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02/14/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

4 Ways to secure your home from potential threats when SHTF

When SHTF, your home turns into your fortress. If you want to defend yourself from all kinds of threats during disastrous times, you must secure your fortress. Not only should you upgrade your home’s defenses, but you must also make sure that you and your family can stay hunkered down for longer periods of time. […]

02/14/2020 / By Michael Alexander

How long do you have to boil water for it to be drinkable?

In an SHTF situation, knowing even the littlest of facts can spell the difference between life and death. Or in a normal day, the difference between comfort and the constant need to go to the bathroom. (h/t to DoomAndBloom.net) Take water, for example. Despite its abundance in our surroundings, not every drop of water you […]

02/03/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Prepping for the unexpected: What to do before, during and after a sudden disaster

Every year, natural disasters kill around 90,000 people and affect nearly 160 million more worldwide. Just a few days ago, the Taal volcano in the Philippines blew out clouds of volcanic ash over 62 miles north, covering much of the island of Luzon, including the capital city of Manila, in a thin layer of ash. In the same vein, […]

02/01/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Protect your property when SHTF: Perimeter defense tips for your homestead

If your post-SHTF plan involves bugging in, you must consider how well you can defend your home against possible threats. This means you have to strengthen your home’s defenses. Adding surveillance systems, physical barriers and traps to your defensive perimeter is all well and good, but you must also consider your own personal armament. (h/t to SurvivalBlog.com) […]

01/24/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Think you can survive a volcanic eruption? Here’s what to expect

There are around 1,500 active volcanoes around the world today. Just recently, several major volcanic eruptions have occurred within the span of a few days. The Taal volcano in the Philippines just recently spewed volcanic ash over much of the island of Luzon, which includes the metropolitan region of Manila, home to over 12 million people. Their […]

01/24/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Prepping for a disaster starts NOW: 15 Tips to get you started

If you’ve been hearing all the massive disasters – natural and man-made – happening in the world right now and are feeling concerned for your safety, now is the perfect time to do something about it. An earthquake, a bombing or a hurricane are all equally terrible, but they aren’t insurmountable. Here are 15 things you […]

12/15/2019 / By Grace Olson

Practical prepping tips for retirees

Preppers consider many possible adverse events, like disasters, medical emergencies and even societal collapse, when they stockpile supplies and hone their survival skills. It is easy to focus on these things and forget a looming event that happens to everyone: retirement. (h/t to Survivopedia.com) Aging is a fact of life, but its effects are different […]

12/14/2019 / By Arsenio Toledo

9 Ways to turn your home into a fortress before SHTF

When SHTF, your home becomes your sanctuary, which is why it’s important that it becomes a fortress. The security a fortified home provides can increase your chances of surviving a disaster. Here are nine ways to reinforce your home against external threats. (h/t to UrbanSurvivalSite.com) Install an alarm system Just the sound of an alarm going off can […]

12/08/2019 / By Grace Olson

Survival medicine: Stock up on these items to prepare your home for a pandemic

Every time you turn on the news, there always seems to be a new deadly disease on the loose. These reports should be taken seriously. A pandemic can occur at any time and when it does, people’s lives will drastically change. People often interchange pandemic and epidemic, but they’re not quite the same. An epidemic […]

11/28/2019 / By Darnel Fernandez

The savvy prepper’s guide to surviving a long-term power outage

A power outage is one of the most challenging situations any homeowner may face. Society has grown to be heavily dependent on technology and electricity, with the latter becoming almost a necessity. Losing access to electricity can lead to adverse effects on everyday life. What’s even more unfortunate is that you don’t usually have control […]

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