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There are many shortages that exist in any disaster, post-disaster or emergency survival situation. As preppers, we try to minimize those shortages in our own lives, by stockpiling the necessary food, water and other supplies ahead of time. But stockpiling alone isn’t enough, especially if we don’t know how to utilize the things we are stockpiling. That’s why, after a while, so many preppers turn to educating themselves, learning new skills. Ultimately, having the right skills is more important than having a huge stockpile, although having the stockpile and the skills together is the best situation we could hope to...

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 clear about the human animal and disasters, it's that humans are unpredictable when faced with a crisis situation. Not only are they unpredictable to others, but unless they have a lot of experience in having been in repeated crises situations, they are unpredictable to themselves as well. If there's ever a time when we all need to be able to think clearly, it's in the midst of a crisis. Yet, that's the one time when we can count on the mind shutting off and going blank. This is largely due to the adrenalin that's flowing through...

In combat, reconnaissance is said to be king; find the enemy and don't let him find you. This provides the raw fuel for surprise attacks and ambushes. Knowing where the enemy is, what they are doing and how ready they are to attack is invaluable information for planners. With it, they can usually come up with a way to defeat their enemies; without it, they often become victims of those same enemies they wanted to attack. As a nation, we've invested a fortune in the ability to find the enemy and see what they are doing. Huge agencies in our...

For most people, bugging in makes a whole lot more sense than bugging out. Unless you have an actual survival retreat, prepared and stocked for your family to go to when the time comes, bugging out puts you and your family in a dangerous position, essentially forcing you to live off the land. While that might sound great on the surface, it's much harder than most people are prepared to manage. But bugging in has its own challenges too. While there are many advantages to bugging in, you can't expect things to go easy. The lack of services which we...