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Like most other survival authors, I'm a firm believer that most people should bug in, rather than bug out. My reason for that is that few people have the skills and ability to survive out in the wild. So, unless you have a well-stocked bunker (I don't like bunkers either) or cabin in the woods, bugging out is a risky way to try and stay alive. Having said that, I still think that everyone should have a well thought out bug out plan and make the necessary preparations to bug out. While that may seem like a contradiction, it really...

Of all the uses we have for electricity, keeping food cold is probably the most important use in the home. Keeping food cold, whether freezing or refrigerating it, is the most common method of food preservation in use today. We depend on it without thinking about it, much like many of the other conveniences we have in our modern society. But what if the power goes out? How would we keep that food usable? Most refrigerator/freezer units will keep the food inside good for about 48 hours, without power, assuming that the doors are closed. So that gives us a...

Bugging out is a popular subject amongst prepper blogs and websites. It's really no wonder that it should be that way. Many of us are dreaming of a world where things are simpler, the government doesn't have their finger in everything we're doing and we can live our own life, much as our forefather's did. We'd probably bug out today, if we could. What would you say if I told you there were several thousand people, here in the United States, who are currently living a more-or-less permanent bug-out? Would you believe that's possible? Would you want to do it...

With winter just around the corner, people's thoughts are turning to cold weather. For some, that might mean winter sports, such as skiing and ice skating; but for most of us, it means keeping ourselves warm, no matter what Old Man Winter might throw at us. According to the Farmer's Almanac, this is supposed to be an unusually cold winter, so we might want to be sure we are ready. Of course, modern society doesn't have much of a struggle with cold weather. We heat our homes, our cars, our offices and even our sports arenas, just to keep ourselves...

The world we live in is full of harsh environments, places where survival is difficult. For the most part, people avoid those areas, although that isn't always possible. When it is necessary to enter them, extra precaution must be made, in order to avoid any risk. By and large, the knowledge we have as survivalists and the precautions we routinely take to ensure our survival are enough, even in these harsh environments. But some environments create special hazards, which normal precautions are not sufficient to protect us from. In those cases, we need to ensure that we take the right...