Summer Prepper Challenges 2019

Let’s face it; if we were to plan an SHTF event; there’s no better time for it to happen than the tail-end of summer.  Our gardens should be in full force; churning out food left and right; the threat of power outages have minimal...

Easy DIY Light Trap For Insect Pests

Dealing with unwanted insects is a problem that can be expensive to solve if one was to go the traditional route of hiring a pest control company. However, multiple cheap and effective DIY insect traps can often be built from materials that inhabit our junk...

Be Prepared for a Power Grid Outage

Anyone who’s lived in Florida during hurricane season knows that you can’t always rely on the power grid for electricity. Residents of Texas also know that it doesn’t take a natural disaster to take down the grid. During the summer; millions of air conditioners...

How to Secure Your Property

OK, we’re going to kick off this article on basics of how to patrol your property.  Sounds easy enough, right, I mean, you have two eyes and a brand-new popgun right out of Cabela’s, right?  And a licensed, approved, NRA-certified instructor at the gun...

Worst of Times Tend To Show The Best of People

“My faith in humanity restored”…”THIS is how Americans really treat each other”….”We see heroes and victims, we don’t see colors”….the images are undeniable, they are both heart-breaking and faith-restoring. This is the America we know, these are our neighbors and friends and our family members...

Things You Won’t Find in the Aftermath of a Hurricane

Before something like Hurricane Harvey, who would’ve imagined the kind of destruction that would literally immobilize a major U.S. metropolitan area for what could potentially be weeks if not months? Amid the images of loss and destruction, hurricane survivors know they must restock provisions to...