The Get Home Bag—Everyday Carry Items You Shouldn’t Leave Home Without

If you live in a big city and you’ve been reading about survival, you know by now that it will be harder to get out of the city center in an emergency than it would be if you lived in the suburbs or a small town. All you have to do is look at recent events in Europe to see this is true and that you need an evacuation plan.

Perhaps you’ve heard that lovely little bit of poetry which says that “food, clothing, and shelter are the basic necessities for survival.” If you have, I hope you haven’t paid too much attention to it. While I’ll have to agree that all three of those are necessary for survival, if you base any survival strategy on that short list, you’ll die.

With the Ebola scare spreading as two nurses contact the disease while treating a patient in Dallas, we’ve been getting many questions on best practices for Ebola prevention. Although Ebola has been commonly known to spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of inflicted individuals, research shows that it may also spread through suspended droplets in the air when someone sneezes or coughs.

Are you one of the 83.7% of Americans that live in an urban environment? If so, it is important to look at the unique challenges of city living when making your urban survival preparedness plan. In this article we are going to look at a few of the most important urban-specific challenges. We will show you how you can plan around them to ensure you thrive when the next disaster strikes.