Matthew Zornes

Start Stocking Up on Honey

Honey is one of mother nature’s greatest gifts and an important item to add to your urban survival cache. But it is more urgent that you acquire honey than most other items. Over the past several years the honeybee population has dropped up to 70 percent ... Read >

Urban Survival Gardening

You can store all the food in the world, but there is no substitute for fresh fruits and vegetables. Even taking vitamin supplements can't make up for the nutritional value of real food, and eating the same canned and freeze-dried meals everyday gets old ... Read >

Time to Buy a Generator?

That depends. If you are in a situation where war has broken out all around you, where financial chaos has led to food riots in the streets, or where a pandemic has made people desperate for any kind of medicine, then the last thing you want is a generato... Read >

Survival is a Mindset

When preparing for the worst case scenario, most people focus on stocking water, food, medicine, fire starters, clothes, gear and gadgets, among other things. They prepare themselves in every way imaginable, but they never stop long enough to prepare them... Read >

Where You Should Store Your Food

Before starting your food storage program, you should figure out where you're going to keep all that food. The conditions need to be right, there needs to be plenty of room, and it needs to be in a convenient place. Look around your home and find a place ... Read >

How to Stop the Bleeding

In an urban survival situation hospitals are likely to be either overcrowded or closed, so do not count on getting a nurse or doctor to help you if you're wounded. They will be too busy helping people more seriously wounded or hunkering down with their fa... Read >

Cooking Without Power

So you've stocked up on all the food you'll need after the end of the world as we know it. You've got wheat, flour, dried foods, canned foods, all kinds of food. But if the worst case scenario happens, will you still have power? There might be power in so... Read >

Water Storage – Where to Begin?

Storing water can take up a lot of space. If you have enough room and don't want to worry about hauling water back and forth from a pond, here's what you need to know. 1. Water is the nectar of life. Other than oxygen, nothing is more important to y... Read >

Sanitation and Hygiene When the SHTF

In most disaster scenarios, sanitation is a major problem. After an earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, in a war zone, or especially during a pandemic, your area will soon be contaminated with germs and disease. That means water, food, public restrooms... Read >

Fire Extinguishers and Why You Need One

Fires are a more common problem than you might think in survival situations. Most people will have to cook their food over open fires and many of them will not use proper safety precautions. And if there is no running water, sprinkler systems will not wor... Read >

Food Storage – Where to Begin?

If you're just getting started in the world of survival prepping, you're probably pretty overwhelmed. There is so much to learn that you could study this subject for years and still not be an expert. A good place to begin is with a basic, two-week supply ... Read >

How to Start a Fire With a Fire Plough

The sh*# has hit the fan and the power is out. Despite all warnings, you didn't stock up on matches, lighters, or a flint. It's getting cold outside, and you could really use a warm meal. What now? There are many ways to build a fire without matches or li... Read >