Survival Knowledge

Because people around the world spend so much of their time in vehicles, if an EMP were to happen, there’s...

In an extreme and long-term survival situation, many items we take for granted today will be highly prized. If you...

ORAC stands for ‘oxygen radical absorbance capacity.’ It is a unit of measure to determine the antioxidant capacity of a...

No post-apocalyptic movie is complete without the stripped hulks of a few cars lying around. They’re the perfect disaster scene...

The quiet war that will be waged after any catastrophe will be that of an invisible killer. While the fires rage...

Prepping is about facing the future and whatever it might hold. For many preppers their priority is to make sure...

We all know the name. Its synonymous with crime and robbery. As you will come to see there was a...

by Chris Byrne Even though there are many different SHTF situations possible, there are general-purpose tools and equipment that every...

by C. Giurgi Earthen ovens have been in use for thousands of years and are made of a clay–sand mixture...

Modern surveillance technology can be scarily effective, and it’s getting better all the time. The first night vision device I...

This article takes into consideration only the effects of a nuclear EMP, not a solar flare. A solar flare would...

Technology shrinks. Technology becomes more and more available. This is a constant. We have started down a technological track with...

By Marc Stern Whenever there's a blizzard and super cold, it seems like stories always pop up of people marooned...

Whether expelled from the sun or emitted from a high altitude nuclear blast the electromagnetic pulse has become one of...

Foraging wild food requires practice, knowledge, and experience on your landscape. Notice I used the word your land. What you’ve...

Updated: 12 March 2025 Would you believe that this powerful propellant, that has changed the world as we know it,...

Today you’ll find some “little” survival tricks popular in the early 1900’s. 100 years ago Gallaher Ltd printed a short...

I can clearly see and feel the moment in my life when I realized just how vulnerable I was to...

When using ammunition to prep it’s good to isolate your preps to a few specific calibers. It’s better to stock...

By Michael Snyder. Is the prepper movement in the United States dying?  At one time it was estimated that there...

Tens of thousands of years ago, early humans established an unlikely alliance with another animal—the grey wolf. Over the last...

What does winter mean for your food supplies? Probably not much. You won’t see much locally-sourced fresh produce, but modern...

While many government authorities advise evacuating, in some situations it is vital to stay and protect that which you've worked...

When we think of survival and disaster preparedness the images most people conjure up are basically rural. Preparedness is all...

By Claire Winson Whether they came for land, seeking relief from religious persecution, gold, or driven by a sense of adventure,...

Once upon a time, root cellars were the only way people had to preserve their food. These wonderful cold-storage areas...

The modern world is filled with information from a whole range of sources. With smartphones and other mobile devices, we...

With a pressure canner, there’s a whole smorgasbord of foods that you can preserve safely.  Not everything, however, retains it’s...

Today the USA is the world’s economic and industrial superpower, but it hasn’t always been like that. In fact compared...

When you need to get out of town as quickly as possible in an emergency, not all vehicles are created...