Situational awareness is a topic that often comes up in preparedness. It’s important to consider your surroundings. Things can change in a matter of moments. By being aware, you might be able to foresee any issues that might come your…
These Mistakes Can Ruin Home Security: Protect your family by avoiding these pitfalls
Editor’s Note: As Prepper’s, we are usually looking for some big SHTF event coming in and disrupting our way of life. However, it is more likely that your life would be disrupted by a more localized event, like a power…
An Open Letter to My Past Female Students Entering College
I started in education late in life. It was kind of a lateral move since my wife and I ran a group home for kids for 11 1/2 years. And although many of the kids we had in our group…
GRAPHIC: The Encyclopedia Of Burglar Types
Burglars: The Encyclopedia of Burglar Types [Infographic] by the team at Simplisafe This article first appeared on Ed That Matters. Get updates in your email when a new article is posted. Join the Newsletter or grab the RSS…
Black Powder Firearms for Survival
Todd’s Note: Not having a lot of experience with Black Powder Firearms, this article was very interesting to me. I’m happy to share this guest post. Alright, so this a subject that is a normally not talked about in the…
Rootin’ out the Raiders: Rural Homestead Security
Todd’s Note: I have some experience with losing items to theft at the family’s retreat, it led me to this! In this article, Lukas provides some basic, but important points to consider when thinking about your homestead security. Infinitely more…
School for Spies
Todd’s Note: I get a lot of InfoGraphics sent my way. Most never hit any of my sites. But every once in a while, there is one that I wouldn’t really consider, BUT, it is kind of fun. I mean,…
OPSEC:Privacy and Security on Facebook
Those of us in the Preparedness Community should always have OPSEC (operational security) in the back of our minds. This includes when you are talking about your preps, traveling out and about and even online. In fact, many preppers believe…