Some disasters can kill you after a few minutes, or even a merciful few moments, of pain and terror. Others, though, might stretch out the pain, misery, and agony over years. What sort of terrible calamity could do such a thing? How about an economic collapse? An economic collapse, by any means, is one of […]
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One of the very best things you can do to improve your prospects in any long-term survival situation is to become more self-sufficient. When it comes to self-sufficiency, producing your own food is critically important. It’s really the only way you can be sure—or as sure as you can be—that you and yours will have
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Surviving a genuine SHTF situation is plenty difficult and harrowing enough when you have plenty of supplies and a home of your own, be it a house or an apartment. But it is so much more difficult when you are on the streets. Maybe you lost your home for whatever reason before disaster struck. Maybe
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Knowing where to go and where to take shelter when disaster strikes will greatly improve your chances of survival. The biggest part of avoiding injury and death when disaster strikes is simply knowing where to get out of its way. Where you should go to get away or where you should head to take shelter
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When it comes to self-defense, pepper spray is one of the very best and tragically most underrated options out there for citizens. It can go virtually everywhere, is legal almost everywhere, and is extremely effective. Judicious applications of pepper spray, or OC, can stop a confrontation before it starts. This stuff is awesome, and I
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The Great Depression was one of the roughest times in US history. It was marked by a flatlined economy, severe lack, destitution and the disruption of society. This made survival a real challenge in many parts of the country, but you know what they say about hard times: it produces hard people… Our ancestors learned
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If you are a prepper already, or thought about embarking on the lifestyle, you might have doubts. Doubts that like so many other parts of life the practice has just become too materialistic. I’m here to tell you that you are quite right. Prepping has evolved into a type of business, an industry, all its
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Ask somebody what it takes to prep, and chances are they’ll start rattling off lots and lots of material things: food, water filtration systems, vehicles, shelter supplies, weapons, electronics, clothing, tools and a whole lot more. The truth is that preparation really begins with a decision and with the mind. That’s all you need. But
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Gardening is a great way to enhance your food security, and especially important for surviving intermediate and long-term crisis situations. You won’t be able to head down to the grocery, most likely, and get yourself some fresh produce! Aside from providing energy, veggies are a terrific source of vitamins and minerals that your body has
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Getting into amateur radio is one of the very best things you can do to increase your communications resiliency in all kinds of emergencies. Plus it’s a really enjoyable and fulfilling pastime in its own right. Every ham radio operator will install his unit in a room, known as a ham shack, and the nucleus
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