What should your gear do for you in times of need?
(Bugout.news) There is a name for someone who buys every piece of survivalist equipment that hits the market – a geardo (rhymes with weirdo). In the military, the moniker takes on a slightly different – and insulting – definition: A geardo is the guy (or, in rarer instances the girl) who deploys to Iraq or Read More
5 must-have solar items that you really should not be without
(Bugout.news) We all know that we should stow survival and preparation gear that is of higher quality, but one thing we sometimes forget is that our gear should also be versatile. That’s where solar-powered equipment comes into play. While in the early days of consumer solar technology quality was lacking, these days that is no Read More
Keeping litter, noise and light discipline in a high-risk environment
(Bugout.news) As your bugout experience continues into weeks and months following a societal collapse, you and your group will be forced to survive various challenges and hazards day-to-day. One of your most precious commodities, so to speak, will become security – that is, staying safe from marauding bands and hostile bands of thugs. As long Read More
Why Are People Creating Hundreds Of Places Of Refuge All Over America?
All over the United States, cities of refuge are being created. Now when I say “cities”, I don’t mean vast areas of land that can hold hundreds of thousands or millions of people. Rather, I am talking about much smaller places of refuge that can accommodate dozens or hundreds of people. In a few cases, Read More
Vigilance in a time of heightened concern over terrorism is important for improving security
(Bugout.news) In recent days we posted a story warning of the potential for dangerous criminal gangs to infiltrate the country from Latin America, due to the lax enforcement of our immigration laws by the current administration. But there is another danger as well, and it comes from much further abroad: Terrorists intent on disrupting our Read More
10 skills that will come in handy when society collapses
(Bugout.news) It’s hard to imagine what life is like in Syria, which has torn itself asunder thanks to a punishing civil war that has more factions joining in every month, it seems. If you take a look at recent photos of the country’s major cities, you will see that they have become bombed-out, burned-out shells Read More
The Obama White House just held an earthquake summit – the question is why now and are you affected
(Bugout.news) You may not have known but the Obama White House just finished up the first-ever “earthquake summit,” which brought together the country’s best seismologists and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. But why now and what areas of the country are most at risk are the more important questions. As reported by McClatchy Papers, the first-ever “Earthquake Read More
15 ways to prepare without spending one red cent
(Bugout.news) Despite news that the economy is improving and that unemployment is falling, most Americans know that life is not as easy or good as our political leaders want us to believe. In reality, nearly half of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and have little if any savings. With that knowledge, and with Read More
The weather-related chaos in D.C. proves once again why most of American society will collapse in a widespread crisis
(Bugout.news) If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the weather-related crisis that unfolded late last week in and around the nation’s capital, that should tell you a couple of things: 1) that all of your prepper work and survivalist training has not gone to waste; and 2) in the case of a widespread Read More
Keeping warm during a winter power outage: Five steps to comfort and survival
(Bugout.news) The cold of winter imposes special survival challenges to be sure, but you don’t have to be out in the wild, so to speak, for that to happen. You could be faced with a situation where a loss of electrical power would leave you and your family vulnerable. Winter imposes its special kind of Read More
