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What a Category 6 Hurricane Looks Like and Why It Could Be Right Around the Corner

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022Sara Tipton Comment

Hurricanes are getting worse and more severe. They’re bigger, wetter, stronger, and slower. Scientists agree that the 2022 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, spanning June 1 to [...]

Food storage tips and tricks for preppers

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020Zoey Sky Comment

Food storage, like learning and mastering various prepping skills, takes time and effort. To ensure that your survival stockpile has enough food to [...]

How to prevent and treat nutrient deficiencies during long-term disasters

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019Edsel Cook Comment

Nutrient deficiency is a likely and dangerous long-term threat during SHTF scenarios. Preppers and homesteaders must get ready well in advance by stockpiling [...]

Prepper Gardens – Vertical Expansion

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019R.Ann Paris 1

There are lots of ways to produce food, herbs, and medicines, whether we have small properties with just a patio or deck, or [...]

29 Essential Tips for the New Prepper: “Start Small. Develop Your Skills. Create a Plan”

January 23, 2018tpd Comment

Whether you are just starting out with prepping and are figuring out what to focus on first, or whether you are a veteran [...]

How Long Will Your Food Last After SHTF?

January 27, 2016June 19, 2019Pat Henry 2

One of the central pillars of preparedness is being able to feed yourself. Preppers focus some of their attention on stockpiling food as [...]

Back to Basics: How to Stockpile Food for Emergencies

January 26, 2016Pat Henry Comment

Last week I began a new series called, Back to Basics. As I said in my first article: “Why and How to Stockpile [...]

Bug In Contingencies

January 25, 2016Dr. John J. Woods Comment

Though Katrina hit more than a decade ago, I remember it like yesterday. Forty-eight hours before the pundits at the National Weather Service [...]

12 Prepper Challenges for the New Year

January 21, 2016Mike Turner Comment

What are the challenges designed to do? We all prep throughout the year, have our own goals, weaknesses and strengths in regards to [...]

The 5 Wise Men of Prepping

January 11, 2016July 29, 2022Pat Henry Comment

To approach any scenario in life, the 5 wise men give clarity, direction and purpose to the question at hand. The concept of [...]

Testing Your Preps – One Family’s Journey Into Darkness

November 26, 2015Guest Contributor Comment

Editor’s Note: This post is another entry in the Prepper Writing Contest from Marshall Prepper. Prepping is a combination of many disciplines but [...]

GridCrash: Instant Chaos, Just Add Code

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015Doc Montana Comment

With all the recent attention about cyberterrorism flowing from the popular media’s kitchen sink approach to journalism, I thought it an appropriate time [...]

Back To Basics: How To Make Sugar At Home

November 5, 2015March 16, 2016Theresa Crouse 1

One of the best bartering products when SHTF is undoubtedly going to be sugar. It will also be a great product to have [...]

The Six P’s and the Three S’s of Prepping

November 4, 2015Guest Contributor Comment

Prepping is more than warehousing freeze-dried food and ammunition for the onslaught of the zombie apocalypse. As a prepper, I’ve accumulated some insight [...]

Bug out Bag on a Budget

October 28, 2015Guest Contributor Comment

Editor’s Note: This post is another entry in the Prepper Writing Contest from T-Man. I want to first thank The Prepper Journal for [...]

DIY Water Well in a Day

October 27, 2015May 7, 2022tpd Comment

For anyone lucky enough to have a shallow water table without bedrock, a do-it-yourself driven well saves thousands of dollars compared to having [...]

The Ultimate Survival Kit for Bugging Out with Your Car

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015Dan F. Sullivan 3

The Ultimate Survival Kit for Bugging Out with Your Car What’s the best vehicle for bugging out with and what are the essential [...]

Fear and Prepping

April 25, 2015Brian Meyer Comment

What’re you afraid of? If you’ve ever talked about prepping to someone not of the same mindset when it comes to preparedness this [...]

Charity When SHTF: How to Give So It Doesn’t Hurt

April 4, 2015April 4, 2015Pat Henry Comment

Charity is a virtue that we all have to some extent. The amount of charity we are willing to dispense may have its [...]