Archive for the ‘Getting Prepared’ Category

Signs That It’s Time to Head for the Exits

Real money, such as gold and silver, is adopted by the market and traded for goods and services voluntarily. The government’s fiat currency is something different. Most people forget we have legal tender laws forcing us to use the scrip that the Federal Reserve and Treasury create from thin air. The business of creating bills […]

When The Schumer Hits (Literally)

Many things will change in a SHTF scenario but one of the most life altering will be the lack of 24/7 medical care. Many people today take little to no hands-on care of their own personal health, and they are more than happy to let the doctors and nurses at their local doctor’s office or […]

Six Ways to Get Ready for Going Off-Grid

Regardless of where you live, the possibility of a short-term power outage is likely at some point. For most of us, this happens two or three times a year for a very short period, meaning a few hours on up to a few days. These short-term outages often become a big adventure. Talk to someone […]

Water How Much Do You Really Need Every Day

How Much Do You Use Given the recent chemical spill that may have contaminated the tap water of roughly 300,000 residents of a number of counties in West Virginia, drinking water is on people’s minds. Ice storms, blizzards and unusually cold weather have also disrupted the water supply to thousands if not tens of thousands […]

The 10 C’s of An Emergency Kit – Do They Work?

Awhile back I decided the pack I carried around was getting too heavy. I kept adding gear to the pack because there was space in it and pretty soon I was packing stuff in sideways and stuffing it in as tight as I could get it. The thing is when I went out in the […]

How To Choose The Best Foods For A 72-Hour Survival Kit

When a disaster occurs, it is too late to shop or search for the supplies you need. A 72-hour survival kit with a 3-day supply of food is the bare minimum that is recommended for EVERYONE, regardless of where or how you live. The most important aspect of this kit is its food and water. […]

10 New Year’s Resolutions That Every Prepper Should Make in 2014

Every year, people make a series of New Year’s Resolutions that are usually forgotten by the time you flip the page of the calendar over to February. This list starts with some of the standard resolutions that everyone makes that are particularly pertinent to preppers, and then contains some that are unique to this community. […]

6 Trees Every Survivalist Should Know

“Living in the open in this way, and making friends of the trees, the streams, the mountains, and the stars, gives a scout a great deal of confidence and makes him love the natural life around him. To be able to tell the difference between the trees by their bark and leaves is a source […]

Why are you prepping?

As I start digging into this book I’m writing, I started thinking about how to help people decide what they need to be focusing their resources on. It’s a pretty important topic so I figured I’d share some of this stuff with you guys here because you’re my favorite. I think that the reason people […]

37 Prep Items People Are Buying

During the past year, this list of 37 items that people were buying may provide an idea for your own preparedness supplies… Be aware that this list of items is not representative of what we believe ‘should’ be the top 37 preps, but is based and influenced by the following things… These are items which […]