Came across this interesting article on the America’s Middle Class Crisis: The Sobering Facts. The first sobering fact is: “There are 8.5 million people receiving unemployment insurance and over 40 million receiving food stamps.” The first thing I think of is what do 40 million people do when there is no food to buy with [...]

Stopped at the grocery store earlier today for a few things, a few things always turns into $50. I noticed they had soup on sale 10 for $10. Really? A buck each for a can of cream of mushroom soup? It doesn’t seem that many years ago a can of soup was .29¢. I have [...]

Zombies are a great theme for a post apocalyptic world. There are websites devoted to zombie survival, zombie guns and how to kill zombies. But if you are preparing to take on the flesh eating undead you may be wasting your time. Or are you? There may be a different type of zombie you need [...]

Many people are aware they should stock up on food and supplies just in case, but most are not sure where to start, how much they need or what to buy. Others think they have to spend thousands for a years supply of dehydrated food so they never start. Others say they don’t have any [...]

Survival is about being able to take care of yourself when the need arises. Self sufficiency is the ability to provide for your own needs. Some individuals live a very self sufficient lifestyle. They grow their own food, the raise animals for meat, some make their own clothes. They may live off grid and provide [...]

This is a great article on 20 Reasons to Be Prepared for a Global Food Crisis. This is a great example of why you need to keep up with the daily news and what is going on in the world. If you read the articles in the links he provides it will become even more [...]

Some people have a knack for finding great deals and free stuff. Lady luck just seems to shine on them. Not so much with myself. Oh sure I get the occasional good deal but usually I am a day late and a dollar short. I spend a fair amount of time on Craigslist looking for [...]

Received a copy of Emergency Essentials current catalog the other day. While thumbing through it I came across a full page notice about Mountain House Cans: “Due to recent increase in demand Mountain House has asked all distributors to temporarily stop taking new orders for Mountain House Cans. Mountain House’s backorder is so large that [...]

Free is good. If you are interested in items you can add to your preps then check out your credit card rewards program. Most of us have a credit card or debit card we use on a daily basis. With most of them they may be tied to some type of reward program. You may [...]

What is your greatest fear? What are you stocking the pantry for? Why do you have a bug out bag? Why are you stocking up on survival gear and ammo? These are all good questions every prepper and survivalist should be asking themselves. When you get to the heart of the question it will either [...]