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LATEST ARTICLES ( 58 )

• Let the Sun Shine In - An Intro to Solar Cooking

  

  This is a guest post by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Any prepper worth his bug out bag packs light. You can minimize the need to lug cooking fuel if you master... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014

• A Chance for Free Food

  

  Yeah you heard me right.    We've teamed up with the American Preppers Network to offer you a chance to win a Legacy Premium 60 Serving Entree Bucket. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014

• A Fellow Prepper Needs Our Help

  

  One of the expert bloggers, the Orange Jeep Dad, who helped us with our getting started roundup has just lost it all.    His house burned down this weekend... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014

• Thankful That Preppers Are Still Nuts

  

  Image from BadIdeaTShirts.com Get one here The world didn’t end on Dec 21st last year.   The Yellowstone Super Volcano hasn’t erupted.   An asteroid has not... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013

• How I Got Started Prepping….

  I travel somewhat regularly for my job which means I spend a lot of time in hotels.   For me that means I tend to see a lot of late night TV without the... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013

• 45 Prepper and Survivalist Experts on Getting Started Prepping (Part 2)

  

  Welcome to Part 2 of our Prepper Expert Roundup. 45 Prepping and Survivalist experts weighed in with everything from simple lists to detailed essays all trying... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013

• 45 Prepper and Survivalist Experts on Getting Started Prepping (Part 1)

  

  Getting started as a prepper can be a daunting task. You’ve made the leap that there is “something” out there you need to be prepared for – whether that’s... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013

• Teach Your Kids and Practice Gun Safety

  

  Gun safety is clearly an important “skill” to have on your prepper checklist if anywhere on your list of supplies is a firearm.   I think this goes doubly so... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013

• Let’s Get Started Prepping Your Food Supply

  

  In previous posts we’ve covered disaster planning and prepping our water supply.   If we continue with the base of Maslow’s Pyramid now we need to address our... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013

• A New Look for a New Day

  I'm going to keep this update short and then we'll get back into our "regular programming" on how to be an Organized Prepper.I'm sure by now most of you have... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013

• How’s Your Prepper Posse?

  

  Photo by Bryan Rosengrant http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosengrant/ During one of this weekend’s #preppertalk chats, @FreedomPreppers coined a great term “Preppe... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• Water Safety & Prepper Skills

  

  This is not the post I was going to make today, but personal events on the 4th of July have caused me to change plans a bit here. We’ll continue my journey... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• 5 Tips for the Traveling Prepper

  As I’m once again sitting in an airport lounge waiting for my flight (home thankfully) I’m forced to wonder what if the SHTF right now? Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• The Day I Actually Needed My Preps

  

  I talked a little bit the other day about my start into the prepping life and today I’m going to cover what really pushed me right over so to speak. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• Getting Started With Disaster Planning (Part Two)

  This is part two in a series of posts about how to get started Prepping the Organized way (find part one here) So we have our ranked list of disasters we are... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• Organized Prepper’s Clean Water Checklist

  It’s time to finalize our water preps list. So far we’ve a) determined what we’re preparing for, b) determined our water needs, and c) learned about how to get... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• Organized Water Preps

  

  Let’s start with the obvious; having a steady supply of clean water is critical to life. Now, if you’ve followed along with my “Getting Started” blogs then you... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013

• How to Get Your Water Clean

  

  In my last post we talked about our water needs and storing that water, but that was all dependent on having a way to get clean water. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013