Category: Bug Out / Evacuation
The Bug Out Dilemma for Those With Troubled Bowels
For most people I would assume this isn’t a huge concern–though it could turn into one for even the most “regular” among us–for others, however, it could be a big deal. I’m talking about making a huge switch in one’s diet for days on end while bugging out. Typically, the advice to anyone while bugging out…
One Problem I’ll Bet Almost NOBODY has Considered for Bug Outs in the Summer Heat
The other day I spent the entire day outside doing a bunch of different things from landscaping to cleaning out the garage and plenty of other random stuff. In fact, I felt like I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. 😉 Because it was hot and fairly muggy out that…
CONTEST POST: Eighteen Essential Items for Your Bug Out Bag by R.M.
A bug out bag is an item anyone who is even slightly invested in prepping should own. A bug out bag is a collection of things that should give you everything you need to get through the first few days on the road. You should be able to grab it in a minute, and it…
6 Reasons Why Bugging Out is a Bad Idea
It’s no secret that I feel bugging out should NOT be your first reaction to an emergency situation. After all, I’ve written an entire e-course about sheltering in place. In my opinion, you should stay put most of the time, and for good reason. Now, let me state clearly that I also understand there are…
How to Evacuate in a Matter of Minutes
As much as I’m a “shelter in place” kinda guy, I do recognize the need to be able to evacuate your home should the need ever arise. There are many, many reasons for doing so, including natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires to man-made ones such as a natural gas leak, and chemical spills.…
Wilderness Survival Skills to Keep You Alive – Part 2 of 2, by Jerry Ward
Shelter Shelter is needed to protect and regulate core body temperature; 98.6F. The inability to regulate core temp will lead to death through either hypothermia or hyperthermia. Without spending a lot of time on these conditions, suffice to say that a body temperature swing by roughly 10 degrees in either direction will kill you. Look…
Wilderness Survival Skills to Keep You Alive – Part 1 of 2, by Jerry Ward
Wilderness Survival! The phrase conjures up visions of plane crashes in the deserts of Africa, shipwrecks in the South Pacific, tragic miscalculations of direction in the South America rainforest, and expeditions gone wrong in the Arctic. While these situations are all found in the annals of history and plausible, the bulk of survival situations befall…
