It has been said that without Waco, there wouldn’t have been the Oklahoma City bombing. I visited the Waco site over Christmas break.

During a tornado, cyclone, earthquake or fire, you may be forced to evacuate. You may be told to shut off your utilities to prevent more danger and damage, and let’s hope you know how to do it. If you don’t here are some instructions!

Tornadoes can occur any time the weather circumstances are right, and it doesn’t necessarily take summer temperatures. Learn what do to

Does this sound familiar? Somebody finds out you are a prepper or survivalist, and assumes you’re somehow…a little strange. But once they learn a few facts, they may change their minds. The next question may be: “What do I do to get started?”

Learning how to prepare food using old-time, pioneer methods is interesting and fun! But wouldn’t it be more educational if you got together with like-minded people to cook, try new recipes and learn from each other? Maybe you need to form a Dutch oven cooking club. Here’s how to get started!

You may end up  in a survival situation in an instant. It can start out very innocently… “Why are we walking down the middle of the street?” my girlfriend asked. I didn’t answer, being busy scanning the situation. She wasn’t allowed to hold my hand, or take my arm, in case I had to move [...]

Some survival items, if the quality is not compromised, should be cheap. This allows you to have multiple pieces of good, effective equipment, stashed in strategic locations, so you’ll never have to run short. This firestarter is a good example!

Generally speaking, if you haven’t learned survival skills by the time you need them, you won’t have time to learn! But this emergency management list from survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt gives you a step-by-step progression of what to do in an urban or wilderness survival situation from the instant you realize you are in trouble.

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What can you use worn-out jeans for? We’re talking about plain, 100 percent cotton denim, probably dyed blue or black, jeans. The idea, here, is to make the best use of this worn-out pair for your survival kit and there won’t be any waste!