Who Will Be The Most Important People After Societal Collapse?
Do you have what it takes to be one of the most important or sought-after people after the collapse of society as we know it...
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DIY Preparedness: Cigar Survival Fishing Kit
Improving on a great idea is what I tried to do. The idea for my last fishing kit for my bug out bag came from...
DIY Preparedness: The 5 Minute Tin Olive Oil Lamp
Got a minute or 5? Last night I made an emergency lamp out of a breath mint tin, wick, and olive oil… in 4:41 minutes....
Spice Up Your Food Storage
As a wife, mother, cook, and gardener, I find that articles on long term food storage, are basic and practical. But when I study the...
Secrets of Successful Fuel Storage
One of the benefits of maintaining the Backdoor Survival website is that I am often asked to review various products of interest to the preparedness community. I...
Survival Signaling: How To Get Help In The Middle Of Nowhere
Being prepared for any emergency situation and being able to protect your family does not mean you always have to be the hero. Sometimes, the...
5 Ways To Shave Weight Off Your Bug-Out Bag
I`ve been trying to put together the perfect bug-out bag for a long time now. I kept taking things out and replaced them with lighter,...
10 Essential Items in a Survival Kit
Here is a list of 10 essential items which you might choose as a minimum to start with in any survival kit. Build from there depending...
Minimum Equipment For Standard Bug-Out-Bag
Many of the articles that I have read on various web sites are, in my not so humble opinion, not adequately addressing the equipment necessary...
Safest Water Bottles
If you’ve ever wondered what is the safest water bottle to use, here is your answer… By the way, you should keep several of these...
Survival Mindset
When preparing for the worst case scenario, most people focus on storing food, water, medicine, fire starters, and other survival gear. They prepare themselves in...
Should you get a Ham Radio License or Hide from the Government?
I remember cruising around some of the blogs I frequent last year I believe and ran into one YouTube channel from a guy who said...
Everything You Wanted to Know about the Prepper Movement but were Afraid to Ask
I had this thought as I was walking around the other day and wanted to jot down some answers to common questions I see asked...
How to Communicate During a Disaster
After a major disaster you can expect the power to <img style=”border: 0px; margin: 0px 5px;” alt=”How to Communicate During a Disaster” src=”http://urbansurvivalsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/communicate-during-a-disaster.jpg” width=”225″ height=”149″...
Have a Backup for Your Backup
There are a number of things that could go wrong in an urban disaster. What if your water filter breaks? What if your garden catches...
Useful skills and items for bartering after SHTF
There’s no way of telling quite how different life after a major disaster or serious collapse of society could be, but humans are remarkably resilient,...