Instead of making a bug out bag checklist for yourself, it might just be easier to follow some premade instructions that tell you exactly what you should be buying to get prepared for an emergency situation. The video below will do just that, and it’s pretty exceptional given the fact that it is really cheap
Source: Prepare a Complete Bug Out Bag for Around $200 by Mark Taylor via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Though the fast food chain Wendy’s isn’t really sure just how extensive the data breach is (at least that’s what they say), they’re advising customers to monitor transactions to make sure criminals aren’t abusing their cards. Along with credit card mistakes to avoid, this is yet another thing you should absolutely be aware of if
Source: Wendy’s May Have had Data Stolen by Roger Steele via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Though it might seem like a no-brainer when you hear that social media is ruining the amount of sleep that people get, it doesn’t change the fact that social sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are having a terrible impact on some users’ ability to sleep. Thankfully, this only applies to people who’re spending an
Source: Facebook is Destroying Your Sleep Patterns by Ryan Kilburn via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Though I get that you’re not a part of the Tribe to have celebrity news forced into your face like so many other websites, a recent near-death incident with Ellie Goulding could actually be a helpful reminder on keeping safe in harsh winter conditions. More specifically, don’t go driving across a frozen lake – especially
Source: Some Celeb News that Might Help You Stay Safe by Luigi Sintiago via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Though the 2015 tax season has only just begun, it’s never too early to start preparing for the next tax season. One way to impact your taxes owed all year long is to give money directly to charitable organization, a very popular one of which is the Wounded Warrior Project. The thing is, though, that
Source: Wounded Warrior Project Should be Off Your Charity List by Steve Massa via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Making the decision to apply for a CCW and carry a concealed firearm does not come without some major responsibilities. Even the slightest mistake while carrying concealed can have huge repercussions and being new to concealed carry is no excuse for making any of the following ten common mistakes. Even people who have been carrying for
Source: Don’t Make These 10 Concealed Carry Mistakes by Roger Steele via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
After a few weeks of issues with Ammon Bundy in Oregon taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, the whole situation is finally coming to a close. Bundy’s gang ended up on the losing end of the event, with Bundy himself now in custody as well as a number of his followers for probable cause.
Source: Protests in OR Finally Ending – More Arrests Made by FBI by Shane Turner via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
A man by the name of Samy Mohamed Hamzeh was arrested earlier this week for attempting to purchase machine guns. He was planning to undertake a mass shooting on a Masonic temple then somehow head to Israel and do something similar. Though the attack itself didn’t take place and the FBI arrested him, the detainment
Source: Another Mass Shooting Thwarted, However… by John Thomas via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
With the Fed announcing that they are not going to modify the current rate, the S&P 500 took a hit of about 1 percent of its total value. By saying that they are not going to raise rates, the Fed is pretty much saying to expect minimal growth this period (if not a decline) and
Source: Wall Street Falls after Unchanged Fed Rates by Gregg Hammon via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
You may already understand the basics of surviving in the wilderness like navigation without a compass and knowing what to bring for a survival trip, but the wilderness gets especially difficult when you start tackling more exotic jungle locations. To help you get started, this video offers jungle survival tips straight from Marines, and you
Source: Tips for Jungle Survival from Marines by Colby Wren via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Although the norovirus outbreak is isolated to a Maggiano’s location in Bellevue, WA, it’s still worth being aware of since the restaurant’s parent company owns so many national chains. Even with the remote chance that you might get sick from eating out at a Brinker restaurant (the most notable chain being Chili’s) or any other
Source: You Should Care About this Maggiano’s Outbreak by Steve Massa via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Youtube user JoeRobinetBushcraft shows you how to tie 3 simple knots that are perfect for camping.
Source: Simple Camping Knots by Jacob Mueller via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Canada – the great white north. Home of 10% of the world’s fresh water. That’s a huge proportion of the very scarce resource of fresh water. So you’d think that Canadians north of the border wouldn’t have to worry so much about water scarcity and the future of the water supply. Well… You’d be wrong.
Source: Water Scarcity Not Just a Third World Problem? by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
In this video Ray Mears is showing us how to sharpen your survival knife using wet “bench stones”. This will make a good knife razor sharp, so watch your fingers! We’re using bench stones from from coarse (800 grit), to medium (1200) and fine. This isn’t something you need to do very often, and it
Source: How to Sharpen a Knife Properly With Wet Stones? by Jeffrey Webb via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Water is an absolutely essential part of life. It’s basic, really – no water, no life. Why do you think they’re looking for signs of water so bad on other planets? But unfortunately, even water can threaten your life in certain situations. Untreated water used for drinking is literally a recipe for disaster. Be careful
Source: 3 Ways Untreated Drinking Water Threatens Your Survival by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
“Hoverboards,” one of the more popular gifts from this holiday season, are under pretty intense scrutiny right now since they keep, you know, catching on fire. Because of this, Amazon is currently giving hoverboard customers a full refund for the purchase. What’s somewhat odd, though, is that Amazon is still selling quite a few hoverboard
Source: Amazon Giving Refunds for Hoverboards Due to Fires by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
After putting a video online of getting caught in an avalanche, snowboarder Christian Mares is possibly going to face criminal charges. The video itself is frightening, but that’s not stopping the ski resort Sugar Bowl in CA from pushing to have charges pressed. The Placer County sheriff handed things over to the DA to look
Source: Video of Snowboarder in Avalanche Might Lead to Charges by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
How a Venus flytrap knows the difference between suitable food for it and inedible objects had remained a mystery for quite some time, but research scientists in Germany have discovered that it can do so because it’s capable of counting. It somehow monitors how many of its contact hairs are touched, then traps closed only
Source: Scientists Make Claim that Venus Fly Traps can Count by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Found guilty in 2002 for strangling and murdering Darin Honeycutt, Richard Masterson marks the first person in Texas to be executed this year. Considering his “better place” quote, though, it certainly doesn’t seem like the punishment was enough for someone who’s capable of taking another person’s life with, literally, his bare hands. What do you
Source: Texas’ First Execution in 2016 by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Along with El Nino beating the heck out of Southern California this month, the east coast is about to experience its own weather anomaly with a huge snowstorm. It’s looking like it will start in Washington D.C. where it should see record snowfall, then move northbound through New York. The National Weather Service described
Source: East Coast About to Get “Potentially Crippling” Snowstorm by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
You hear a lot of talk about water scarcity and a dismal future when it comes to fresh, clean, drinkable water. But just how bad is it? When you think about it in terms of the planet being 70% water it’s easy to think that it’ll always be in supply. But the reality is really
Source: Just How Scarce Is Water? by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Having a good water filter or purification system is a great idea. But it can be pretty expensive to get a really good system setup in your house. This Portable Water Filtration System Was Named Time Best Invention 2005 Here’s a quick way to make your own water filtration system that I found on SurvivalLife.
Source: A Great DIY Way to Build a Water Filter by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
This isn’t exactly fresh news – the problems with US-city Flint, Michigan’s water have been on-going for almost a year now. But it is now gaining national attention in the United States. In case you haven’t heard about this until now, here’s the rundown. Flint, Michigan – famed home of documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, 66
Source: There’s a Water Crisis Happening in Flint, Michigan by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Clean Water Is EverythingThanks for checking out our LifeStraw review for 2016 - we are going to give you the low-down on every major LifeStraw product we know about. Are they useful, safe, worth it? Read on to find out. But first... we all know that water gives life. You can go quite a while
Source: A Complete LifeStraw Review for 2016 by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
A proposed bill in Utah would set up a program which would allow middle school students to receive in class gun safety & active shooter safety training. The students would not physically handle weapons, but would learn ways to respond to a school shooting & active shooter incident, as well as what to do if they
Source: Middle School Students May Receive Gun Safety Training In Class by Roger Steele via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Take our poll to see if you know the correct action to take if you ever found yourself stuck in quicksand. After you take the poll, you can see how many other people know what to do in this situation. Quicksand is actually the combination of water, clay and sand. When your body is added
Source: What IF You Were Stuck In Quicksand? by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
In news that should surprise absolutely no one, government employees have been discovered posing as militia members in towns near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Their bad behavior with regards to local citizens makes us question their real purpose. It’s one thing to go undercover to implant law enforcement close to potential criminal activity, but it’s completely
Source: Undercover FBI Agents Posing As Militia In Oregon by Paul Stevens via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
You might have all of the physical items that you need set up for a bug-out scenario or a worldwide event, but there’s two major things that you absolutely need to discuss with your family and trusted friends before it’s too late: Your plan for emergency communications and where you all should meet up in
Source: Do you Have an Emergency Communication Plan? by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
If you are new to the prepper or survivalist communities, there are a few items that you need to ensure that you will have at least the most basic provisions should a catastrophe hit. The items discussed in the article below should be procured before you even think about getting anything else since having food,
Source: The Items Every Prepper Needs by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Whether you’re collecting rainwater or need to purify water while camping, water filtration and disinfection is a crucial step to make sure you avoid illness. In this video, Michael McQuilton from MCQBushcraft shows a few examples of water purification products, and describes the pros and cons of each.
Source: Water Filtration & Disinfection by Jacob Mueller via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
If you ever find yourself in a situation where you can’t make it to a clinic or hospital and you or a companion has a sprained ankle, you are going to want to know how to heal the sprained ankle fast. As long as there are no broken bones in your ankle, you should be
Source: Heal a Sprained Ankle as Fast as Possible by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
While the mega-wealthy there can avoid paying millions of dollars by holding bank accounts in other countries, you can actually benefit from you doing the same thing even if your tax savings are in the hundreds or thousands rather than seven-figure sums. While Bahamas and Switzerland are well-known tax havens that appear on the list
Source: Best Countries to Lower Your Tax Liability with Foreign Accounts by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Looks like the massively popular wearable tech bracelet FitBit is in hot water for supposedly giving the devices’ users wrong vital information. If you happen to use a FitBit to monitor your fitness, especially if it’s your heartrate that’s most important to you, you may want to hold off on using it until it’s proven
Source: FitBit Getting Sued for Inaccurate Readings by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Waterproofing your tools can be a valuable skill to know. It can help protect your equipment and save some money. One hour after staying inside bilge water and the cordless drill is still working! Watch the video here: While we don’t recommend you trying this in bilge water, imagine how effective this is against normal rain water.
Source: Waterproof Your Tools by Randy Smith via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
After watching the price of crude oil collapse by more than 65% to a 12-year low, there are signs that OPEC may have had enough. Nigeria’s top oil official and OPEC President Emmanuel Kachikwu said the cartel is considering an emergency meeting, perhaps as soon as next month. At issue is whether OPEC would agree
Source: Oil Prices Drop To 12 Year Low – OPEC Considers Emergency Meeting Seeking To Bolster Sliding Prices by Mark Taylor via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
After all the insane attacks that have taken place in Paris in recent history, the police in the French city have been understandably tense. Their tolerance for people doing idiotic things right now is practically nonexistent. With that in mind, it certainly seems like the guy who approached a Parisian police station while wielding a
Source: Wearing a Fake Bomb to a Police Station by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
First found on October 23, there has been a rather serious gas leak in Aliso Canyon, which is near one of Los Angele’s residential neighborhoods. Through the Christmas and New Year holiday season, thousands of families had to be evacuated. And, as of January 6th, Jerry Brown has declared that the underground methane leak is
Source: Calif. Governor Jerry Brown Deems Gas Leak an Emergency by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Bar codes – they’re everywhere. If you’ve traveled by airline in the last few years, you noticed that they’re used on everything from checking baggage to checking you in for your flight. They’re even on your boarding pass. So what do you do with your pass once your flight is over? Hopefully you don’t just
Source: Are You Making This Potentially Costly Mistake When Traveling? by Mark Taylor via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
When camping or in any outdoor survival setting, getting a fire started is critical. We’ve shown you things like 4 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches, and How to Start a Fire With a Gum Wrapper or Steel Wool and a Battery, and now were going to highlight Ferrocerium Rods. In this video, Michael
Source: Ferrocerium Rod Technique by Jacob Mueller via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
You hear the warnings daily. “Prepare for the next market crash” or “Financial Apocalypse” and worse. Some folks sincerely believe it will happen, some sooner than later. While others are just trying to sell you something playing on your fears. The CEO of Overstock.com Patrick Byrne believes there is a 10 – 20 percent chance
Source: Financial Collapse In the Next Few Years? by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
As one of the most versatile tools on the planet, paracord can be used to create hundreds of incredibly useful objects. Because of this extreme utility, paracord is one of the few non-consumable items that is as necessary as water and food. It can be used to make weapons, defensive traps, item carriers, pet accessories
Source: A Prepper’s Guide to 30 DIY Paracord Projects by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Not very many years ago at all, parachute cord was discovered to be one of the most versatile types of rope available – it’s remarkably strong considering it is also highly flexible and the texturing gives it great grip. It can be used to create toys, tools, traps and more, and below you will find
Source: How to Tie Paracord Knots by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Pretty much everyone who uses paracord weaves in any capacity has crafted their own survival bracelet. These paracord bracelets can be made using a number of different weaving patterns, and these various weaves aren’t merely aesthetic, they have their own uses which can range from holding items fully encased within the bracelet or using some
Source: How to Make a Paracord Bracelet in 10 Minutes by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
As you may already know, paracord as a survival tool can be used in an incredible number of ways. Not only does it offer great strength at a very light weight, the inside fibers can be stripped out and used for tasks that require more delicate line like sewing (including wounds if it really came
Source: Simple Paracord Keychain Construction by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
For many people, the word lanyard brings to mind a necklace seemingly made out of thick shoelaces and used to hold anything that’ll attach to a clip. Most of the time, attached to the clip on these lanyards will be an ID of some sort stuffed with some other papers or cash into a plastic
Source: Making Your Own Paracord Lanyard by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
If you have already used paracord to make smaller things like survival bracelets, keychains, item wraps, holders and lanyards, you’re probably ready to move on to a paracord project that actually offers a substantially longer amount of rope when unraveled. Weaving your own paracord belt is one of the more challenging paracord projects you can
Source: Weave Your Own Paracord Belt by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
This is one of the most credible doomsday scenarios we all have in the back of our minds. The eruption of the Yellowstone super volcano spreading choking ash and debris over the entire United States, causing the sky to go dark in a nuclear winter and essentially killing just about everything on the planet. Sound
Source: Cataclysmic Yellowstone Volcano Eruption Within 70 Years by Roger Steele via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
If it seems to you like you’re buying more – and thereby spending more on – gas when cold weather rolls around, you’re perceptions aren’t lying to you. Thankfully, there are a handful of ways you can help you vehicle reach better levels of fuel efficiency during winter, and the tips from the following article
Source: Your Car’s Efficiency is Dropping in the Cold by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
With over 2 million fans in USA. The famous Youtube gun reviewer was banned by Google after uploading Remington RM380 video.
Source: Breaking News: Famous Youtuber Hickok45’s Account Banned by Randy Smith via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Ecocapsule is an egg-shaped capsule created by a group of Slovakian designers. It is designed to let two people live a sustainable life “off the grid” for up to a year. The capsule is, as the name implies, eco-friendly. Ecocapsule generates its own electricity from solar panels and a wind turbine, where the excess power
Source: Ecocapsule: Eco-Friendly Capsule That Let’s You live off The Grid for up to 12 months! by Jeffrey Webb via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Hiking during the winter, when compared to warmer months, is a completely different beast. A joyful day spent by yourself relaxing under the sun and taking in the sights turns into what really amounts to a snow survival situation. The tips from the article below will help you make hiking through the snow a lot
Source: Stay Safe While Hiking this Winter by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean that you have to skimp on living green until springtime rolls around again. In fact, winter offers up a number of projects that you can undertake to have a smaller impact on the environment during the colder months. In fact, some of the tips will also mean making your
Source: Staying Green When the Landscape is Covered in White by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
For those of you in Southern California, you might want to seek out higher ground and spend a few days indoors if at all possible. This year’s “El Nino” weather pattern is proving to be one of the strongest ever on record, and the rain slamming into the likes of San Diego and Los Angeles
Source: El Nino Storm Pummeling Southern California by Rick Sunderland via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
The Hammonds and other private property owners stand in the way of total federal monopolization of natural resources and that is why in part we are witnessing an unprecedented land grab in the West. After the Hammonds are gone the federal government will be free to fully exploit natural resources on federal and “monument” land
Source: Is the Standoff On the Hammond Ranch In Oregon Really About Mineral Rights? by Mark Taylor via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
Business at the gunmaker Smith & Wesson is going gangbusters. On Monday evening, management announced that it was raising its guidance because sales had been unexpectedly strong. According to a press release, “the sell-through rate of its products at distribution has been stronger than originally anticipated, resulting in reduced distributor inventories of its firearms.” In
Source: Even Smith & Wesson is surprised by the red-hot demand for guns by Mark Taylor via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
If you have ever wanted or needed to know how to cut down trees safely using a chainsaw, then this video from Husqvarna USA does an excellent job of explaining all the ins and outs. Tree felling using a chainsaw can be a very dangerous task so using all the correct safety equipment is a
Source: How To Cut Down A Tree With A Chainsaw by Robert Holder via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
If it wasn’t enough that politicians run out in front of the cameras 30 mins after a major incident involving guns to play on the grief of other for political gain, our present President has now decided executive action is needed. Here is a story we will be following in the following days about his
Source: Obama Taking Executive Action To Control Your Guns by Christopher Koga via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
The citizens of several US states may soon find that they can’t use their drivers’ licenses to get into federal facilities or even board planes. Enforcement of a 2005 federal law that sets identification standards, known as “Real ID,” has been long-delayed. But now Department of Homeland Security officials say enforcement is imminent. The “Real ID” law
Source: TSA may soon stop accepting drivers’ licenses from nine states by Mark Taylor via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
One of the most basic everyday survival items you can keep on hand is food & water. It takes up a relatively small amount of space and you can store it on your person, in your home as well as your vehicles. However, having the right kind of food rations is extremely important in a survival situation.
Source: These High Calorie Survival Foods Could Save Your Life by Roger Steele via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
A detailed video on a semi permanent camp construction designed to be lived in for a long duration, from MCQBushcraft.
Source: Bushcraft Shelters: Camp Construction by Jacob Mueller via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.
