Blog Posts

• How to Leverage Social Media When Disaster Strikes
• Heard of Operation Dark Winter? Here’s Why It Matters Now.
• Grab and Go Emergency Evacuations Must-Haves
• Baking Soda – An Emergency Preparedness Staple
• How to Cook Beans in a Hole in the Ground
• Why a One-Year Food Supply Is Critical for Survival
• Achieve Personal Freedom This Independence Day
• I Talked to a Man Today
• What Little House on the Prairie Teaches Us about Preparedness
• 25 Ways to Use Duct Tape in an Emergency
• 3 Lessons From The Great Plague We Can Learn From
• Salt: The Survival Essential in Everyone’s Pantry
• 40 Reasons Vinegar Should Be in Your Preparedness Toolkit
• Survival Depends on Clean Water: How to Purify It
• Economic Survival Lessons from the Great Depression
• How to Prepare for Possible Meat Shortages
• What History Can Teach Us about Second Waves
• How to Make Bread without Yeast or Flour
• 3 Wins of Growing a Victory Garden Right Now
• What COVID-19 and the Bible Can Teach Us about Preparedness
• Kitchen Survival: Tips for Storing and Cooking Food
• Cooped Up: Activities to Keep Kids Busy and You Sane
• Things to Do to Entertain Yourself & Your Family While In Isolation
• 6 Steps to You Should Take for Quarantine Preparedness
• 6 Steps for Quick Quarantine Preparedness
• Top Preparedness Protein Sources
• What to Do If Disaster Strikes on Vacation
• 4 Off-Grid Laundry Methods
• Living like the Amish: Lessons for Life without Electricity
• When Quarantine Becomes Your Reality
• 4 Ways to Prepare for and Deal with Disasters in Urban Settings
• Disaster Preparedness for Women 101
• Ditch the Bleach: 6 Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide
• 2 Timely Reminders That Preparedness Is Still Critical in 2020
• Civil Unrest: A Glimpse Into 3 Current Situations and Applicable Lessons
• When Governments Kill the Internet
• 6 Unconventional Ways To Start A Fire In An Emergency
• Survival Lessons from the World War II Home Front
• 6 Things to Be Grateful for When Disaster Strikes
• Bomb Cyclones & Polar Vortexes: Extreme Winter Weather
• Celebrate Our Veterans with 3 Lessons from Past Wars
• Temperatures Are Dropping...Are You Ready?
• How People Got Creative with the PG&E Blackouts
• When Disaster Strikes While in Your Car
• What Is Ready Hour?
• Lessons from the Great Alaskan Earthquake & Tsunami
• 12 Unusual Household Items That Can Save Your Life
• Survival Cooking When the Power Is Out
• 3 Locations to Avoid during a Disaster
• What to Do during a Boil Water Advisory Order
• The Impending Mega-storm on the West Coast
• 5 Factors Influencing the Future of Food Security
• 5 Reasons Why Solar Energy Is an Ideal BackUp Power Source
• The Secret About Emergency Blankets...
• Hardships of Jamestown: 3 Universal Lessons
• Ebola Spreads in Africa: What Americans Need to Know
• Tales and Tips for Urban Preparedness
• The Coming Blackout: What You Need to Know
• California Earthquakes: What’s Coming Next and How to Prepare
• Key Disaster Advice from Survivors
• Survival Lessons from the Early Patriots
• The Coming 2019 Food Crisis… and What You Can Do
• Hiking Safety 101: Amanda Eller’s Story
• Tips to Ensure Financial Security During A Disaster
• Weather Spotting: Spot a Natural Disaster Before It Hits
• From Belgium to Japan: Nuclear Blackouts
• Survival Fishing Part 4
• 5 Ways to Purify Drinking Water in the Event of an Emergency
• Planned Power Outages: What You Need to Know
• Near-Earth Objects: What Every American Needs to Know
• The Risks on the Wasatch Front
• Lessons from Nebraska to Tennessee: Tips to Survive Flooding Fallout
• Living Through the Venezuelan Blackout: One Resident’s Account
• Surviving Venezuela: Lessons from a Country in Crisis
• 1,425 Days: Survival Lessons from Bosnia
• Stranded: 3 Epic Stories of Survival
• A Guide to Raising Your Own Poultry
• Surviving Valley Forge: 5 Takeaways for Survivalists
• Learning from the Past: Haiti, Mexico City, and Alaska
• Tsunamis: Are You at Risk & Prepared?
• Wildfires and Air Filtration: How to Safely and Effectively Filter Your Air Supply
• 6 Surprising Life-Saving Uses for Alcohol during a Crisis
• Gas Shortages: What Current and Past Crises Teach Us
• Sprouting 101: From Benefits to Growing Tips
• 6 Prepper Barter Lessons from History
• Earthquake Predictions and Preparedness
• 3 Cases Where Christmas Had to Fight to Survive
• 3 Major Nor'easters & What We Can Learn
• 2018 Disasters in Review, How to Prepare for 2019
• 6 Survival Tips from The Road
• Giving the Gift of Preparedness & Self-Reliance
• Survival Lessons from Squanto & the Pilgrims
• Lessons from the Northeast Blackout of 2003
• Cybersecurity Threats You Should Be Aware Of
• 10 Survival Lessons from the Great Depression
• Top 15 Preparedness Items That Disappear When Disasters Strike
• The Story Behind the Text from the President
• How to Prepare in the Event of a Volcanic Eruption
• The Woburn Water Contamination Epidemic
• 5 Hurricane Preparedness Lessons from History
• The Science Behind Solar Flares and the Grid
• Survival Lessons We Can Glean From Castaway
• The Influenza Pandemic of 1918: Using History to Protect Our Future
• Money Prepping: How to Protect Yourself from Fiat Currency Disasters
• 7 Survival Strategies to Teach Kids
• What’s Sheepdog Preparedness? A Deep Look
• Rolling Brownouts Are Back as Emergency Plans Kick In
• Personal Hardship Preparedness
• 5 Things Flying Taught Me About Preparedness
• Survival Fishing Part 3: Reading the Water
• The State of our Nuclear Preparedness
• A History of Hard Work – The Truth Behind Our Family Trees
• Remember the “Articles of War?”
• Most-Read Preparedness Stories of 2018
• Emergency First Aid and Medical – Preparing Ahead is Critical
• Part 2: Survival Fishing Tactics and Techniques
• Summer's Not Official Yet – But Crises are Already Boiling
• 2 Keys to Summer Fun: How to Prepare
• A Primer on Volcano Preparedness
• Hook, Line and Survival – Learning the Skill of Fishing
• Out In The Ocean & Deep In The Earth, Danger Lurks
• Preparedness Lessons from the Lost in Space Reboot
• Preparedness Lessons from the Boy Scouts
• Recent Black Swan Events: 3 You May Have Missed
• Special Report: Building a Culture of Preparedness
• Preparedness Wisdom from Ephesians
• Special Diets & Personal Tastes: Your Guide to Custom Food Storage
• The Day We Stamped Our Fate for Liberty
• All About Salt & Preparedness
• Clutter is a Prepper's Worst Enemy
• Lincoln's Journey - Lessons for Life and Preparedness
• The Only True Long-Term Survival Food Plan - Here's the Secret
• 30 Million FEMA Meals Never Delivered - Urgent Bulletin to Prepare
• When the Government Shuts Off the Water
• Off-the-Grid Solutions for Home or Bug-Out Locations
• Nuclear Near Miss? It's Happened Before, Too Often
• Starfish Prime: The First Major, Observable Man-made EMP in History
• FEMA Admits It Is Broke, Cannot Provide During a Disaster
• More Volatility Means Increased Urgency to Prepare
• The Story of Tilly Smith - What it Teaches Us About Preparedness
• Are we prepared for the next pandemic? An insightful look
• They Underestimated American Perseverance
• Salvage Today's Food Supply to Protect Tomorrow's
• A Discovery Older Than America Might Help Protect It Today
• You're Planning for the Future at Today's Prices
• Forming a Personal Plan for Nuclear Fallout
• Update: Get the Latest EMP News
• What is a Redoubt and How Does it Influence Preparedness Planning?
• Would my vehicle function after an EMP event?
• Tangible Wealth: The Only Way to Prepare in a Volatile Economy
• Without Practice, Plans Are Only Intentions
• Dispatches from Irma - The MPS Team in the Wake of Destruction
• Building a Stronger America in the Wake of Historic Hurricanes & Flooding
• Daily Bread: A Show About Thriving, Not Just Surviving
• The Truth About National Preparedness Month
• The "Black Sky Event" No One’s Watching
• Best Tips to Prepare for Off Grid Living
• Improvisation: When Plans (Inevitably) Fail
• Is Your Plan Water-Contamination Proof?
• Which Needs Come First?
• Practice: the Ultimate Preparedness Principle
• Weekend Without Power - A Quick Story & Challenge
• How to Talk with Friends and Family about Preparedness
• It Collided with the Earth: The Carrington Event
• It Was "The BIG One" - Look Out California, Midwest & Northeast
• Need Not, Want Not - The Top 5 Items to Hoard in Bulk
• Before You Brew It, Know What's In It
• What's the Worst That Could Happen? A Mom Prepares After Terrorism
• The Preparedness Prophet
• When Mother Nature Makes All a Fool
• Life-Giving and Deadly: How to Prepare for Water Contamination
• Looks Like the Power Will Be Out... For Years
• Preparing for If Chaos Destroys the Establishment
• 72 Hours From Chaos - Why You Need Seeds
• Why Billionaires Are Now Preparing
• Chaos Brewing? Don't Wait for the World to Boil Over
• What Presidential Promises Mean for Preparedness
• Learn From Those Who've Come Before: The Story of Patriot Larry
• My Patriot Supply - Self-Reliance Planner
• Merry Christmas: The Meaning Behind the Message
• Learn 4 Essential Survival Tips From Winter's Past - Including 1888
• One Simple Piece of Preparedness Wisdom
• The Godmother of Thanksgiving, Sarah Josepha Hale, Prepared
• What's Sheepdog Preparedness?
• Disrupting Your Food Supply - It's Easier Than Most Think
• Why Kansas is Preparing for Zombies
• Why Kansas is Preparing for Zombies
• The Truth About Gold-Backed Preparedness
• Check it Twice: Will You Forget These?
• A Black Swan Event May Be Near
• 1 in a Billion - A Chance Not Worth the Risk
• What To Do - $1.1 Trillion - Our Natural Debt
• 4 Tips for Patriots That Make the Most of Harvest
• The 9/11 Hero Who Saw it Coming - and Prepared
• Avoid This Pride Before the Fall
• Prepare for Adventure - A Unique Approach
• 4 Strategies for Sustaining Your Food Supply
• Shots Fired Were Made of Bread and Chocolate
• The One Survival Skill You Might Be Missing
• They'd Help You Too - Steve Callahan's Survival Secrets
• How Can We Lose an Entire Summer?
• The Hungry History of Washington's Army
• Fun Ways to Teach Kids Preparedness - Pass it On
• Food Storage Flexibility - See Two Great Choices
• Master These Emergency Food Cache Building Principles
• 3 Tips on Talking About Preparedness
• Save the Seeds, Save the World
• The 2 Essentials Needed for Summer Travel
• The Three Little Pigs & Preparedness
• U.S. Debt Default - Gambling with Our Economy
• The Right Preparedness Mindset Matters
• Crisis in the Big City? 2 Principles to Prepare By
• Preparedness Lessons learned from Race for the White House on CNN
• Dustin's Story: At Peace on the Appalachian Trail
• Special Preparedness Bulletin - Family Edition
• Must-Haves for a Barter-Based Economy
• Declare Your Food Independence in 3 Easy Steps
• Financial Myth-Busting from a Survivalist
• Disturbing Things People Do with Their Tax Refunds
• Survival Lessons From a Hollywood Movie?
• The Lesson That Transformed My Approach to Preparedness
• Preparedness Planning Advice - 3 Tips
• 3 Reasons to Grow a Preparedness Garden
• 3 Preparedness Lessons I Learned from Snow Storms
• Food Prices on The Rise Again (Pt. 2)
• Food Prices on The Rise Again (Pt. 1)
• Important Things you Need to Know This Week
• Opposable Thumbs? There's More...
• Christmas Riots? The History of "Merry Christmas"
• What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?
• Patriots Eating Dog Food? Read This Special Report
• Don't Get Caught Unprepared This Fall