The Winter Olympics in South Korea are quickly approaching and the safety and security of U.S. athletes has brought up the question of whether Team USA might not be in attendance. The fear for the safety of Americans and our athletes at the South Korean Games comes after a number of missile tests have been launched in recent months.

In the 1930s, the Great Depression was a time of starvation and survival for a large portion of America. Many survivors from those dreadful years hold on to a lot of the answers that they learned. In this day and age, most of us don’t live the tattered lifestyle that we have seen in photos from that period. If the depression were to hit again, would we be able to survive as well as our great-grandparents did?

Over the years, you have probably been told or read about several survival tips for when SHTF, but what are the chances ALL of them actually work? Not high. And they might just do you more harm than good! We are here to debunk these myths and set the record straight.

Over the past couple of weeks, we have all seen on the news about the devastating wildfires that have scorched Southern California. People have lost their homes and Southern California has seen tens of millions of dollars in damage, but it’s not over yet.

The holiday season is upon us which means long lines at the airport and potential delays. Traveling over the holidays is notoriously busy, expensive, and extremely stressful for you and your family, but traveling over the holidays doesn’t have to be all bad.

A pandemic is a virus or disease that affects a large number of people in multiple areas or countries, not to get confused with an epidemic, which is a disease or condition that affects people in a certain area. Pandemics can occur in a matter of hours and the threat of a pandemic in today’s world is very much real, are you prepared if SHTF?

With firefighters fighting the recent wildfires on the west coast, Wildfires are impacting millions of Americans Wildfires are a serious threat and in 2016 alone, wildfires have destroyed over five million acres of land. They can destroy a large area and can quickly get out of control, but, in most cases, you can prepare for these wildfires well in advance.

With recent events, many are wondering whether we could have a nuclear attack in the near future; and, if so, how do we handle it? Even more importantly, how do we survive it? The point of this blog is not to instill fear into our readers, but to instill a desire to survive. It doesn’t pay to panic, it pays to be prepared.

These days places we attend on a regular basis such as malls, concerts, nightclubs, churches, and sporting events are known as “soft targets” for mass shootings. Sadly, a term that was once only used in military settings is now in our everyday terminology. Soft targets are places that have lower security and larger crowds.

When people think of preppers they think of paranoid people that stockpile food and supplies that they might need if SHTF, but these are the people that would actually be in trouble if SHTf for real. Gear and endless amount of supplies are useless unless you have the skills to go along with it because things don’t always go as planned.