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Trees are such a normal part of our life today, we don’t typically think twice about them. We look at them, think they are pretty or take a minute to enjoy the shade they provide, but looking at them as a means of survival is not typical. After life gets shaken up and everything changes, trees will take on a whole new meaning. Trees will be valuable parts of our survival after a collapse. When the grocery stores have empty shelves and the pharmacy is wiped out, you need a backup source of food and medicine. What’s that got to...

If you have done any reading up on survival, you have probably realized there is a lot of information to be learned. It can be overwhelming to think you need to read a hundred different books and articles in order to get the book knowledge needed to keep you alive after a disaster. Book knowledge will only get you so far. Hands on training is always going to be better. Unfortunately, that is a little tough to do when you don’t have special equipment to simulate a real-life emergency. Part of learning how to survive will be getting in the...

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...

There is a lot of talk about prepping to live after a huge event that tends to center around stockpiling food, water and guns. Some preppers do put some emphasis on stockpiling medical supplies as well. Others will attend training classes to learn from the experts about how to do basic first aid. However, these scenarios assume you are at home with your medical supplies and can take care of an injury until help arrives. Prepping for a medical emergency must include a contingency plan. What if your medical supplies are depleted or you are out in the wilderness without...

Generally speaking, we in the prepping and survival community focus on lethal weapons for self-defense. The general attitude is that if things are bad enough to warrant the use of a weapon, they’re bad enough that you’ll probably need to shot to kill. I mean, who wants to try and use a taser or pepper spray on a zombie anyway? This attitude mostly comes from the fact that we tend to prepare for worst-case scenarios, TEOTWAWKI events. But not everything we’re preparing for falls into that category. The people who survived Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma aren’t looking at a...