You are aware of the signs: civil unrest is brewing. Your gear is ready, your supplies are prepped and you’ve practiced your bug-out plan. You are good to go.
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The sun, a glowing ball of hydrogen, helium, and massive magnetic fields 864,000 miles in diameter is composed of six layers; three make up the sun’s “body” and...
Ask most people what they think of when they imagine a volcano eruption and they’ll describe red-hot lava sluggishly flowing. We’ve all seen the film clips of l...
Sometimes the worst begins on the most regular of days.
Imagine a family of four on a typical school day morning. They get dressed, eat breakfast, watch for ...
Bigger isn’t always better. Sure, a large survival kit packs a punch when you need it and has a great place in your emergency supplies collection, but it is jus...
You’re at the ocean. There is water. There is water everywhere but not a drop to drink. Or is there?
Are there any ways to get potable water when you’re stu...
The mountain passes have been snowed in for most of the month and restricted to local residents only, as the threats of avalanches have been on the minds of eve...
We’ve seen it a dozen times in the movies—the spaceship hanging in mid-air over the White House, or some other easily recognizable place. Then we see the aliens...
It's 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, and you can’t wait to get your weekend started. The office staff is pretty much non-existent, so you decide to bug out a few mi...
Emergency kits can be a mental crutch -- a piece of equipment that provides a feeling of personal safety; that feeling may reside in our minds only, especially ...
