Survival Tip: How To Start a Fire With a Water Bottle
If you’re lost in the wilderness and have a clear plastic bottle of water, you can start a fire by using it as a makeshift...
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Real Life Survival: Could You Stay Alive in the Frigid Wilderness with Only the Supplies in Your Vehicle?
How prepared are you to survive a few days in the frozen wilderness with only the supplies you have in your vehicle? A family of...
15 Tips For Staying Safe While Out Shopping
Burglars know that shoppers are out shopping during the holiday season, and look for easy targets and vulnerabilities to exploit. Here are a few common-sense...
12 Things You NEED To Go Off Grid NOW!
MONEY Where are you going to go without money? Unless you’re planning on bugging out to the wilderness in Alaska or some other wild frontier...
Could This Be the Ultimate SHTF Handgun?
This is eight double rounds [.45 ACP] with the Arsenal Firearms 2011 Second Century Double Barrel Pistol…in other words, it is 4000 grains of payload...
The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear
Special Note: Obviously, an entire book could be written on this subject, which is a task beyond the scope of this article. The purpose...
What If Electricity Was Only for Rich People?
What if electrical power in the home was only for rich people? What about heat? What about running water? What if that divide between the...
Life or Death Choices: 35 Excuses That Will Doom The Non-Prepper
As of today it is estimated that ONLY 1% of the population actually goes to much of any effort to prepare and store up enough...
The Complete Guide to Batoning
by Guest Contributor This article acts as a comprehensive guide to batoning. Be sure to pay close attention to the last two sections (the one...
Those That Are Not Preparing For The Coming Economic Depression Are Going To Bitterly Regret It
The next great economic crisis is rapidly approaching, and most people are going to be totally blindsided by it. Even though the warning signs are...
Communicating After Disaster: Systems and Devices
In any type of disaster, your normal means of communication will likely be limited or severed completely. This applies during a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, or...
17 Great Ways to Utilize 2-Liter Soda Bottles for Survival
This article was originally posted at www.rethinksurvival.com I’ll admit it, I’m a huge fan of the ubiquitous 2-liter soda bottles. And like 5-gallon buckets, I think they’re...
Importance of Sanitation after SHTF
In thinking about preparing your family for survival after a disaster or emergency situation you can’t forget to consider their health. Your family’s health is...
Survival Basics – Controling your Core Temperature
A core concept of survival in just about any situation is the rule of threes. If you don’t know this rule it is that you...
Where There Is No Electric Heat
How many of you have electric heat in your home, as opposed to oil or gas heat? Given the winter season, for those of you...
Are Marauders A Credible Threat To Preppers?
Since the premiere of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers season three episode ‘We are the Marauders’ there has been a lot of discussion on various blogs...