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Keeping Track of Survival Information

It is important to remember that in a grid down situation, you likely won’t have ready and easy access to the Internet so all of those great articles you’ve bookmarked will be useless to you. On top of...

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Civil Unrest Preparedness

It has become increasingly common to see and hear news reports of riots, looting, and other forms of civil unrest in our cities. The causes are varied but the fact is, if you live or work in an urban...

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The Thermodynamics of Survival

Growing up, one of my favorite survival authors was Ragnar Benson. Over the years, I’ve read many of his books and enjoyed all of them quite a bit. Very knowledgeable, full of common sense approaches...

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The Importance of Document Storage

Perhaps more than any other point in history, paperwork rules our lives. Sure, we’ve made some strides in saving trees by using electronic media rather than actual paper in many cases, but the fact is,...

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Pick Your Battles

Part of the problem with becoming rather active with prepping and such is you sometimes find yourself butting heads with other people who don’t think like you do. Preppers, particularly those fairly...

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Pandemics

Pandemics are epidemics that cross national or international boundaries and affect great numbers of people. In other words, a whole lot of people living in a wide area have all been infected with the...

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Round Out Your Training

So, earlier today, I saw a post from someone on Facebook asking if anyone was interested in joining their survival group’s next “training session.” I clicked over to their website, out of curiosity if...

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Did Ya Ever Get The Feeling You Were Being Watched?

[Note: The following does not necessarily represent the views of Survival-Gear.com, the owners of it, or any other human being on the planet for that matter.] Rant mode is firmly ON. So, many news...

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Living Ready Expo Recap

If you didn’t make it to Atlanta this past weekend, you missed one heck of a good time! Here’s just a sampling of what you missed. –The great guys at Martin Knives unveiled the designs for the knives...

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New Virus Cropping Up

Various news agencies are reporting the findings from the World Health Organization related to a new virus they are calling MERS-CoV. This is a coronavirus, a group which encompasses the common cold...

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Living Ready Expo – Final Reminder

Just one last reminder that I’ll be appearing at the Living Ready Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, this coming weekend. This event marks the first official Living Ready Expo and is sure to set a high mark to...

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Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend is sort of the unofficial beginning of summer for most of us. Traditionally, it is filled with cookouts, family gatherings, and just having some fun. For our part, my wife and I have a...

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It Won’t Happen to Me!

The other day, I was perusing one of the more popular survival-related message boards. There was a conversation thread there that really made me shake my head at some of the responses. The gist of the...

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Stop making excuses

“I’m broke.” “I don’t have time.” “I can’t find anyone else in my area.” I hear these, and others, over and over and over. Excuse on top of excuse as to why someone isn’t prepping, though they...

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The Prepper Continuum

I’ve been doing this prepper thing for a long time now, roughly thirty years and counting. While I missed the heyday of people like Kurt Saxon and Mel Tappan, I did get started right around the time...

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Does it take a village?

I’ve been trading emails with a couple different fellow preppers recently regarding survival groups and such. The good, the bad, the ugly, and all that. So, I thought I’d toss the topic out here for...

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Scary things are afoot in NY

Let’s say you received a letter in the mail from your state level law enforcement agency and said letter commands you to surrender any and all firearms in your possession to your local police...

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Prepping Is Not A Spectator Sport

While I’m not a rabid, die hard sports fan, I do very much enjoy watching football. And if the victors are wearing green and gold, all the better. Either way, it is an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday...

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Using Fake Uniforms Post-Collapse

From time to time, I see this suggestion crop up on one or another survival-related forum online. The idea is to purchase or somehow acquire a legitimate looking uniform to set aside with your bug out...

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Happy Easter!

For those of you who celebrate Easter, here’s hoping you have a truly glorious weekend. We’ll do our egg hunt Sunday morning, then head over to my Dad’s and later to my in-law’s. For those of you who...

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