Preparedness in the Concrete Jungle: A High-Rise Survival Guide So, you’ve chosen the high life – literally. While your suburban prepping friends are worrying about their chicken coops and victory gardens, you’re figuring out how to turn your 12th-floor apartment into an urban survival oasis without making your living room Read more…
If you’ve reached the point where your pantry shelves are groaning under the weight of enough beans to feed a small army, it’s time to shift gears. While food storage is the poster child of preparedness, there’s a whole world of essential items that deserve your attention. Let’s talk about Read more…
Turn Trash Into Treasure: How to Make Survival Rope from Plastic Bottles If you’ve ever looked at that pile of empty water bottles and seen anything beyond recycling bin filler, congratulations – you’re thinking like a true prepper. Today, we’re going to explore how to turn those disposable bottles into Read more…
Let’s talk about one of the most underappreciated heroes in the preparedness world: the mylar emergency blanket. You know the ones – those crinkly, shiny sheets that look like they were stolen from a 1970s disco party. At about $1 each, they’re cheaper than a cup of fancy coffee, but Read more…
Living in an underground home offers many advantages, from energy efficiency and growing my garden indoors, to natural disaster protection. However, it comes with a unique challenge: rodents. These unwelcome guests can wreak havoc on carefully stored food supplies, threatening years of preparedness efforts. As an avid prepper residing in Read more…
In today’s urban landscape, many of us find ourselves living in apartments or studio dwellings where space is at a premium. However, limited square footage doesn’t mean you have to compromise on your preparedness goals. With some creativity and smart planning, you can build a robust preparedness strategy even in Read more…
2.4 BILLION of these are purchased every year. They are a critical part of our society, not likely to disappear even in the midst of the most gruesome of disasters. In fact, the more serious the disaster, the more needed these items will be. 99% of them are made in Read more…
Whether it’s a random act of crime today or one which might come in a more degraded societal scene, being able to feel safe and protected IN your home is vital. The fact of the matter is, even today you have a 1 in 10 chance of being the victim Read more…
By Travis Chaffin—Guest Contributor Food, water, and bullets are at the top of the list for the Zombie Apocalypse, because we will be hungry, thirsty, and need to shoot things. When a group is holed up in a compound fighting off flesh starved zombies they need more, they need Read more…