Recommended Reading
How to Prepare for the Coming Wheat Shortage
Wheat prices are soaring, and it doesn't bode well for your grocery bill. Here are some tips for managing the rising cost of bread and related products.
How and Where to Get Your Water After the SHTF
So you have stored food, great! But how are you prepped for water? And what would you do without the sewer system? Keep reading for answers and options.
What Kind of Prepper Are You? Guns vs Food
Guns play a role in preparedness, especially in this day and age. But where do they fall in your priority list? Before or after food?
How to Find Your Survival Retreat
Having a retreat is one of the ultimate prepper dreams, but you don't have to buy one, you just need to identify a place that will welcome you.
What Survivors Will Need to do After the SHTF
If you are lucky enough to survive the SHTF disaster that destroys society and our way of life, you will need these skills to stay alive.
How to Use a Generator During a Power Outage
As Hurricane Isaias heads towards Florida and the Southeast, we figured it was a good time to talk about how to use a generator during a power outage.
Prepping Articles
How Would you Spend Two Grand on Prepping?
If you had $2,000 to spend on prepping, what would you buy and why? Pete outlines some options and gives his recommendation.
Our Institutions are Politicized and No Longer Trustworthy
Its not just institutions like the FBI that are untrustworthy these days. You can lo longer trust your bank or other financial institutions.
Don’t let Perfect be the Enemy of Good Enough
Are you letting your pursuit of the perfect prepper gear, retreat, or plan stop you from achieving results that are good enough?
Why Won’t they Let us Chill?
Social media is turning us against each other by highlighting differences we would otherwise never know existed. We need to chill.
New Mexico Governor Bans Guns in Albuquerque
We must act to stop the use of so-called "public heath emergencies" to ban guns in New Mexico or it will be happening in your state.
Liberty Safe Company is Sucking up to Tyrants
What you can do to keep your guns and other valuables safe after the revelation that Liberty Safe Company has a backdoor.
Are you Prepared for a Partial Collapse WROL?
In the U.S., gangs are looting high-end stores. In Argentina, flash mobs are looting grocery stores. That may be what our future holds.
Quick and Inexpensive Additions to our Prepper Pantry
I've had enough of paying $3 to $10 for canned meat and turned to this inexpensive solution for my prepper pantry. Its about $25 cents per serving.
The Start of the Next World War
Will historian consider February 24, 2022, the start of World War III? Conditions seem ripe for the war in Ukraine to spread.
Are we Living in a Mad Max World?
Are we heading down the road to a Mad Max scenario? If so, what does that mean and how can we prepare for it?
Should Preppers Carry a Multi-Tool?
Lots of people carry multi-tools, but are preppers better off with something else, or should they not leave home without it?
Weight Loss During a Wilderness Survival Trial
We analyze a five-day wilderness excursion and uses it to discuss the demands and pitfalls of bugging out to the wilderness.
Are You seeing Food Shortages and Empty Shelves Again?
Are India's rice export restrictions and threats to Ukrainian shipping causing panic buying and another food shortage?
The U.S. is Downgraded Beyond its Credit Rating
The downgraded credit rating and tough economic times are a symptom of a bigger problem. As we head into election season, expect things to get worse.
The Value of Unpredictability and Having Alternatives
There is comfort in the same-old, same-old, but being predictable can also be dangerous. Add some unpredictability into your life and your commute.
Upgrading the Glock 48 for Concealed Carry
The Glock 48 is a nice gun, but it holds only 10 rounds and has a not-so-good trigger. Pete addresses both these issues.
Living Without Refrigeration: Annoyance or Disaster?
Our refrigerator died during the hottest week of the year. and took more than a week to repair. Here's how we handled it.
Look to Long-Term Water Needs at Your Retreat
When buying a retreat or a prepper property, think not only of today, but what we may face years or decades from now.
India Bans Rice Exports As Global Grain Shortage Looms
India has banned rice exports, sending shock waves through the global marketplace and threatening higher food prices.
General Stores are Great for Preppers
Being a well rounded prepper means more than food, water and shelter. Many of those additional items are available at our local general store.
What’s Better for Preppers: Canned Ham or Spam?
Which is better for preppers? Canned ham or Spam? Or are they so similar there is little or no difference? Pete evaluates both.
Stocking Up while on the Road
Pete does some stocking up while on a road trip and reports things in the real world look good, but people seem to be wound tight.
Don’t get Ripped off by Crazy Prepper Food “Deals”
You need to be an educated consumer to avoid getting ripped off when shopping for prepper food. Pouches of food are usually the worst buy.
Do you Need Bushcrafting Skills to Survive?
Bushcrafting and wilderness survival skills are useful, but is surviving in the wilderness really your best option after the SHTF?
Thank the Founders for the Courts
Thanks to a divided Congress, the courts are one of the few checks on the abuse of executive powers and government overreach.
Lessons from the Great Depression
The Great Depression was a bad time for the country. It changed the face of America. We can learn some lessons from it to better prepare ourselves for the future.
My New Carry Gun
Pete takes the plunge and goes with a 9mm and a pistol-mounted optic, proving that old preppers can learn new tricks.