The Police and Military when SHTF – Friend or Armed Foe?

It is difficult to plan to live in a post-SHTF environment. More than anything, we have to know we're making blind plans. We don't know what kind of catastrophe we're going to face or what the post-disaster environment would look like. It's hard to...

Water Powered Hammer – DIY Tuesday

I built a water-powered hammer. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it. The hammer was made from a fallen tree. I...

Prepping for College Students – 6 Valuable Tips

No one likes to think about it, but disasters can happen anywhere, and that includes at college. If you’re studying away from home, it’s a good idea to have a plan in place; just in case the worst happens. How you view your own...

The Most Powerful Natural Antibiotics Known to Mankind

Before the 1920s, when penicillin was first discovered by Alexander Fleming, western medicine had no effective treatment for infection. Anything as simple as scraping or cutting may lead to an infection of the blood (sepsis) and to death. Since Fleming's discovery and with further...

Bug Out Bag Water Filtration Options

A critical prep that you have to plan for including in your bug out bag is water. When I first got into prepping, I had people saying that they would carry all of the water they needed in their bug-out bags. If you figure...

Easy and Adaptable Recipe – Bean and Rice Survival Soup

I wanted to share this bean and rice survival soup recipe, because it’s an inexpensive and easy one to prep, store, and make when you’re ready to use it. Once it’s in the jar and stored, you will only need water and heat to...