Category: Bug Out / Evacuation
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Is Bugging Out Stupid?
While I moved the start time of the video below up about two and a half minutes, you could jump forward to about the 5:30 mark to get to the heart of the bug out talk. My comments follow below. Although the video wasn’t what I expected it to be (a discussion on the pros…
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Best Survival Ration Bars
As much as I don’t want to recommend you purchase survival ration bars for a few reasons, like they’re not as nutritious as you might want and not as enjoyable to eat, I recognize that they’re a favorite among preppers, especially for bug out bags. And while I’ve tried Datrex bars, Mainstay bars, and SOS…
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Hurricane Readiness: Peak Season is Coming!
Hurricane season brings predictable destruction year after year. Yet countless people still get caught off guard when storms approach (or they ignore the warnings). We’re technically two months in already with the 2025 Atlantic season is already forecast to be above normal, and predictions of 17 to 25 named storms. But the peak of the…
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Flash Flood Survival
A few weeks back, I wrote about the tragic Texas July 4th flash flood that killed over 100 people. That specific disaster got me thinking about flash flood survival because I don’t think I’ve written about it before. Surviving a flash flood isn’t really about what you do when the water is already rushing toward…
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Never Shelter-in-Place?
I started watching this video and almost spit out my water when I heard him say that you should “never shelter-in-place.” (I’ll call it SIP for short.) I though, “Are you kidding me?” But I was intrigued, so I listened for a few minutes, but became even more agitated. Watch the first minute and a…
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Urban Survival Guide: Why Your Actions Today Determine Your Fate Tomorrow
I was watching a video the other day that really got me thinking again about urban survival scenarios. When you live in a city or suburban area, the challenges of surviving a major disaster or civil unrest are very different than what rural folks face; I’m somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, which means…
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How Ancient Hunting Strategies Enhance Modern Survival
The well-known archetypal image of an ancient hunter, clad in animal pelts and wielding a rudimentary hand-crafted spear, might seem worlds apart from a modern individual braving the wilds. The finest advancements in technology inform modern survival techniques and strategies, whether that’s GPS navigation or tracking tools. Yet, these two worlds aren’t so different beneath…
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LA Wildfires (from a prepper’s perspective)
I’d imagine by now you’ve heard about the wildfires near Los Angeles. Here’s one of many videos from two days ago about them, though I’m sure you can find more recent videos today: Of course, there are many theories as to what’s happening, why it happened, who might be to blame, and so on. My…
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The Essential Survival Gear Checklist: What to Customize for Maximum Efficiency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 2023 National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness made a startling discovery: Less than half of American adults have taken the time to prepare for a disaster scenario. Do you fall into this category? If so, it would be worth taking steps to remedy this immediately. You’ll be glad you did…