Most people think of emergencies in terms of the disaster itself. They think about the wildfire, the tornado, the blackout, the flood, the civil unrest, the house fire, or the…

Pull up almost any prepper or survivalist checklist and I bet you will find food storage, water filtration, and medical supplies near the top. What you rarely see listed is…

There is a particular kind of person who reveals themselves during a crisis. They are not usually the loudest voice in the room, not the one with the most impressive…

Most preppers spend their money on freeze-dried food, water filtration systems, and tactical gear, which makes perfect sense when you consider that physical supplies matter the most in a genuine…

Both faith and self-reliance are more often expressed through the frequent day-to-day applications than the rare catastrophic ones. It is one thing to die heroically for your beliefs, but quite…

Wants vs Needs As the war in Ukraine ramped up, I was researching survival ordeals and one trend that I noticed, was that it was not uncommon, due to widespread…

In this line of work, I have had the pleasure of reading many books on why some people survive while others do not and researched thousands of survival ordeals to…

I’ve tested a handful of water filters over the past few years. Pitchers, pump filters, inline hose setups, even improvised gravity rigs using food-grade buckets. Some were decent. Some were…

Before the age of urgent care clinics, antibiotic prescriptions, and over-the-counter pain relievers, fellow humans were dealing with a lot of health problems. However, the most urgent conditions they had…

I’ll be honest. I did not buy Mushroom MD because I’m into trends or ancient secrets. I bought it because I do not like depending entirely on systems I can’t…