What if you couldn’t get to your money in the bank for a few days or even a few weeks? Would you have the cash on hand to get through an emergency? In todays economy most people have a hard enough time getting by let alone saving some extra for an emergency. So if you […]
So many people that I have met in the prepper world mention their dream of having a place away from everything. While this is a nice thought and something that my husband and I have somewhat achieved, when I hear this from others I have to ask if they know what they are saying. While […]
To begin today’s article with a word of wisdom from our sponsor, everything in life is location, location, location. Joke aside, an interesting issue to be addressed when it comes to prepping is which places are to be avoided after SHTF. The short story goes something like this, I mean this is the preamble: it […]
You have heard the saying “survival of the fittest” this is based on the theory of natural selection that only the strongest will survive. This only works however during the course of the evolutionary process. The best traits exhibited by humans and other species are carried forward and those lacking the better traits sometimes end […]
Can you imagine dying from a cut on your finger or a scrape on your knee? How about a respiratory infection or a toothache? Before the invention of penicillin, the first antibiotic, that could have been your cause of death. If SHTF, access to antibiotics may become limited or impossible. If that happens, it’s important to know […]
Hunting season is upon us, and this means game meat processing will soon be in full swing. Freezers stuffed with meat, fish, and poultry, food that required skill and considerable effort to bring home to help feed you and your family over the long winter months. Will it carry you over the months however, will […]
It Is Here and Likely Here To Stay Headlines: “Health officials on Tuesday announced the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States. A man is now isolated in the intensive care unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas Texas” (MARCHIONE, 2014). Now that it is here, however officials state, “no doubt… we […]
But Things Can Go To Hell in a Hurry Those new to prepping may sometimes fall prey to overheated talk and “hype” when it comes to bugging out. Some articles may give you the impression that because they recommend a bug-out bag then bugging out is necessary regardless of what the situation is. There may […]
We all know survival is not a game, and prepping is not a game either, though in some cases, people make it out to be such. Survival situations are gritty, pulse pounding most of the time, stressful to say the least, and can at times even be boring. However, survival will always be a competition, […]
Water bottles, the small ones up to gallon containers and even the three gallon containers, have become so flimsy that you might as well be drinking water from Ziploc bags. They should market them as collapsible, because some of the bottles will almost collapse when you try to open them. Some, if not many of […]
