AGAINST ALL ODDS: Portable Emergency Stoves
More survival and camp stoves are on the market than ever before. They range from large, heavy tent…
Crisis Cuisine: Long-Term Food Storage
Having access to long-term food stores can definitely increase your chances for survival in even the most serious crisis situations. But storing that much food is not without its complications, and can also become very expensive. Figuring out what to store and how to store it can often be the most difficult part of the entire process. Let’s take a look at the basics of long-term food security, with specific emphasis on tips, ideas, and suggestions to help you start making your preparations, while also saving some serious money.
Water Storage Essentials: What To Do Before the Tap Runs Dry
During a disaster, one of the most significant problems you’re likely to face is the lack of clean drinking water. People living in highly congested urban areas are especially vulnerable, since municipal water supplies can be contaminated or may stop flowing altogether.
Cache is King: Secret Stash for Hard Times
Once the last-minute panic starts, it’s only a few short hours before the shelves of many local grocers, convenience stores, and even big-box retailers are completely stripped of all emergency supplies.
Survival’s Big Seven: Must-Have Basics
The most successful survival strategies are usually the ones that focus on the basics—food, water, first aid, medical,…
Bug-Out Bag 101: Planning and Packing
You’re sitting quietly at home, watching TV with the family, when something unimaginable happens. The “why” or “what”…
Offbeat: Meals Ready to Eat
Meals Ready to Eat, or simply MREs, are the main individual self-contained field ration for U.S. military personnel.…
Emergency Food Supplies: Are They Safe To Eat?
You’re in the process of rotating your food supplies when you notice that the “Best By” date on…
Home Sweet Home: Bugging in During a Disaster
What started off as a normal day is turning out to be anything but. Something is terribly wrong. News reports are vague, but early indications point to a massive failure of key computer networks that run the nation’s power grid. In your neighborhood, power is failing, traffic is at a standstill, and most businesses are anxiously closing their doors and sending their employees home.
Packin’ Meat: Long-Term Preservation Primer
I am a hopeless carnivore. I love just about any kind of meat, but one of my favorite…