Many of our blogs have talked about the four fundamental requirements for survival – fire, food, water, and shelter. Whatever you might be thinking about your need for water, food, and fire, shelter is, in fact, likely to be your most pressing, life-preserving need. Indeed, as we noted in our blog on the 27th of May, you might not survive even the first three hours in a hostile … [Read more...] about How To Build A Shelter
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Blackout Preparation
What happens when the lights go out? We’re not talking here about a sudden loss of consciousness – though the effects of a power outage can often have pretty much as unsettling an impact. When there’s a power failure and we lose electricity for any length of time, the blackout doesn’t just mean the lights going out. Along with the lights, we’re also likely to have the fridge … [Read more...] about Blackout Preparation
Setting Up A Prepping Group
Exercise good judgment, choose your group with care, and you could find that there is indeed safety in numbers. Safety is always going to be a primary concern if you are a prepper. It’s not only greater safety that a cohesive and well-led group can offer but also the advice, knowledge, experience, and camaraderie that makes all the difference when you are struggling to cope … [Read more...] about Setting Up A Prepping Group
Guide To Caching Supplies
You might have come across the term cache when it describes the short-term memory from which your computer can draw recently stored data. In its original and wider sense, however, the dictionary definition for a cache is any hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, or the like. Throughout history – the word was already being used in the English language in the 1700s – … [Read more...] about Guide To Caching Supplies
Prepper Food Supplies
At the first sign of any disruption to life as we know it one of the first things to happen is that shelves at your local supermarket are cleared by panicked shoppers. In some ways, it’s a reasonable reaction because having enough food in the house is one of the first thoughts to spring to mind when approaching practically any emergency situation. We are currently … [Read more...] about Prepper Food Supplies