7 STEPS TO SURVIVING AN APOCALYPSE (ACCORDING TO SCIENCE!).

     We spoke to an astrobiologist about the survival science needed to keep you alive, should you find yourself facing the end of the world, or worse, a herd of zombies…

     Okay… so it’s unlikely to happen, but it’s a fun way to picture all the different skills we’d need to survive. Where would you go? What would you take with you? Would you have the skills needed to rebuild civilization?

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Quote of the day.

 “ In a survival situation, it’s do or die. The one that take action, using knowledge and common sense live.”

Top Ten BEST Guns for Survival.

     Okay, okay, I kicked this list off with the Barrett just because. I don’t own one and I wouldn’t buy one, but I’ll tell you what, if SHTF, and you have one, you’re on my side.

      The sticker price ($3,000-$12,000) on one of these monsters is enough to take anyone’s breath away, but witnessing the colossal *POW* that this bad bitch delivers waaaay down range will also take your breath away. Nothing on the civilian market can deliver anything close to the *smack* of the Barrett. Consequently, there’s a growing movement in different states (mainly New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Illinois) to remove the .50 BMG rifle from the civilian market altogether. California banned it in 2004. So, if you have more money than you know what to do with, this could be a great investment. Buy a few and then sell them after they’re banned nationwide for 4 times what you paid for them. 

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The Importance of Being Prepared Before a Disaster Strikes.

     Disasters strike in every corner of the world, during every season, and on different scales throughout the year. Nonprofit organizations serve as key players during these disasters, providing aid and resources to those affected. Indeed, hospitals, food banks, human and animal shelters, and other nonprofits are integrated into most response and recovery efforts during emergencies.

     These events are often unexpected by their very nature, leaving little time, if any, to prepare. That is why it is so important to put time into planning and preparation long before the disaster strikes.

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How to Be Prepared for Anything.

     There are various ways to prepare yourself for what might come your way, whether that’s a tough work project, a crisis, the loss of a loved one, an argument with your partner, or the zombie apocalypse.

       One way is to get everything ready for anything that’s likely to come: get all your survival equipment, prepare your skills, plan for your work projects, get your affairs in order, think through your arguments, and so on.

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Quote of the day.

“it’s best just to focus on what can be done to prepare for the situation. You prepare for the worse, and hope for the best.”

Doomsday Prepping? No, How About Preparedness For Everyday Issues.

     There is a common stigma out there that the preparedness and prepping culture is full of doomsday preppers who are expecting the world to suddenly end and for all of us to be plunged into some fallout-esque apocalyptic nightmare.

       If you’re into that stuff, there’s plenty of those topics canvassed on Netflix and in Hollywood films. If you ask anyone I am sure they could provide a pretty compelling list of end-of-world movies as they’re quite entertaining. But they are not prepping, and they are not preparedness. Since starting on my own ventures in preparedness, I have been more involved in:

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Quote of the day.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. 

15 Most Useful Plants to Heal a Cold or Flu.

      In everyday life, things like catching the flu or the common cold are regular occurrences. The medical science and technology continue to advance, but these illnesses, which are found in any place around the world, continue to avoid any means of successfully curing them at the start. Today, like it was many hundreds and even thousands of years before, the same diseases are simply cured by allowing the body’s natural immune system to clear them out.

      However, this is often a long and uncomfortable period that demands a lot of rest and a bit of patience. Here, a lot of over-the-counter medication can help with the process of managing this condition and clear away some of the symptoms. Eventually, with their help to make things a bit easier, the same flu or cold and the person returns to the state of natural health. Yet, in many circumstances, a person might be under the same lack of access to any medication, let alone a pharmacy or a doctor’s office.

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7 Reasons Why NOW is the time to prepare (not later)

      On the grand scale of global stability, things are still fairly stable for the west at least. You can still go to the store and shelves are stocked. The calorie has never been cheaper to acquire relative to human inputs. Just think how much a bushel of wheat or 10 pounds of rice cost in the middle ages? How much work had to go into it?  I’m not saying I support all of what the agricultural system is doing, but as far as cost per calorie, it has never been better.
     

      It is a great time to stock up on dry goods, canned goods and other long term storables.  Even if you don’t have a lot of extra money you could probably find an extra 20 dollars a week or two to practice copy canning and double up on storing some things that your family actually eats.

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5 Types of People to Avoid After SHTF.

If you’ve never seen any videos by Serious Survivor, do yourself a favor and check them out. He makes great videos with high production values on a variety of SHTF-related topics.

      Recently, one video in particular caught my attention. It’s about the types of people you’ll want to steer clear of after a widespread disaster or during a grid-down scenario. If you encounter any of these types of people after the SHTF, there’s a good chance they will attack you and try to steal your supplies.

 

Quote of the day.

"Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by 

having NOTHING happen at all, or by having 

EVERYTHING happen all at once."