Category: Equipment / Supplies
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17 Survival Items You Should Have in Your Garage
If you have an attached garage on your house, you probably use it for one of three things — parking your car, working on your hobby, or storing the junk that won’t fit in the rest of your house but that you just can’t bear to part with yet. While these are all viable options…
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Renewable Energy Solutions for Preppers
Being a prepper means preparing for any eventuality that could interfere with your day-to-day life, such as when natural disasters or other SHTF scenarios hit. And when things start to go pear-shaped, the first thing to fail is usually the power grid. So much of our everyday lives depend on electricity that without it, something…
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8 Efficient Transportation Options for SHTF
Regardless of what ultimately causes the apocalypse, a lot of things are going to change. Trips to the grocery store or the doctor will be replaced with emergency supplies, farming, and first aid training. Moving from place to place won’t be as easy as hopping in the car and hitting the road, either. Transportation in…
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10 Pieces of Smart Technology Transforming Survivalism
At its most basic level, survivalism means overcoming adverse circumstances and staying alive. However, the term has come to represent different things to various people over the years. To some, surviving entails preparing for global disasters like famine, war, drought or even a zombie apocalypse. These survivalists often create safety bunkers and stockpile weapons, food…
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If I Had to Prepare in a Weekend
I know people are still having trouble in Louisiana because of Hurricane Ida, and I realize it’s too late to prepare for that, but it got me to thinking: What would I do if I had to prepare for a disaster in a weekend? Not necessarily a hurricane, but just to have something. At first,…
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How Alternative Currencies Will Influence Post-Apocalyptic Commerce
Imagine this: You turn off your radio, bolt your doors, and head down the road to trade a few gold antiques for a crate of canned beans and a barrel of clean water. These items will sustain you in your travels and can be traded for other goods and services — mainly transportation — along…
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5 Top Survival Tips and Supplies for Your Home
It is essential to always have the right survival supplies in your home at all times, especially for those staying in places where natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, and wildfire are common. Remember that a disaster does not always send you a memo! Disasters often strike without warning, so you need to have…
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The Ultimate Family Go Bag
While I have my own ideas of what should go in a bug out bag, I’m surprised to see just how similar our thinking is when it comes to creating a bug out bag for “normal” people, that is, family and particularly young children. The fact that he’s opted to select bright colors for the…
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Food Buckets and Canning Scams?
I think the lesson here is to be careful where you buy from. Just because it sounds like a deal that’s too good to be true then, well, it probably is!