Prepping

In this increasingly technological world, it is tempting to take our ease of communications – across any number of channels, using any number of devices – for granted. You want to find out information from someone, you want to pass on some news, you pick up your landline or mobile phone, write an email to send by computer, or – at a push – might even consider dropping your … [Read more...] about Communications During Crises And Emergencies

What are some of the images that prepping and preppers are most likely to bring to mind? Chances are you’ll be thinking of the lone survivor, with next to no stores or provisions, deploying his or her full range of bushcraft skills in the desert, a jungle, or some other remote wilderness. Imagination is rarely a good clue to reality, of course. The far more realistic … [Read more...] about Prepping In A City

In the modern world, proving your identity is everything. Identification documents are required by a wide range of authorities and service providers with access to your bank accounts and most other aspects of normal life dependent on proving just who you are. Since you are a prepper – preparing for any eventuality – what are you going to do if some natural or manmade … [Read more...] about How Preppers Recover Vital Documents After An Emergency

It makes clear sense that if you are under physical attack, your chances of survival are better if you’re one of a group rather than fending for yourself alone. A piece on the Sky History channel, for instance, gives the example of an attack by wolves being more effectively defended if you are one of a group. Survival psychology Serious, academic study has shown that – … [Read more...] about Group Prepping? Go It Alone Or As A Group?