Happy National Preparedness Month! Though, as we take a good look around the world, you probably should have been checking your preps during last year's observance—or, honestly, maybe around 2019.

Like many of us, Mark Rinke ran to the store when society began winding down for the coronavirus. Unlike most, he didn’t have to. He already had what he needed at home. An organizer of the Kansas City ...

Outdoor safety and camping gear for sale (left) at the Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo in Imlay City, Mich., on Sept. 14; an attendee (right) looks at safety gear and other equipment for sale ...

For three months, Jonathan and Kylene Jones didn’t step foot inside a grocery store. They relied on their Utah home’s built-in storage room supply: flour, rice, beans, a freezer full of food. That was ...

Hoarding food and supplies has suddenly become mainstream. But as any prepper—one whose lifestyle revolves around preparing for the day when the SHTF (shit hits the fan)—will tell you, the coming ...

DEWEY-HUMBOLDT, Ariz. — The meeting of 19 or so Arizonans in a squat Baptist church to discuss their preparedness for society’s possible collapse was just one event in Mike Fendt’s weekly schedule. In ...