7 of the most important survival skills you should know.

Whenever you're planning on going outdoors for an extended period of time, it's always good to have a practiced survival skill or two up your sleeve — you never know when you're going to need it. There are a lot of different survival products on the market, but most of them are for convenience. The truth is, with some ingenuity and clever thinking, you can sustain yourself using little more than what nature provides.

All you need to survive in some harsh conditions is some basic survival knowledge — which we're about to lay down.

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10 Practical Tips for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

When the zombie apocalypse strikes, will you be ready? How can you prepare now to survive the undead onslaught? We got the inside scoop from the Green Light Anti-Zombie Squad, a group that's dedicated to protecting you from zombie attacks. Here are 10 practical tips on how to survive an encounter with the walking dead.

The Green Light Anti-Zombie Squad offers lectures and demonstrations to help you and your loved ones survive an army of the undead with your brains (and sanity intact). To ensure you'll make it through the zombie apocalypse, heed their simple tips.

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How To Build An Underground Survival Bunker From Scratch

Survival BunkerEvery serious survivalist dreams of having their own underground survival bunker. A haven where we can escape to in the event of an emergency – an underground shelter where you can take refuge.

Whether you call it a survival bunker, an apocalyptic bunker, a bomb shelter, nuclear shelter or fallout shelter…it’s a place you can survive (typically underground) with plenty of clean air, fresh water, and food in times epic disaster.

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The Key To Disaster Survival? Friends And Neighbors

"It was a neighbor who knew that we had no idea of the realities of the Gulf Coast life,"said Aldrich, who is now a political scientist at Purdue University in Indiana. He "knocked on our door very late at night, around midnight on Saturday night, and said, Look you've got small kids- you should really leave."

The knock on the door was to prove prophetic. It changed the course of Aldrich's research and, in turn, is changing the way many experts now think about disaster preparedness.
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The 3 things you will always need in an Urban Survival situation!

WTSHTF maybe you are prepared for an extended survival scenario away from civilization, but you have to get out of the city first (maybe). In a disaster situation that might not be so easy. If you have these three things in place you will greatly increase your chances.

1. Get Home Bag (GHB)

Imagine for a minute that you work downtown in a large city, maybe you ride the subway or take a bus to work everyday. You are in a large office building with many floors, thousands of people, and you are on the fifteen or twentieth story. If a disaster strikes how are you going to get out? I mean literally. If there is an earthquake, or a catastrophic man made event how are you going to get out of your building? How are you going to get down the street? How are you going to get home? Do you want to be one of the people covered in dust wandering around in shock? I sure don’t.

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How to Survive in the Wilderness!

Humans are a resilient species. We’ve managed to adapt to hellish conditions (have you been to Minnesota in the winter?) and thrive against all odds, dragging ourselves from caves to skyscrapers in a relatively short period of time

Just this week, 72-year-old Ann Rodgers (and her dog!) survived nine days in Arizona’s wilderness, reportedly drinking creek water and eating plants. Rescuers found them thanks to a “HELP” sign Rodgers made out of sticks

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Basic Survival Tips Every Adventure Traveler Should Know

Adventure travelers can find a thrill from spending time reconnecting with nature, regardless of their level of experience. Whether it's a day-long hike at a nearby forest or a week-long trek through the Andes, exploring the wilderness can be a fulfilling way to see a country in a new light.

All travelers, particularly those on their own, should take precautions to stay safe when hiking and be careful to avoid activities that are beyond their knowledge or experience level. Travel + Leisure talked with Megan Hine, a survival expert from whom Bear Grylls of "Man vs. Wild" takes advice. Hine gave us the low-down on finding water (Hint: Don't dig a hole in the desert), lighting a fire while backcountry skiing, and a few mistakes to avoid.

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Take a Peek inside the ‘Luxurious’ underground Survival Shelter community the Size of Manhattan

HUNDREDS of US families are preparing for “the end of the world” in an underground military bunker almost the size of Manhattan.

Vivos xPoint in Edgemont, South Dakota, is an underground survival shelter designed to provide a place to live for thousands of people in case of a global catastrophe, reports The Sun .

The former military space has 575 bunkers in phase one of the development, but will hold up to 10,000 people when it’s completed.

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Natural Disaster Survival Tips

Natural disasters come in all shapes and sizes. Hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding and landslides, forest fires, tornadoes, and many other disasters can present themselves unexpectedly. They all can have a major disruptive affect on our lives. Being prepared for these events can help you and your family ride out the storm and come out on the other end safely and better able to handle post disaster situations

Here are 10 tips to help you become more prepared for natural disasters:

For the possibility of flooding, have an axe and life preservers available. Stash an axe and life preservers in the upper story, or attic, of your home. Remember, most of the drowning victims of Hurricane Katrina were people who stayed in their homes and found themselves trapped by rising waters with no place to go. Many drowned in their attics, unable to break through the roof to the outside. A few bucks spent on these items ahead of time could save your life!

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Best Survival Tips and Tricks: Ultimate Guide List

How to create a thick fire signal

1.A combination of fresh pine and spruce leaves produce a lot of smoke, which is what you want with the signal. Start out by building a small fire using dry leaves, twigs, or other tinder.Collect the fresh pine and spruce leaves and compile them into a bow. When the fire is up and smoking, put the leaves over the fire, making sure to cover it

Additional things to consider:

Choosing the location - ideally, you want to build a fire on elevated grounds, such as a peak, top of a hill or ridge. Clear the area so that the fire will not catch onto nearby twigs/other flammables. If it's too difficult to clear the area of debris, then the next best option is to isolate the fire with stones to control the fire.

What creates the thick smoke? - Dry grass, leaves, pine needles, paper, wood shaving, small sticks are great for starting fires. To sustain the fire, you will need to find dry wood , full branches and anything similar that will provide a slow but long lasting fuel. To create more smoke; simply add living branches, wet leaves and even rubber materials.
Don't forget to thoroughly extinguish the fire when you depart your location or when you are rescued. The last thing you want to do is start a raging fire in the forest.

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20 Survival Tips You Must Know

These survival tips can help you avoid becoming just another statistic. Accidents are the leading cause of death among U.S. men 18 to 50 years old, accounting for 37,000 of the roughly 148,000 annual fatalities. Some instances of unintentional death, to use the official term, are unavoidable—wrong place, wrong time—but most aren't. Staying alive requires recognizing danger, feeling fear, and reacting. "We interpret external cues through our subconscious fear centers very quickly," says Harvard University's David Ropeik, author of How Risky Is It, Really? Trouble is, even smart, sober, experienced men can fail to register signals of an imminent threat. Here we present 20 easy-to-miss risks, and how to avoid or survive them.

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Survival Tarp Shelters: Why A Tarp is one of the Best Things you Can Carry

When it comes to surviving a prolonged wilderness related disaster, one of your primary concerns is going to be finding or building a shelter. That’s why whenever I am doing any type of backcountry adventuring, I always carry some sort of shelter equipment as part of my gear bag. Should something go wrong, having the ability to quickly set up a shelter can mean the difference between life and death!

What Type of Shelter Should You Carry; Tarp or Tent?

I first started out, I would often carry a small tent system in my bag; but most of what’s out there is big, bulky, and doesn’t allow you to get the most out of your shelter. I wanted to be able to quickly deploy a shelter, and I wanted to be able to maximize its effectiveness depending on my unique environment or situation. A tent just wasn’t going to cut it.

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