Bugging Out, Bags & Kits

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Lindsey in PA. I am sure by now that everyone has seen or heard about the Swedish man who survived in a car for 2 months with a sleeping bag, and by eating snow. While there is still some question as to him being [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Beckie B As many of us are working on our bug out location, stocking food and water, which we all know takes both time and money. You might be working on living off the grid, solar, wind and water which again is [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Chonte F I am a stay at home mom to a 2-year-old little girl and while I have been through my fair share of snow storms and being housebound, I had never put any thought in what would happen if I had to [...]

Your EDC (Every Day Carry) is one of your most important survival tools, because it is the kit that you will always have available and on your person should an unexpected disaster befall you while you are away from your home, or outside your vehicle. Even though an EDC kit is a much abbreviated version of [...]

A guest post by Randall B [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] Preparedness began [...]

This is a guest post by AZ Rookie Prepper [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win a number of prizes including an 84 serving storage bucket of Wise Food Storage, 500 rounds of 9mm ammo, a NukAlert  a copy of my book The Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat and a copy of my [...]

“This is a guest post by By Firefighter Charles and entry in our non-fiction writing contest – where you could win $100 cash. (This contest ended on June 5 2011 ) the winner will be announced later this week” After I wrote my article in June last year called Transition to 7-Day Bug Out Bags. You [...]

“This is a guest post by Tom Tinker and entry in our non-fiction writing contest – where you could win $100 cash. (This contest ends on June 5 2011 so get busy)” A stream of thought examination of the preparations I have made and skills I have, or truly hope I do. Where to start? Ah yes…. [...]

This is a guest post by Frank B and entry in our non-fiction writing contest – where you could win $100 cash. (This contest ends on June 5 2011 so get busy) It was my goal to reach Ranch Road and be back home well before dark. I had the help of two able sons and our [...]