News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield
06/21/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Prepping for the unexpected on the go: 10 must-haves for your glove box
Any prepper worth his salt knows that you should have emergency supplies stocked in at least three key areas: your home, your office, and your vehicle. The latter is especially interesting since you can fit in only so much in so limited a space. Cars have trunks, motorcycles have under-seat storage, and pickups have truck […]
06/21/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Critical survival skill: Teach yourself and your kids situational awareness
The best way to get out of any bad situation is to avoid it in the first place. This is what makes situational awareness so essential a survival skill. In a nutshell, situational awareness is paying attention to your surroundings, processing what you’ve perceived, and basing your actions on your observations. Possessing a high degree […]
06/18/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Staying healthy after SHTF: Best hygiene practices
Even if you know how to build a fire or hunt for game in a survival scenario, it won’t mean anything if you don’t know how to stay clean. Excellent hygiene is imperative to good health. After all, in this sort of situation, you can’t just go down to the dentist for a root canal […]
06/18/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Researcher suggests using bats to help people living in arid places find water sources
Finding water is a constant struggle for people living in hot and dry climates. While some places are blessed with the occasional downpour of rain, others aren’t as fortunate. But according to doctoral candidate Theresa Laverty, this task can become easier if you keep your eyes and ears peeled for bats. Having spent 18 months […]
06/11/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Our ancestors survived on it: Hardtack bread is a staple survival food with a long shelf-life
Mention the phrase “survival food” and you’ll most likely think of foods sealed in #10 cans. Those are good and all, but the most they’ll last you are a few years. A true-blue survival food item is one that can last you the long haul, around a couple of decades or so. Impossible? Not at […]
05/11/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
A sneaky guide to building a panic room without your neighbors knowing
Panic rooms are investments that keep on giving. You can use them to securely store valuable prepping items, a place to hide your family should a home invasion occur, or make it your home base if a collapse sweeps through your area. But it only really works in any of these scenarios if it remains […]
04/19/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Warning signs that your wound might be infected with flesh-eating bacteria
Everybody gets a wound at some point in their life. Usually, all that’s needed to make it better is a bit of antibiotic cream and an adhesive bandage. This works for your run-of-the-mill scrape. However, in some unfortunate instances, that wound may actually be infected with flesh-eating bacteria. Just as the name implies, flesh-eating bacteria […]
02/17/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Quartz: An unconventional survival resource … tips for finding and using it
Save for geologists, jewelers, and glassmakers, the majority of us don’t give much thought to quartz. But we really should. It’s a mineral that, in the right hands, can become a practical and essential tool. How else could you describe something that could be used to start fires, tip hand drills, and serve as a […]
02/14/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Do you have a water contingency plan? What happens when your city runs out of water…
Water is a necessity, plain and simple. Human beings can’t go for more than three days without it. Unfortunately, water is also a finite source. As the looming water crisis in Capetown, South Africa, has shown us, water supplies can be depleted. No one in their right mind wants that to happen to them, but you […]
02/05/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Finding food in a famine: Tips for survival used throughout history
Nobody wants to experience famine. History has shown us that famine can make even the best of people do the worst things. Yet at the same time, scarcity has also allowed human ingenuity to shine. From nettle soup to bread made from tree bark, these are just some of the creative foods that the people […]
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