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I’m sure that if I ever have to bug out, it will either be raining or snowing. Life just seems to work out that way. When things go wrong, they really go wrong. I mean, come on, if it wasn’t bag, I wouldn’t be bugging out anyway; and I surely won’t be going to the beach or someplace where my bug out will be more like a vacation than survival. The added difficulty of bugging out in wet weather is something I’ve planned for. I’d much rather plan for it and not have it happen, then not plan for it...

Making sure that you have a healthy stockpile of supplies is a critical component in a survival situation because it ultimately makes the difference between life and death. In a disaster scenario, the world around you will be devastated and will never be the same afterwards. Having all of the gear and supplies that you need ensures that you and your family have enough provisions to outlast the disaster from inside your own home. Stockpiling may sound like an intimidating, not to mention expensive, process, but in this article we will tell you the most important provisions to stockpile and how...

If there’s anything that says “survival” to most people, it’s the ability to start a fire. I know that might seem a bit silly to you and I, considering that it’s actually a rather basic survival skill; but the average American can’t start a fire worth beans. If you don’t believe me, check out the people in the neighboring campsites the next time you go camping, or a friend trying to start a fire in their fireplace. It can make for great entertainment. Survival instructors add to the mystique around fire starting as well, collecting fire starting techniques, like they’re...

In the first Hunger Games move, Katniss Everdeen, the main character, grabs a pack full of equipment at the cornucopia, before running off into the woods. Within that pack, she finds a hank of rope, which she uses to tie herself up in a tree to sleep at night. While I don’t envy her trying to sleep while sitting up, her sleeping in the trees has a lot to be said for it; but what she really needed was a hammock. Typically, when we talk about bugging out and sleeping in the woods, most of us think of sleeping on...

Solar power is one of the big three in producing clean and renewable energy, with the other two being wind and biomass based fuels. Solar power is technically the reason why the entire biomass even exists, so solar power should get some credit there too. Solar power is nothing new, with the first solar battery and panel being introduced in the early 1900s. Solar power has long supplemented our electricity, but until the demand for clean and renewable energy skyrocketed it wasn’t widely used. Solar energy now powers homes, businesses and even military bases. But how does it work? The...