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5 Important Survival Skills You Need to Bug Out Successfully

Guest post by Peter Betts, The Survival Hacks Outdoor survival skills are not commonly taught, but they can potentially save your life especially during disasters. Imagine being forced out of your home due to tornadoes, floods or floods, you and your loved ones have no choice but to bug out for at least a week seeking external shelter. However, knowing the right survival skills is equally critical, as well as having the right survival gear. It’s often the case that […]

The Reality of Bugging Out

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Editor’s Note: A few months ago, we posted about What Really Happens in an Economic Collapse. Today we are looking at a real life bug-out situation. It is my hope we never have to evacuate our homes, but hearing such a story from someone who has been there gives us a glimpse of what it’s really like so we can better prepare ourselves. This post originally appeared in The Organic Prepper. What Bugging Out from Venezuela Is Really Like by […]

Build your Grab and Go Binder

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com If you haven’t done is already, now is a good time to build your “grab and go binder.” This is your handy document keeper that you keep in a safe but accessible place that you can easily grab in the event of a dire emergency and you need to run out of the house. If you’ve already got one, it’s time to review and update it. Lots of new documents may have been […]

Choosing the Best Tactical Boots for Bugging Out – the DOs and DON’Ts

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How to choose the best tactical boots for bugging out […]

Bug Out Bag Checklist: What are the Most Important Items?

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Written by The Tenth Man, A B.O.B. List What do they know that we don’t? For those unaware , it was reported in December of 2014, in both mainstream and alternative news outlets that the US Treasury Department put out for bids to purchase $200,000 in Bug Out Bags for over 3800 federal bank examiners. The story doesn’t stop here. Recently, the Federal Reserve put out a job request for Emergency Specialists with experience in emergency preparedness, Homeland Security directives […]

Super Simple Tips to Trim Ounces from your Bug Out Bag

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…think in terms of what you can do to include things in your BOB that can be used in more scenarios. This will help you trim weight off your bug out bag, making it easier to carry. […]

10 Biggest Bug Out Bag Mistakes

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com When I started being interested in preparedness, I read everything I could in books and blogs to find out what I need to do. For the purpose of this article, the bug out bag is the one you will take with you to get out of your home in a disaster, not knowing if you are coming back anytime soon. I had the strong desire to prepare all at once, and as soon […]

Why Books Should Be Part of Your Bug Out Bag

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Why Books Should Be Part of Your Bug Out Bag, Guest Post by Chris Are you prepared for disaster? Do you think you will cope if the ‘big one’ strikes tomorrow? If you have answered ‘yes’ to those questions you most likely already have a ‘bug out bag’, a pack containing everything that you might need in the event of a catastrophe; food, water and emergency supplies to last for up to 72 hours following the breakdown of urban infrastructure. […]

Don’t Become a Boiled Frog – The Need to Respond Appropriately to Problems

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It is said that if you slowly increase the water temperature, a frog won’t notice and will eventually and passively die in the pot. The following is a guest post from David Spero at Code Green Prep. Yesterday, Bernie wrote about Five Reasons Why You May Have to Bug Out Even Though You Don’t Want To. It is very important to realize that sometimes we need to bug out, but our inertia, our fear of change, and […]

5 Reasons Why You May have to Bug Out Even Though You Don’t Want to

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com One of the most hotly argued points in the prepping community is whether it is advisable to “shelter in place” or stay in your home or bug out when there is an emergency. Many preppers would readily choose to shelter in place to be close to their emergency supplies. Staying put would also be easier if you have no bug out retreat or destination. I say it really depends on the type of […]