The Day We Stamped Our Fate for LibertyThe Day We Stamped Our Fate for Liberty Tomorrow marks the 252nd anniversary of a pivotal event in our nation's history. On March 18th, 1766, the British government repealed the Stamp Act of 1765....
All About Salt & PreparednessAll About Salt and Preparedness Salt has been valuable since the dawn of civilization. Many are familiar with the phrase "worth his salt." This has origins in the ancient slave trade, where slav...
Clutter is a Prepper's Worst EnemyWe all know preparedness is a journey. Journeys take time. Over this course of time, we add supplies and contingencies to our preps. We become more self-reliant, but we also have even more of a...
Lincoln's Journey - Lessons for Life and PreparednessThe above quote is one of my favorites of Lincoln's. It can be interpreted in many ways. Some feel it is an eloquent way of rephrasing the saying "Use the right tool for the right job." For tho...
The Only True Long-Term Survival Food Plan - Here's the SecretThe global food supply is a vast, complex and ultimately fragile system. For years, news of crop failures, shortages and contaminated foods have been making mainstream news. These disruptions have...
30 Million FEMA Meals Never Delivered - Urgent Bulletin to Prepare"Do not ship another meal.Your contract is terminated." This was the simple, two-line email a rep from FEMA sent to Tiffany Brown, owner and sole operator of Tribute Contracting. Shortly after Hurr...
When the Government Shuts Off the WaterImagine your local government telling you that the pipes in your home will no longer deliver water in a few months. That’s the reality for the nearly half a million residents of Cape Town, South A...
Off-the-Grid Solutions for Home or Bug-Out LocationsIn a crisis, we know that getting enough food is critical. Higher energy demands and stress only make us hungrier. But the electric power may be out or natural gas lines shut/cut off. So when it...
Nuclear Near Miss? It's Happened Before, Too Often“TO ERR...IS THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMANS.” If you read last week’s article on Starfish Prime, chances are you were already aware of the Hawaii false alarm that went out in the early morning hours Sa...
Starfish Prime: The First Major, Observable Man-made EMP in HistoryJust 5 days after Independence Day in 1962, our military put on its own show in the sky across the Pacific. In a project code-named Starfish Prime part of Operation Fishbowl, the Atomic Energy Com...
FEMA Admits It Is Broke, Cannot Provide During a DisasterThe First 72 Are On You In numerous statements to news media, FEMA head administrator Brock Long urged all Americans to understand three truths: FEMA is broke. The system is broken. If this is th...
More Volatility Means Increased Urgency to PrepareMore volatility means Increased urgency to prepare 2017 - A Monolithic Natural Disaster Year 2017 was a record year for natural disasters. According to an October report from the National Centers ...
