No matter what your 'disaster' is, we are all truly just getting ready for the same basic thing. Some would say survival, others would say catastrophe or crisis. At the end of the day, we are all just preparing for an interruption in the day-to-day life we're used to. The media always seems … [Read more...]
Featured Contributor: Dan of Survival Sullivan
I get emails from people who claim to follow my site and want to guest post for me all the time. Last week alone, I had 8 different 'offers' to guest post and "help provide important information to my readers.' Needless to say, I delete them without replying and mark them as spam. There … [Read more...]
The Realistic Prepping Plan
It seems no matter which way you turn lately, there's someone trying to tell you that you need to prep and unless you have X, Y, and Z, you will fail. You will suffer. Your kids will suffer. "But if you buy this one item, you'll be all set!" How about a realistic prepping plan? I have a problem with … [Read more...]
7 Survival Hygiene Tips for When SHTF
It’s no secret that, in a survival situation, you’ll face an enemy just as dangerous as a man with a gun: disease. Survival hygiene can be just as deadly as a mob if not prepared. I asked my friend, Dan Sullivan of SullivanSurvival.com to help put things into perspective and give some expert … [Read more...]
How to Start Prepping Where You Are
Being prepared is a lot more than just having 5 years worth of freeze dried food and fire starters stashed away. In fact, I daresay it doesn't have much of anything to do with your stash so much as your mentality. Yes, there's a place of importance in the prepper world for having stocks put up but … [Read more...]
The Only One Size Fits All Prepper Plan
As I surf around the web, it seems there are more and more people out there who claim to have a One Size Fits All prepper plan/list/course they want to sell you. Then, there are others, like myself who loudly declare that there is no One Size Fits All Prepper Plan because it's impossible. What works … [Read more...]
Lighting the Way: Sustainably!
Everyone has seen those mass produced little solar path lights that line walkways in the Summer and are falling over, broken, or otherwise trashed come the start of Winter. With the amount of rain we get here in Southeast Alaska, I made the mistake of buying them only once. When they worked they … [Read more...]