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The Safest Places To Sleep In When SHTF

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by MICHAEL MAJOR

When we find ourselves in an actual SHTF situation, one of the first things that many of us will do is to either bug out to a secure and safe location or make our way back home.

Either way, it is possible that you could find yourself having to travel over a couple of days. This means that you will have to hunker down for the night.

The question is, where are the safest places to sleep when SHTF?

Things To Consider When Choosing A Sleeping Location

When you need to put your head down for a few hours of sleep, there are a few things that you need to take into consideration.

How to Build a Home Surveillance Plan for a Post SHTF, WROL Situation

Seven Key Elements Your Home Defense Plan Needs

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by David Andrew Brown

Home defense should not be taken lightly in these uncertain times. To be adequately prepared, you must have a comprehensive home defense plan that includes training, planning, and gear.

In today’s article, we will provide you with the information you need to improve your home and be certain your home defense plan is not faulty.

Recommendations to improve your home defense plan

HOW TO INSULATE A CABIN FLOOR AND KEEP IT RODENT FREE

6 Off-Grid House Plans for Your Survival Retreat

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by Tim Makay

Living off-grid is seen as the ultimate goal for many preppers. Reduced dependency on society, its regulations and its luxuries that invariably make you softer and weaker.

Quite a few of us want to free ourselves from the rat race entirely, living in a way that is much closer to what our great grandparents experienced.

Back then, it wasn’t cold survival, it was just called living, and this harder but a pure way of life is revealing itself today with ever greater appeal.

But making the transition from urban or suburban dweller with an on-grid, mass-produced house that is one step removed from apartment living to live full-time on an off-grid homestead is challenging stuff.

The list of prerequisites seems to be endless, not the least of which is what kind of house is suitable for off-grid living.

Space considerations, efficiency, best use of natural resources, and overall quality of life are all pertinent factors and if you are starting from scratch with no architectural experience you could be setting yourself up for wasted time, wasted money and dented dreams.

This doesn’t have to be you, however. In this article, we are bringing you six superb, ultra-efficient off-grid house plans that are well within the reach of any skilled DIY’er.

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How To Build A Safe Room In Your Home

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By Steve Nubie

It Seems Like an Extreme Measure, but For Many People It Just Makes Sense.

A safe room is a location in your home that you can retreat to in case of a threat. This could include home invasions, extreme weather like tornadoes and hurricanes, civil unrest leading to acts of arson and vandalism, or an intentional attack on you or your family for any number of reasons.

FEMA’s Safe Room Definition

Here’s how the Federal Emergency Management Agency Defines a Safe Room:

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