Rich Murphy
One of the classic survival situations is to find yourself lost in the wilderness somewhere. This may not be as exciting as a full-blown disaster striking, but it’s much more likely to occur. I’ve been lost in the mountains before, and while I wasn’t afraid for my life (training helps), I was concerned about what …
As parents, one of our prime responsibilities is to train and teach our children, preparing them for life. To at least some extent, that means preparing them for the problems of life. As people who are concerned about survival preparedness, we know better than most just what that means. So it’s only natural that we …
Many people look at survival as being about the supplies that you have; but, while supplies are important, ultimately the tools you have are more important. If all you depend on is your supplies, then eventually you’ll run out of supplies. When that happens, you’re sunk. There’s no other real option. But if you have …
If you listen to many people who talk about bugging out, it appears that their plan is to get out of town and head for the wilderness somewhere, living off the land. While I can see some definite advantages to getting out of town, especially in times of social unrest and general lawlessness, attempting to …
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Any disaster carries with it the potential for causing damage to your home. While the damage isn’t always critical enough to require abandoning your home, many people do so anyway, more because they are not sure what to do about the damage, than anything else. But your home is your shelter, as well as holding …
Planning for a disaster is a complicated business. There are professionals who spend their whole careers doing this, working for government agencies at all levels or even for large corporations. For them, it is a full-time occupation. But you and I have to do this ourselves, in what time we have available to us, if …