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Having a well-prepared bug out plan is considered one of the staples of prepping. People talk all the time about building bug out bags, buying the ultimate bug out vehicle and even wanting to build that cabin off in the woods to use as a bug out retreat. But few actually have a plan in place. One of the biggest problems that most of us have is that we don’t have enough money to build that cabin in the woods as our survival retreat. With that big hole in our plans, it’s hard to put the rest together. Oh, we...

Regardless of what your survival plans are, they have to include a bug out plan. Even if your home is the best prepared, best fortified and best stocked prepping home there is, built just for survival, you might find yourself forced to bug out. There are just some things that nature can do to us, which can make anyplace untenable. Few of us have a really great bug out plan. That’s mostly because of cost. Without an actual survival retreat to go to, our options just aren’t all that good. Oh, we can bug out and we can probably even...

The single most important thing to stockpile for survival is water. Yet, if you look at most people’s stockpiles, they are woefully short on water. Oh, they’ve got water all right; but when you compare what they’ve got to what they need, it’s clearly not enough. Most of us have been functioning under the concept that we need one gallon of water per person per day for drinking and cooking. That’s basically true; at least, it’s true in a temperate climate. In a hot climate you can sweat out a gallon a day, so you need to drink more than...

One of the threats that our homes constantly face, especially in the spring or right after a rainstorm, is flood. Flash floods can strike in an instant and are very devastating when they do. When one does strike, chances are high that the power system in your town will go out and it will take several days if not weeks to get it up and running even after the flood has subsided. To be prepared for this, you’ll need a system that allows you to power your home until after the flood has ended and the power is back up. Fortunately,...

When we talk about defending our homes, there are usually two parts involved; passive and active defenses. Active defense are taking up arms and fighting in defense of home and family. This is the ultimate defense, as any passive defensive network can eventually be overcome. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have passive defenses in place. You should, because they will make it easier for you, when that time to take up arms comes. Passive defenses are mostly about making it harder for the bad guys to get into your home. To do this, we mostly concentrate on hardening...