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Natural disasters can occur at any time. Some, like storms preceding floods, give warnings.    

Others, like earthquakes or tsunamis, do not give warning. Once a do-not-giver happens, the time to prepare is gone; all you can do is cope. Take the next few minutes to examine what you can do to prepare.  

Anything you do today will be like depositing your survivability savings account for withdrawal in tough times. The mass destruction can leave you cut off from the outside world for days.  

Emergency rescuers will soon be there to help following a disaster, but it may take time to get to you. An emergency plan and a disaster survival supply kit will help you through almost every kind of crisis, whether natural or caused by humans.

However, each type of event requires different kinds of preparation and action. Being prepared is crucial to surviving and recovering.  

With the advancement of technology, it is already highly used to look for means of whereabouts to acquire necessary information and supplies in times of emergency.

The websites in this article will help you and your family plan for various disasters so that you can survive and pull through successfully.

Here you will find the best preppers, Survival, bushcraft, homesteading, gardening, animal husbandry, and any other site related to preparedness!          


1. Survival Blog

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For a good reason, James Rawles' Survival Blog is probably the best Blog dealing with survival and preparedness topics on the web. As our number 1 spot on the top 10 list, The Survival Blog has a wealth of information, with plenty of articles from guest writers.

This allows many "experts" to voice their experience and skills over a wide range of topics that no person could do alone.

2. Modern Survival Blog

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Ken Jorgustin's survival blog focuses on a wide variety of preparedness topics varying from short to long-term actions and solutions for wide-ranging scenarios of preparation… for daily life, disaster, or even SHTF collapse.

Subjects include situational and risk awareness, the dangers, systemic risks, and avoidance of dependence upon the major 'modern' systems that we take for granted, topics of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, and practical solutions to living a way of life while surviving these uncertain times.

3. SHTF Plan

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For number 3, we have SHTFPlan.com. Mac Slavo's SHTFPlan covers many topics: preparedness planning, investing, geopolitics, and self-reliance.

You won't be disappointed with the daily dose of information, lively discussions (via the comments section), and eye-opening articles.

4. The Prepper Journal

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Pat Henry's The Prepper Journal is a daily survival blog devoted to a wide variety of preparedness, Survival, self-reliance, and personal defense topics for readers who want to protect themselves and their families from seen and unseen disasters in our future.

5. More Than Just Surviving

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More Than Just Surviving is a blog that concentrates on wilderness survival, preparedness, and gear.

Run by a husband-and-wife team, this blog aims to be a resource for survivalists and preppers alike.  

6. The Survival Podcast

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Jack Spirko runs The Survival Podcast and provides a daily program focusing on modern survival that discusses philosophy. 

He teaches skills such as gardening and permaculture, food storage techniques, alternative investing strategies, keeping small livestock, home energy production, food preservation, and creating individual liberty.     

7. American Preppers Network

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The American Preppers Network is not only a network or community of people working together towards a common educational goal.

It is also a vast network of sites and services constantly expanding in breadth, providing information in various formats and from multiple sources.  

They firmly believe that every American family should strive to become Self-Reliant, enabling them to weather better the day-to-day disasters, catastrophes, and hardships we all experience.

8. The Survival Mom

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According to Survival Mom, Lisa Bedford's The Survival Guide has been helping mothers worry less and enjoy their homes and families more for five years.

She welcomes warmly on her journey to becoming more prepared to handle everyday emergencies and worst-case scenarios.

Although she caters to the family's matriarch, Lisa Bedford ("The Survival Mom") has plenty of tips and advice for women and men alike.

With a wide range of articles related to Survival and preparedness, consistent updates, and several fantastic guest posters, The Survival Mom will have you returning for more.

9. The Survivalist Blog

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M.D. Creekmore's The Survivalist Blog has an interesting backstory that makes it unique in the blogosphere. M.D. left the rat race, bought two acres of land off the grid for $2,000, and parked a 26-foot travel trailer on it where he lives full-time.

Since M.D. lives what he writes, his articles provide many insights and advice rarely found in other survival blogs.

10. Backdoor Survival

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Gaye Levy's Backdoor Survival is now and will always be free. This is her way of giving back to our human community.

She does her best to share what she knows about self-sufficiency, prepping, food storage, cooking, health, freedom, and more.

This blog has become her passion, and although she no longer works a 9-to-5 job, writing for this website has become a full-time hobby.

11. Ready Nutrition

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Tess Pennington's Ready Nutrition appears to be a disaster documentary about her journey along this preparedness road.

Preparing for disasters that may affect safety. This is a step-by-step guide to getting you ready for any disaster.

12. Survival Spot

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Teaching not only the "hows" but the "whys" of emergency preparedness, our number 5 spot (no pun intended) — Survival Spot — is dedicated entirely to the practice and philosophy of Survival.

William Atkin runs a great blog with many articles, videos, and DIYs on topics ranging from wilderness survival to homesteading.

13. Modern Survival Online

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Rourke's Modern Survival Online aims to teach and inform the average person how to prepare for difficult times.

Understanding that not everyone has the funds to build and stock a "survival retreat," Modern Survival Online hopes to help the everyday person better prepare.

Besides Rourke's great articles, I haven't found a better free survival resources page yet. It offers everything from weapons and communications to medical and gardening supplies. It's all fantastic and free.

14. Survival Topics

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Our list includes 14 sites that focus on wilderness survival skills. Number 14 is one of the best sites for Ron Fontaine's Survival Topics.   

Instead of merely repeating content from survival books, he practices and discusses the things he tries, uses, and experiments with.       

15. Surviving in Argentina

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Fernando "Ferfal" Aguirre is unique because he has experienced it firsthand and continues to do so. Surviving in Argentina requires adapting to the challenges and changes in a post-economic collapse situation.  

His insights provide a great model whereby many North Americans (and Europeans) can prepare for an impending economic collapse on their soil.

16. The Survival Cache

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Although it is promoted as a survival gear review site, The Survival Cache has many articles on preparedness and Survival that bring it to our number 16 spot within the top 10 blogs.

Given their diverse background (former SEALs and Marines, scientists, hardcore preppers, and more), the guys over at The Survival Cache have a boatload of experience to draw upon — and they use that experience to write excellent gear reviews and articles related to survival and preparedness.

17. Preparing For SHTF

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This site is created for people interested in survival topics, gear, and how to prepare themselves for any SHTF situation.

18. Survival Life

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At Survival Life, their survival blog and store provide various survival skills and tips on preparedness.

They aim to be a one-stop shop for prepping, bushcraft, off-the-grid living, and self-defense. They will take a logical and no-nonsense approach to Survival without bias to dispel the myth that anyone who prepares themselves is crazy or paranoid.

19. Skilled Survival

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Jack's Skilled Survival will help you prepare, adapt, and overcome emergencies. His mission entails being passionate about getting prepared and extending his knowledge of survival skills and preparedness.

He wanted to help fellow patriots (such as yourself) become more prepared, self-reliant, and confident in you and your family's survival plan.

20. Urban Survival

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There aren't many people who can build a house, but George Ure has. Being "hands-on," his articles sometimes cross the boundary between personal finance and woodworking and the joys of homesteading. To him, it's all about the cost/benefit balance in finance and life.

21. Doom and Bloom

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Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy travel the country, spreading the message of medical preparedness to the world and supporting it globally. They support conferences nationwide and share this message through articles at Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine.

22. Graywolf Survival

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Graywolf's articles on GraGraywolf are based on real-life experience and research he knows very well. He has been deployed in combat and contingency situations as a U.S. Army NCO and later as a Chief Warrant Officer. He has also done work with the Sheriff’s Department as a member of their Special Forces posse.

23. Preppers Illustrated

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Patty Hahne's Preppers Illustrated is everything you need! It guides you through stockpiling, food storage supplies,bug-out ideas, and more.

24. Tactical Intelligence

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Erich, the creator of Tactical Intelligence, provides the world with an open forum for discussing personal security, modern and primitive means of Survival, and self-reliance.

Even though she has extensive training in these subjects, she is still a student and hopes we can learn a lot from each other.

25. Prepared Housewives

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Being prepared involves much more than just waiting for a disaster to occur. It enhances our daily lives! This blog is designed to assist those who want to help themselves. Preparing may seem overwhelming, causing many people to hesitate before they even start.

26. In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog

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John Solomon's "In Case of Emergency, Read Blog" is a significant part of the research for his book, "In Case of Emergency, Read Book: Simple Steps To Prepare You and Your Family For Terrorism, Natural Disasters, and Other 21st-Century Crises."

The book research will augment the content of the Blog. And, in a real emergency, he intends for this blog to be a resource for citizens. He would like to hear from people around the nation and the world.

27. The Survival Doctor

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If there's a disaster and you can't get help, this Blog's for you—survival medicine for hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, terrorist attacks, social upheaval, or anytime you're isolated.

Always use the best available provider, and get professional help if possible. If that's impossible, this blog contains medical information to use—when you are your last option.

28. Ed That Matters

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Todd Sepulveda's Ed That Matters serves as his blog, where he writes about preparedness, education, and even just rants!

29. Plan and Prepared

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This blog's author is a former outdoor survival instructor who believed the term "prepper" had a negative connotation and preferred to describe himself as "being prepared for unforeseen events."       

30. Off Grid Survival

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Off-Grid Survival is a preparedness and survival website dedicated to helping people become more self-reliant and better prepared to face the real threats in today's world.

The site covers various survival and preparedness topics, including information for surviving artificial and natural disasters, urban disasters and crime, and self-reliance and off-grid strategies that can help you survive almost any crisis.                    

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