Everyday Emergencies

One of the most common emergencies we will have to deal with in life is a power outage. Caused by weather, accidents, natural disasters, and good old-fashioned human error, America’s increasingly old and fragile electrical grid has been putting up a record number of brownouts and blackouts in recent decades. That’s not a good sign. […]

Lightning is one of the most spectacular displays of power in nature, and even though it is typically devastating to the things that are struck by it, most people don’t worry about it too much because getting struck by lightning directly is incredibly rare. That said, it does happen, and most people instinctively take cover

One of the most fundamental preps for any sort of emergency or disaster preparedness is having stockpiled supplies and a sizable supply of food on hand. Chances are you won’t be able to dash down to your local corner store or grocery if you need something for the duration of the event, and even if

Winter weather presents many challenges for preppers, and not the least of all is the prospect of facing bitterly cold weather without any electricity. Loss of lighting and, worse, loss of heat can be potentially deadly or at best can make your life totally miserable. Luckily, for all but the most extreme environments, it is

One of the classic scenarios adherents of self-defense train for is the mugging: Some criminal scumbag, or gang of scumbags, threatening your life if you don’t give up your valuables. Sometimes they won’t even ask, setting upon a hapless victim with violence and intent on picking the corpse or unconscious body clean of loot. Everyone

Winter weather greatly complicates all sorts of tasks, and perhaps none more impacted than traveling by automobile. Snowstorms make paved surfaces incredibly slick and that means they are treacherous and dangerous for all sorts of automobiles. The risk of crashing will be very high, and you should not discount the risk of becoming stranded on

When the time comes to camp in the great outdoors, you’ll be exposed to all the splendor, and the might, that nature can muster. When the weather turns bad, this can prove quite a severe test of your ability to endure and improvise. It is important when camping that you know when to pack it

Thunderstorms are certainly one of nature’s most impressive and most powerful displays. Getting caught in a thunderstorm might be thrilling but it is definitely dangerous. Knowing where to take shelter as well as how to properly take shelter might mean the difference between marveling at a passing storm and literally riding the lightning. Sheltering in

Winter can be one of the most beautiful times of the year. Regardless of how you feel about the cold, a fresh blanket of snow can quickly turn the landscape into a winter wonderland. But, when all of that snow comes down in one massive storm, it can wreak havoc on our daily lives. So,

House fires are overwhelmingly one of the most common and the most dangerous personal disasters that any prepper could face. What is worse is that most people, including people who should know better, underestimate them because they aren’t some big, dramatic regional catastrophe that justifies the purchase of survival gear. But they will be disaster