Everything you need to know about how to survive disasters and emergencies big and small: economic collapse, EMP, wilderness survival, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, car crashes – we’ll teach you how to survive ANYTHING.
However, keep in mind that survival is only one side of the coin. The other is preparedness. The more you prepare in advance, the less likely it is you’ll even be in a position to face at least some of these emergencies.
The popular image that many Americans hold of Russians are of dour, hardy people who are tough, self-reliant and able to live completely in spite of the total inhospitableness of the rightly infamous and greatly feared Russian winter. Like many popular tropes, it has its own strands of truth woven through it but is still …
Preppers spend much of their time and energy getting ready for and wondering what kind of event will befall the world that will see them put that preparation and their hard-earned skills to use. The rest of the time they think and puzzle over all the many things that could go wrong, and how they …
Everybody knows what an earthquake is, but very few know how devastating and how widespread the effects of an earthquake can be. While they are far more common in some regions than others earthquakes can occur anywhere. If you are lucky, you might get a little bit of advance warning in the form of tremors …
Social distancing (or, to be more accurate, physical distancing) is the phrase on the lips of every newscaster, every CDC bigwig and most of the citizens in America and around the world right now. This is in response to the Great Viral Pandemic of 2020. Social distancing is simply an infectious disease control protocol that …
PTSD is a common mental ailment that affects people from all walks of life who undergo life-changing, traumatic stress typically resulting from incidental or sustained negative experiences. You often hear PTSD brought up in a negative context when referring to someone, oftentimes a military veteran, has been changed or otherwise negatively affected by the things …
The event has occurred and anxiety has reached a fever pitch. Pretty soon the call goes out: Shelter in place, clear the streets, no exceptions! Your town or city is officially under lockdown, with citizens confined to their homes and all non-essential services and businesses, and even some essential ones, shuttered for the duration. If …
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A common theoretical survival scenario that is regrettably one of the most plausible is that of World War III. The Next Big One. Be it in the form of a society-shattering Civil War or a global conflict with several major superpowers fully involved along with dozens of smaller participants, anyone who is caught in or …
Tornadoes are terrifying and deadly. Spawning out of already violent thunderstorms, or seemingly out of nowhere in mere moments, tornadoes will carve a path of complete havoc through the landscape, and vanish just as quickly as they appear. In certain seasons in certain places in the United States, tornadoes are shockingly common, and if you …
Preppers spend a lot of time figuring out what they’re going to do when the SHTF, where they’re going to go, how they’re going to get there, what they’ll take with them and who, hopefully, will be there waiting for them. When disaster strikes, and I mean real disaster, you had better have your affairs …
Proper safe rooms are seen as something of a bucket list item for most preppers: A fortified sanctuary within your own home, a citadel where you and your family can retreat in case of trouble to remain safe, no matter what is happening. It is an appealing concept, but more importantly an effective one: the …
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