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Being able to find a source of water and then having the means to purify that water so it is safe to drink is easily one of the most important survival skills you can possibly learn. The reason this is so is because water is the most important thing your body needs. While you can survive for as long as three days without water, you will begin to feel the negative effects of dehydration (such as headaches and exhaustion) in less than one. You may think that obvious water sources such as rivers, streams, and lakes are your best choices for...

If you have been a busy bee and stored hundreds of gallons of water in various containers, jugs and barrels; you are doing an excellent job. All of that work will pay off when the tap is dry or the water supply is contaminated. You never realize how much you depend on water until it is gone. Really, that is true of anything, but when you are talking about water, it is especially true. You cannot survive without water. You can learn to get by without other things, but water is far too important. All of the water you have...

I’ve seen the subject of bartering come up in prepping circles from time to time. In the event of any major collapse, the assumption is that money as we know it will be worthless. That’s not surprising actually, considering that what modern money is based more on the shared belief that it has value, rather than the money itself truly being valuable. In ancient times, money was made from gold, silver and other metals which were understood to have value. That gave it a universal value, which easily crossed national boundaries. After all, an ounce of gold is still an...

After a disaster of any kind, you have to assume the water supply is going to be contaminated. If the water is still running from the tap, you will need to purify it and/or filter it before you drink it just in case the processing plants are offline or some sewage or other toxin has entered the water supply. If the tap isn’t running, you are going to have to go and find water, which still demands you filter it before drinking. What if you are in the wild and don’t have a filter with you or you are at...

When the grid goes down one of the things we’ve got to concern ourselves with is heating our homes, especially those of us who live in cold climates. Of all the uses we have for electricity, heating is probably the most critical. If we are unable to use our furnaces, we will have to have a backup heating method or suffer the risk of hypothermia. Wood is the logical choice for most people, which makes sense, considering that mankind has used wood to heat our homes since the days when we lived in caves. Wood is plentiful in many parts...