Survival skills are techniques to ensure that your personal safety and basic needs such as food, water, and shelter, are met. They are not commonly taught but can save your life during disasters. Here are five skills that every prepper must possess, especially when bugging out. (h/t to ApartmentPrepper.com) Getting clean water When bugging out, you … Continue reading 5 Skills you just can’t live without when you bug out
Do you have these essential items in your survival fire starter kit?
Whether you’re camping or bugging out, outdoor trips require a crucial item — a firestarting kit. A well-planned kit contains several ways to start a fire so you can stay warm and cook outdoors. (h/t to ModernSurvivalBlog.com) Firestarting skills are essential to your survival, especially when SHTF. Ideally, you should know how to start a fire using very basic tools, … Continue reading Do you have these essential items in your survival fire starter kit?
Improvising while prepping: Everyday items that can double duty in an emergency
As a prepper, it’s important to know which items can be used as multipurpose tools when SHTF. (h/t to ReadyNutrition.com) Folding knives and multi-tools are handy, but the five items below have some obvious and not so obvious uses, which makes them the perfect supplies to have during an emergency. Grocery store vegetable produce bags Produce … Continue reading Improvising while prepping: Everyday items that can double duty in an emergency
Prepping for the unexpected on the go: 10 must-haves for your glove box
Any prepper worth his salt knows that you should have emergency supplies stocked in at least three key areas: your home, your office, and your vehicle. The latter is especially interesting since you can fit in only so much in so limited a space. Cars have trunks, motorcycles have under-seat storage, and pickups have truck … Continue reading Prepping for the unexpected on the go: 10 must-haves for your glove box
How to keep your survival shelter location secret: 5 tips to keep it undetectable
The rising political tension, the increasing crime rates, and the constant threat of natural disasters highlight the need for survival shelters. However, making one need not be complicated and costly. An article posted on the Survivopedia website shared a few tips for making your own shelter and keeping it under the radar. (Related: 5 Survival techniques you need to know when … Continue reading How to keep your survival shelter location secret: 5 tips to keep it undetectable
7 Reasons why preppers love activated charcoal
Did you know that there’s a type of charcoal that’s favored by preppers for its survival utility? (h/t to Survivopedia.com.) Also referred to as activated carbon, activated charcoal is generally charcoal that has been processed further in order to remove some of the material to make it more porous. At the same time, it is infused … Continue reading 7 Reasons why preppers love activated charcoal
Preppers chemistry: How to make your own activated charcoal water filter and hand warmers
Self-sufficiency is a highly important skill that you should strive to achieve for your own personal benefit. After all, you wouldn’t want to be caught unaware once disaster strikes. In terms of being self-sufficient as far as drinking water and personal heating are concerned, you can fall back on a little bit of simple chemistry … Continue reading Preppers chemistry: How to make your own activated charcoal water filter and hand warmers
10 affordable food and nutritional items you can stockpile before the big crisis hits
Second only to firearms and plenty of ammunition in a SHTF prepper scenario is daily nutrition: The ability to feed and sustain yourself for a long period of time, since you probably won’t have any idea how long the emergency will last and how soon “help” will arrive (if ever). So while you’ve no doubt seen … Continue reading 10 affordable food and nutritional items you can stockpile before the big crisis hits
Master these 7 basic skills before SHTF… or you’ll wind up begging the government for basic supplies
No one can predict the future and it’s not likely most of us will know when the next ‘stuff hit the fan’ scenario will occur, but we can make some educated guesses based upon experience and common sense. For example, for much of the country – especially the Midwest – we are approaching tornado season, … Continue reading Master these 7 basic skills before SHTF… or you’ll wind up begging the government for basic supplies
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 