February 2014. Ice storm hit our area hard. I watched from my window as local authorities went door-to-door on our […]

In 2016, I spent $800 on a tactical bug-out bag. Came with everything. MOLLE webbing. Military-style pouches. Fancy water filtration

I spent $3,200 on freeze-dried food between 2013 and 2015. Fancy buckets with 25-year shelf life labels. Meals with names

Let me tell you about the most uncomfortable conversation I had with a fellow prepper in 2017. We were at

  I’ve wasted more money on survival gear than I care to admit.   In 2013, I bought a “tactical”

Back in 2014, I spent $600 on freeze-dried food buckets from one of those companies with the fear-mongering commercials. You

  I’ll never forget the night in 2013 when I opened a bucket of wheat berries I’d stored the year

Back in 2014, I made a mistake that could’ve cost my family everything.   I’d spent three months building what

Here’s the truth nobody in the prepping community wants to admit, and it’s going to sting: Seven out of ten

When I first read the Red Cross emergency guidelines, I was shocked—not just at what was on the list, but