Body Armor for The End of The World, It's Not So Crazy Anymore
You’ve probably wondered about body armor, but you don’t want to admit it. What could possibly make you sound even more unhinged to your aloof, oblivious friends and family than to start talking about riot gear?
Collapse Means The End of Clean Drinking Water. Is There a Way to Prepare?
Most people probably don’t know the difference between ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis filtration.
Yes, Wipe Down Surfaces. No, Don't Hoard Cleaning Products. Try HOCl.
It feels like another lifetime, disinfecting mail and groceries.
If You're Preparing for Collapse, Don't Forget Your Survival Helmet
Baseball helmets have saved people’s lives during tornadoes.
In a World Without Medicine, These Plants Could Save Your Life
Things were already getting pretty bad.
Solar Panels for Collapse, Are They Worth It? Here's an Honest Answer.
A few years ago, we installed solar panels on our roof. It was a nice little setup with a backup battery and everything. It was at the very limits of what we could afford, but it felt like something we needed to do sooner than later. You could call this a privilege. Then again, we did this
We Could Have Much Better, Stronger Homes. We'll Need Them.
Unofficially, tornado season starts in February now.
You Can Survive a Wildfire. Here's How.
A wildfire often feels like the ultimate form of doom, but you can prepare for these disasters just like the others. And prepare we should. Fires pose an immanent risk across the U.S. now thanks to our destabilizing weather, and California offers us a preview of the oncoming hell state as our climate crisis deepens. I know too many people who’ve lost everything. I know people who never thought they would ever face a wildfire… who ended up having to evacuate.
We're Going to Have Another Pandemic. You Need Eye Protection.
We’re going to have another pandemic, and soon.
It's Time to Upgrade. (Again.)
Five years ago, I never thought I’d be shopping for gas masks to protect my family from industrial accidents on top of everything else.
Here's 20 Books On Prepping and Survival + Reviews and Recommendations
Every single day, you see more signs of collapse.
Can You Even Survive a Global Famine?
England just had its second-worst harvest on record. As far as I can tell, those records go back to the early 1800s. Wheat fell 21 percent. Barley fell 26 percent. Across the board, it was 15 percent. (The worst harvest happened in 1983.) Months of torrential rains wiped out crops. A new pattern has descended. The fall is too wet. The spring is too dry. The summer is too hot. That’s what a climate crisis does. It turns centuries of predictable weather patterns upside down.
How to Prepare for Water Shortages
There's an interesting section in Patrick Stewart's memoir where he talks about growing up in poverty in the 1940s. His family had bath night. They all bathed in the same water, once a week. During those earlier times, it was common to use that rancid bathwater one last time to feed any animals you had, or to water your garden or crops. If you're wondering what the future is going to look like, it's going to look a lot like that. There's a good chance that hot showers will not live in your future. They'll become a luxury for the rich.
Very useful. It may involve printing 😉