Prepper news and tips for survival, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and disaster preparedness.
By Gaye Levy For years, my bug out bag has languished in a closet, stuffed to the gills with the gear that I “thought” I might need if forced to flee my home following a disruptive event. My bag, as precious as it was, weighed…
By Daisy Luther That magic moment when you go to wash your hands….and nothing comes out of the tap. Late on Friday evening – you know, too late to reach the local repair guy – that was the scenario at our rented farm. Nary a…
By Gaye Levy You don’t have to be a prepper to realize that power outages can happen anytime, to anybody, and anywhere. Some outages are planned, some are the result of Mother Nature kicking up a storm, and some are the unexpected result of a…
By Gaye Levy There are many reasons why learning about essential oils is useful for preppers. Not the least of those reasons is to lessen the reliance on expensive and often ineffective and toxic pharmaceuticals. How often have you filled an expensive prescription only to…
By Daisy Luther Our world today would seem magical to our ancestors. Our needs are met almost immediately, we have clean water at the turn of a knob, heat at the push of a button, and light with the flip of a switch. Food is…
By Gaye Levy Have you ever noticed that most preppers have a lot in common? There are certain personality traits that seem to be present in nearly every single prepper and survivalist I have met, and the more prevalent these traits, the more successful they…
By Gaye Levy A couple of months ago, I posed the question “What is the Baseline of Prepper Fitness?” Although there were varied responses, at the end of the day most everyone agreed that having the ability to walk some distance with a pack of…
By Daisy Luther Lots of preppers are convinced that they’re going to “live off the land” should the world as we know it come tumbling down around our ears. Seed banks are stockpiled, books are purchased, and people are confident that they’ll be able to outlive…
By [easyazon_link identifier=”B015K0BUQM” locale=”US” tag=”natblaze-20″]Brandon Turbeville[/easyazon_link] As the flood waters began to rise in South Carolina, so did the level of awareness that the vast majority of South Carolinians were wholly unprepared for such a disaster. As the flood crisis got under way, South Carolina…
By Gaye Levy One of the very first things I did when I first started prepping was to bolster my pantry with basic staples that could be used for a variety of purposes. When it was suggested that I store salt, and lots of it,…
By Gaye Levy Most preparedness information out there seems to assume that everyone is part of a family with a mom, a dad, three kids, and a dog. Or, if not that, an extended family that includes brothers, uncles, and a grand-pappy. Somehow, the picture…
By Daisy Luther We often talk about having a bugout bag that includes a folder with important documents, but despite your preparations andefforts to protect them, sometimes disaster strikes quickly and unexpectedly, and those documents are lost. For example, the fires last week in Northern…
By Gaye Levy I have always claimed, and not altogether jokingly, that you could build a house with Elmer’s glue and Duct Tape. Both items are readily available, relatively inexpensive, and easy to tote around. Given my penchant for common, everyday products that can be…
By Daisy Luther However prepared you think you are for an emergency wildfire evacuation, when it looks like you’re driving through the outer edges of Hell, it’s going to be a scary ride. Wildfires are a real threat every year in California, but this season…
By Gaye Levy A major component of family preparedness is the maintenance of comfort, control, and self-preservation in a time of crisis. Whatever the source of the crisis, we as humans want to protect the homestead and our loved ones at any cost. (And by…
By Daisy Luther Years ago, I was reading the book Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs. (Great book that I highly recommend!) The premise of the book is that our future economic woes will be based on the scarcity of oil. The author, Wendy Brown,…
By Dan Sullivan In a critical survival situation or long after the dust has settled, it’s important to do your best with what you’ve got. Oftentimes, that means repurposing certain items to get the job done. Nails, rusty tools, and rugged clothes might worth more…
By Heather Callaghan Today on Activist Post I wrote about Gordon Brown’s former adviser advising Twitter followers to stock up on canned goods, water and cash in the wallet after the stock market plunged like a broken elevator on “Black Monday.” The worst 24-hour stock…
By Heather Callaghan If you were injured in the woods where no one could find you and you couldn’t even get up and walk around – how would you survive? Any way possible. That’s what happened to a missing man from Avon, New York. Donald…
by PAUL FASSA Cayenne (Capsicum annuum or frutescens, or red pepper) has been in continuous use by Native Americans as a food and medicine for roughly 9,000 years. Chilies belong to the nightshade family, same as tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant. They originated from the Americas….
