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What the heck is Obamageddon?
A prominent trend forecaster has predicted a second American revolution with possible “food riots, tax protests, farmer rebellions, student revolts, squatter dig-ins, homeless uprisings, tent cities,...
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How To Overcome The Police State
It’s 2 a.m., and your mind can’t seem to stop drifting to dark places. After watching the news for an hour, it’s becoming rather apparent that the world is either tearing itself apart, or it already...
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Homeschooling Your Children During A Disaster
When there’s a crisis or disaster and you are anchored at your bug out/bug in location, your children’s education will become your sole responsibility. Many homesteading and off-grid families have...
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Common Sense Tools In Defense Of The Homestead
As I sit down to write this article, it is a shade after midnight. Not such an odd hour for a freelance writer. The day job has been put behind me, the farm chores have been done, and the kid’s needs...
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9 Must-Have Survival Items For Under $9
Image source: jillconyers.com/ Preparing for a potential crisis does not have to be expensive. Sure, there are some higher-priced items, but filling the ultimate bug-out bag or first aid kit can be...
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The Ultimate Starter List For Every Get-Home Bag
Image source: gazettenet.com As events this winter have proven, it’s a good idea to have a “get me home bag” (GHB) at all times. That 15-mile drive to work will feel a whole lot further away if you are...
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Three Off-Grid Ways To Communicate If The Power’s Out
Editor’s note: Read our previous story on this subject here. Sending your teenager a text to find out if they are almost home, or calling your spouse’s cell phone to tell him you are heading to a...
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Long-Term Food Storage For Those Who Care About Taste
Image Source: parade.condenast.com Often when talking about foods with a long shelf life, the items we describe don’t comprise a very appealing diet. Living on rice and beans in a survival situation is...
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4 Life-Saving Ways To Communicate When The Power Is Out
Image source: Campinglife.com When there’s a disaster or a long-term power outage, you need backup communication. During Hurricane Katrina, more than 70 percent of cell towers went down — and stayed...
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Why ‘Loners’ Are Doomed In A Crisis
Image source: Macleans.ca There’s a certain element of romance in being the lone wolf against the world. We idolize people like that in movies such as Rambo, where Sylvester Stallone takes on wave...
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Survival Skills You’ll Need If Society Collapses
Image source: le-petic-elephant.com Many survivalists and preppers have planned to live sustainably on their off-the-grid homestead. They have easy access to clean water, a pantry full of stored foods,...
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Preparing For A Crisis With Limited Storage Space
Preparing for an unknown crisis is challenging, but doing so when you have limited storage space can be even trickier. Thankfully with a little effort, a little practice and unique designs, you will...
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The First 24 Hours After An EMP: How Far Will People Go To Survive?
Image source: animalnewyork.com The natural instinct to survive and to protect family runs strong in human beings. In the 20th century alone, from Jewish families in Nazi-controlled Europe to Soviet...
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10 Terrifying Realities Of Long-Term Blackouts (That Americans Never Consider)
Image source: huffington post In any natural disaster or man-made crisis, only one thing is truly certain: Survival will not only be a challenge, but it will become each individual’s personal primary...
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The Most-Overlooked Survival Skill You’ll Need In A Crisis
Image source: seweasy.ie It may seem laughable, but clothing and shoes may have more to do with your ability to survive than you think. Imagine that you have enough food stored to feed a family of six...
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Here’s Why Your Bug-Out Bag May Fail You
Image source: pantaeao.com A survival kit or bug-out bag is designed to serve as an evacuation pack for you to survive a minimum of 72 hours after a crisis. Contrary to a few myths, it is not designed...
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Why Your ‘Get-Out-Of-Dodge’ Survival Plan May Be Doomed
Image source: harvard.edu Whether you live in a little farm town that sits on the edge of nowhere, or your humble homestead is an apartment somewhere in a concrete jungle, all regions face some sort of...
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9 Items That Are Wasting Space In Your Bug-Out Bag
Image source: Pixabay.com Have you ever seen or read about someone who just piles dozens and dozens of items into their survival kit or bug-out bag? They keep adding to it with no regards on how...
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How To Guarantee Your Survival Even If You Can’t Get Your Bug-Out Bag
Image source: Pixabay.com The need for making sure you have the necessary equipment and supplies for survival can’t be overstated. While it is theoretically possible to survive off of what you simply...
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9 Items You’ll Need To Survive The First 72 Hours Of A Crisis
Image source: Pixabay.com It finally happens … the crisis you’ve been preparing for. All that training and stockpiling you’ve been doing is going to start paying off. What you do during the next few...
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A Dozen Eggs Now Cost $142 In Venezuela (Guess How Much Milk Costs?)
Image source: Wikipedia Grocery prices in crisis-ravaged Venezuela are so out of hand that a dozen eggs now cost $142 at the official government supermarket — and $208 on the black market. And it’s not...
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Delta’s Computer Glitch: 3 Reasons You Better Be Concerned
A major computer outage crippled Delta Monday, cancelling hundreds of flights and impacting hundreds of thousands of passengers – and the lessons learned don’t affect just air travelers. “A power...
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4 Overlooked Crises You’re Probably Not Prepared For … But Should Be
Image source: Wikimedia It seems that preparedness is like fashion. At any point in time, there’s one disaster that seems to be in the spotlight more than others. I would say the “disaster of the...
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7 Overlooked Forms Of Shelters When Society Collapses
Image source: Pixabay.com Most of us are planning on “bugging in” when a disaster strikes. Generally speaking, that’s a much more practical solution for people who don’t have a survival retreat off in...
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