Archive for the ‘Survivalist Preparation’ Category

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press   Original article here. SAN DIEGO (AP) – Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, [...]

That’s double the population of the United States without power. Are you ready? Here’s what happens when the grid fails. A lot of this is based on what happened directly after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and the human reaction to the situation. What to expect when the grid has been down 7 days. Two days after [...]

Recently, Washington D.C. and a lot of other areas have been without power due to weather. It looks like they’ll be offline for over 10 days! Without power, you won’t have the ability to: Keep perishable items cold Cook with anything that requires electricity Adjust your household temperature Pump water from your well Use household [...]

The military trains its troops with one method - repetitive drills. Muscle memory is where its at! Its super important that when a SHTF scenario happens, you and your family is ready to react – at least until things settle down. Here are your goals: Get to safety as quick as possible Make sure you have [...]

In the event that you have lost a member of your party and know they may be in some desolate location, it pays to know some basic search and rescue (SAR) skills so that you can go about finding them based on your training and organization. These are also useful skills to know in the [...]

As a survivalist or prepper you are trained to handle many different survival situations and do your best to plan for the unknown. The thing is there are SHTF events that are more likely than others. Thus, it makes more sense to spend more time training for those events than say a comet colliding with [...]

In the recent movie Contagion where a deadly infection spreads throughout the world a survivalist can take notes on the importance of preparation and the societal disorder that takes place as a result. Here is a basic synopsis of the plot: A business woman returns home from her trip to Hong Kong with a strange [...]