As a survivalist, it becomes habit to prepare for the unexpected. You pack your bag with essentials and know how to do everything from start a fire to build a shelter. Those are the things we can control. However, the outdoors is full of variables. While some variables are less menacing like unexpected weather patterns,…
Here’s Why We Should Be Concerned About A Solar Storm
The climate change discussion has become increasingly relevant over the last few years, particularly on a political level. It’s brought attention to the negative impact human beings have on the planet and on the surrounding atmosphere. We must also begin to realize the impact the atmosphere and solar system has on us. The sun, for…
Here’s How To Desalinate Water in 6 Quick Steps
Water is arguably the most crucial aspect to survival. The body can go without food for weeks, but can only last without water for a few days. Even that’s pushing it. We can pack as much water as we want when we enter the wilderness, but we have to be able to prepare for the…
How To Gather Intelligence To Keep Everyone Safe When SHTF
When we see a natural disaster coming for our location, we usually have some time to prepare for it. While grocery stores may be a zoo and sold out of many necessities, we have the opportunity to board up our homes, head to a bunker or bug out. However, we don’t always have the time…
How To Keep That Valuable Stockpile Safe From These 3 Pests
As a prepper, your stockpile is one of the most valuable parts of your home. You’ve done your research, purchased and collected the essential items and neatly stored them away in a specific place (preferably a hidden one). However, you still worry about whether your stockpile is safe. It could become contaminated if not stored…
How To Make a 5 Gallon Water Filter Tank
There are many things that we need to think of when SHTF. The first and foremost is to find a water supply. Since the human body can only survive three days without water this part is imperative. Now since most of the world does not have a natural spring in the backyard chances are the…
Survival Skill: 7 Ways To Signal For Help
As a wilderness and survival expert, there are a number of tasks that you have mastered. Everything from building a fire to fashioning an improvised fishing poll to building a shelter is in your skill set. However, what do you do when your sense of direction betrays you and you find yourself lost with the…
How To Modify An AM Radio To Receive Shortwave Broadcasts When SHTF
When SHTF, one of the most important tools to have is a method of communication. Depending on the type of crisis, you initially might want to bunker down, rely on your stockpile and wait for the effects of the crisis to lessen. However, during a long-term survival situation, the ability to both ask for help…
4 Kinds of Preppers To Avoid
They say if you look at the 5 people are around the most that is who you are like. It’s true that humans just as animals, run in packs. We gather around those that we know, like and trust. Yet when SHTF do we really know how those around us will respond. If not we should,…
