and live free on 160 acres for five years. During that five-year-period, they were charged with making improvements and “keeping the land”. Two
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If you currently reside in a senior retirement community and worry about the state of affairs in our country and across the world, there is hope. One thing you can do to make sure that you and those around you are ready is to start getting prepared. Just because you’re getting older and may have
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Even in “normal” times, there are those people out there who are prone to violence and theft, including home invasion, armed robbery or assault. The problem is that these people exist and wreak havoc even when they know that police and other authorities are available to pursue them. Following a natural disaster or SHTF, these
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