The Survival Mindset By Jim Cobb As many of my readers know, I love to talk about the mental aspects of survival just as much, if not more than, the physical preparations. The so-called soft skills like interpersonal communication, conflict… Continue Reading
Is the relocation option something that’s realistic for most people, or is it not? While we can’t answer if it’s realistic in your situation, we can without a doubt state that relocating with an eye on prepping is something that… Continue Reading
Call them bug-out bags or get-home bags or whatever else you want; they’re important. These bags are stashes of preps that you can pick up and take off on a moment’s notice with whether you’re home or on the road.… Continue Reading
“Normal, everyday” preps… the kind of things that “non-preppers” often do (as do many preppers as well). Sometimes we get so keyed up about prepping for The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) Stuff Hits The Fans… Continue Reading
Avoiding flooding is something many people don’t think about, but it’s such a critical prep that here at 3BY we keep coming back to it again and again. We’ve done articles in the past about flooding, including this one about… Continue Reading
Opinions on the perfect composition for a Bug-Out Bag (BOB) abound in Prepper-World. So do opinions on the toughest superhero. Similarity: The one perfect BOB and the superheroes are equally real. I spent part of my day considering this as… Continue Reading
Develop plans for SHTF situations Planning is a critical part of prepping. While implementing a plan can be expensive in money, time and resources, developing a plan doesn’t cost a dime. In our household, we develop and implement our plans… Continue Reading
Good latrines may be the difference between you and your neighbors surviving a multi-week or longer “Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF)” situation or quickly falling ill and possibly dying from dysentery, cholera and other fecal born diseases that hit third-world… Continue Reading
You get fired up, dive into a project, make great progress, but can’t quite finish it up right away. That last little bit though…it seems to hang over you forever, not quite getting to the finish line. Or maybe it’s… Continue Reading
Preppers frequently talk about what they should do under circumstances of “WROL” or “Without Rule of Law.” WROL means that normal civil society has collapsed and police and courts will not be enforcing order. It would be up to individuals… Continue Reading
Evicting squatters and trespassers post Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF) is a serious issue, and it’s one that 3BY regular Michael brought to my attention. He sent us a message a while back containing some interesting thoughts. I’m putting Michael’s… Continue Reading
Facemasks & respirators are terms that are often used by people interchangeably, but they are actually two different things entirely, and it’s important to understand what each does effectively and when they should be used. This article is ONLY focusing… Continue Reading
Epidemic (also known as pandemic) disease is one of the more likely larger-scale disasters we might have to deal with. One common aspect of such outbreaks is the erection of barriers to free movement during epidemics. How well do these… Continue Reading
I was training for a long ride, so Salty had dropped me and my bike off with plans to pick us both up a hundred miles down the trail. I was about eighty miles down the trail and the sun… Continue Reading
Home food production is one of the most versatile preps. It serves every situation from ‘money’s tight’ to ‘there’s no food that can be bought’. It also is a stealth prep and one that offers benefits even if there’s no… Continue Reading