Like animals preparing for winter there is a community of people that actually think hard about being ready for whatever life throws at them. These are "preppers" – a term that is often unfairly used ...

Preparing for the worst is hard work, but it doesn't have to be. We've compiled a list of the best prepper pantries and tips on stocking your own. From water storage to food preservation, we'll help ...

A Montana woman known as the “Housewife prepper” is helping millions of people get ready for emergencies and be prepared in the event of a natural disaster, conflict with a foreign nation or another ...

Doomsday prepping was once a concept people believed was reserved for conspiracy theorists and paranoid uncles, but fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is leading more and more Americans to plan ahead ...

A homeowner took to Reddit to provide tips on prepping for big storms and give others an opportunity to chime in. The user posted to the r/Preppers subreddit, sharing their storm prep checklist and ...

Doomsday prepping was once a concept people believed was reserved for conspiracy theorists and paranoid uncles, but fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is leading more and more Americans to plan ahead ...

In a world where the unexpected can strike at any moment, a growing number of people are taking the concept of preparedness to heart. Preppers, as they're known, have a knack for collecting items that ...

Do you have your “bug-out bag” (BOB) ready for when the “s*** hits the fan” (SHTF), or will you “bug in” for “the end of the world as we know it” (TEOTWAWKI)? This jargon is well understood within ...

In Arizona, groups like the Dewey preppers are ready for the apocalypse and for whatever might come after Nov. 5. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Thomas Gibbons-Neff reported from Dewey-Humboldt, Ariz., and ...

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