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The idea of building a survival team is nothing new. I’ve seen many an article written about how to put a team together and even written a few myself. Most of those focus on the various skills that you need in a team, without really going a whole lot farther. But when I look at the various survival teams that I know, I realize that there’s a huge gap between what people think their survival team needs to be and what it really needs to be. To start with, a survival team isn’t just about skills, it’s about people working...

Most people's home defense strategy is a bit haphazard and even a bit thin. About the farthest that the average person takes it is coming up with the weapons they are going to use and practicing a bit with them. But as for a detailed plan for dealing with attackers or intruders, that's sadly lacking. We need go no farther than the military to see the value of developing a comprehensive strategy for dealing with attacks. Every military organization in the world spends countless hours designing and perfecting strategies for attack and defense and then training their soldiers to perfection...

If there’s one thing we can count on in any disaster, it’s the loss of electrical power. Our aging electrical grid is highly susceptible to damage, causing disruption of electrical power anytime there’s a major storm, let alone some sort of major disaster. But in today’s society, we are highly dependent on that electrical grid for a number of things, one of which is keeping our home’s warm. On top of the risks caused by natural disasters, our electrical grid is recognized as a prime target for terrorism, cyber-warfare and even direct warfare through the use of an EMP. Any...

There's an ongoing debate among the prepping community about whether to bug out or bug in during a disaster. To be honest, I've straddled that debate myself, changing sides more than once. It's not an easy decision to make and there are a lot of factors that come into play. While I usually say that bugging in is better, there are exceptions. The question is, if we are forced to bug out, can we survive? That's why bugging in is usually the better option. There are just too many things that make it hard to survive when bugging out. Even...

One of the biggest concerns that most preppers have, besides running out of food and water, is protecting their home and family. The general consensus of opinion is that there will be hungry gangs attacking homes, in the aftermath of any major, nationwide disaster. Considering the small percentage of our population which is actually prepared for a disaster, that's not an unreasonable assumption. Hunger makes people desperate and desperate people do desperate things. This is one of the things that has fed the boon in firearm sales over the last few years. Granted, the majority of those sales have been...