A 400-foot deep well is useless without electricity. Here's how to choose, install, and maintain a hand pump or manual backup so your household keeps water flowing during any blackout.
Hygiene failures kill more people in a prolonged crisis than violence does. Learn to render fat, make lye soap, mix bleach solutions, and stockpile the raw materials that keep your family clean.
Salt preserves meat, keeps you alive in the heat, and has been traded like currency for 3,000 years. Here's how much to stockpile, which types to buy, and how to store it forever.
Babies can't wait for the supply chain to recover. Here's how to build a rotating stockpile of formula, diapers, baby food, and sanitation gear that carries an infant through months of crisis.
Bulk rice and beans only last decades if you package them right. Here's how to use Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, and food-grade buckets to build a stockpile that survives 25 years.
Mushrooms grow in closets, basements, and shady corners where nothing else will — producing protein-rich food in weeks. Here's how to start growing them before you need them.
Ammo is the one prep that disappears from shelves first and never comes back cheap. Learn how to store it against moisture and heat, rotate it properly, and reload your own brass when the supply chain fails.
When the grid fails, darkness arrives fast and brings injuries, fear, and lost productivity with it. Here are seven layered emergency lighting options that keep your home safe and functional for weeks.
Living or working above the tenth floor changes every rule of emergency planning. Here's how to survive a high-rise blackout, fire, or evacuation when the elevators die and the water stops.
A stockpile you can't track is a stockpile you can't trust. Learn how to label, log, rotate, and audit your emergency supplies so nothing expires, spoils, or goes missing before you need it.
Insurance claims, identity, medical history, and property ownership all live on paper. Here's how to assemble a waterproof, fireproof emergency document kit you can grab in 60 seconds.
Municipal water can fail from drought, main breaks, contamination, or grid collapse. Learn how to ration emergency water, reuse greywater, and keep your family healthy on a single gallon per person per day.
