To be sure if T-SHTF there will be an initial period of extreme turmoil. Those who will have prepared in advance for the collapse will spend most of their time focusing on day to day survival activities. Securing and maintaining shelter, rationing food and water in addition to defending themselves from those who did not …
Tag: Survival
Dec 05
Altoids Survival Kit: Mine is bigger than yours.
I recently got caught up in the YouTube black hole (i.e. how did I go from gun reviews to fainting goats?) and found a pretty cool Altoids survival kit video. Drawing inspiration from that video I decided to try my hand at making my own survival kit, but with one catch: I would be starting …
Dec 04
How to make fire without matches
From Trailmeister.com Carry a small amount of steel wool and a good smoke alarm (nine volt) battery and also some toilet tissue, in case you need a fire. Stick the battery ends into the steel wool. The steel wool will short circuit the battery and turn red hot, thus causing the toilet tissue (or other …
Dec 02
Trash disposal after the collapse: Burn it? Bury it?
Once a week you set your garbage cans out by the street so that some anonymous hard working individual can come by and make them go away. Usually this happens during the wee hours of the morning and those loud mechanical/hydraulic noises cause you to wake up 30 minutes before you normally do, but hey …
Dec 01
Shipping container for an underground bunker, every Prepper’s fantasy.
If you haven’t thought about buying a shipping container and burying it in your backyard you probably haven’t been prepping for very long. Think about how convenient it would be to have your own personal bunker, outfitted with enough supplies to sustain your family for weeks or more in the event of some major catastrophe. …
Nov 30
SHTF Coffee storage, what’s your plan?
People love coffee, it’s very rare that I meet someone who does not enjoy a cup of joe. As a matter of fact I’m sitting here typing this while sipping on some of the cheap stuff purchased at the local grocery. Just go into any local coffee shop in the morning and it will …
Nov 29
The EMP threat, Microwave Ovens and Faraday Cages.
If you’ve read the book One Second After by William R. Forstchen you know all too well just how devastating an EMP attack would be if carried out on the continental United States. Mass chaos, horrific violence, millions of deaths and years to recover are just some of the hardships the book describes in vivid detail …
Nov 28
Add these books to your reading list.
Today I received two more books in the mail. How to be Invisible by J.J Luna and 31 Days to Survival by M.D. Creekmore. I have never even come close to considering myself a subject matter expert on any one topic and so I try to read as much as I can. I thought that …
Nov 28
Injuries after T-SHTF, are you prepared?
For your consideration, a short story. *** You don’t know much as there has been no real information put out for a few weeks now. All you know is that 2 weeks ago you were sifting through your mail after coming home from work and the power went out, and it has yet to come …
Nov 26
USGS Maps, valuable for SHTF
By Ranger W. If you found your way to this site you would probably love to be living in southern Idaho on 100 acres that is further separated by natural terrain barriers to protect your little family homestead from all the looters and crazies. If you are reading this you are probably far more like …
Nov 25
Tips for setting up your Bugout Bag.
Chances are you have a Bugout Bag ready to go in your basement with (at minimum) enough supplies to last you 3 days should you have to quickly evacuate your homestead on short notice. Besides food and water what you have inside your bag is usually based on some sort of generic packing list, slightly …
Nov 24
You might be a Prepper if…
Saturdays are good for relaxing, running errands, spending time with family and going down to the basement in order to marvel at your prep stash. I mean seriously you can’t tell me that you have never just stood there for 5 or 10 minutes after you completed your last inventory, just thinking to yourself: “oh …
Nov 23
Rainwater Harvesting FAQs, Tips and Resources
I’m currently working on my tertiary plan for obtaining potable water if T-SHTF. My first option is to rely on the municipal water supply, I figure unless things get ridiculously bad it should still remain at least partially functional. My second option will be to purify (filter, boil) water that I can source from a …
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