Extra Stuff In Your Pack
Extra Stuff In Your Pack I do not remember when I had my first “survival pack”. I do remember that after World War Two…
SURVIVAL COMBAT
This article looks at several scenarios for combat by a civilian under survival conditions. SURVIVAL COMBAT,10-12
Disaster Preparedness Overview
Distributed as a public service by Live Free, USA An Overview of Why Personal Preparedness Is Important Today and the Various Levels of Preparedness Needed…
Always Carry a Knife
There is probably no single item that defines, establishes and sustains an individual’s survival, self-reliance and freedom potential more than the knife. The knife and…
Self-Reliance Overview
There is no question that the next decades will be dangerous to our lives and freedoms, but how we respond and adjust will determine the…
Will You Be Fit To Survive?
I am aware that I may offend a few “survivalist/preppers” out there by the following comments, but they are expressed with the best of intentions…
How will you know when the “Balloon Goes Up”?
My family and I have recently been talking about when the time comes that we may have to leave our home and “Bug-Out”.
6 months ago we purchased a mobile home, which during significant storms may not be the best place to be. We did however, decide on safe places to go during the event of severe weather and a way to contact members of our group, should we have to leave our home.
About 10 days ago, during the recent storms that passed through our area, we chose to bug out to a safer location. Through that ‘drill’ of sorts, we learned many valuable lessons and the amount of time it takes us to load all we would want if we had time to load everything “Pack light, Freeze at night”). However, the storm was predicted and we had a visible timeline to work within. It was quite clear and obvious when we needed to be gone.
While looking at other scenarios today, we are not always going to be so lucky in being able to forecast the coming ‘storm’. So the discussion must be had, I believe by all of us preparing for the future. I had become so focused on food storage, what to pack in our bug-out-bag, building our cache of supplies, etc., that I had not thought about the most important thing… When?
The One-Year Pantry, Layer by Layer
I just read a very informative article, (published March 13, 2013 on SHTFPlan.com) regarding the building of an ongoing long-term food storage plan. The stability…
Four Missions of Live Free Chapters
It has been a while since I made an entry. We were very, very buisy in September and October doing classes and meeting new people….
