For most folks, the word “prepper” evokes an image of someone who’s got way too much time on their hands at best, and who spends way too much time following conspiracies on the Internet at worst. But ...

PUYALLUP, Wash. - Do you have 12 cases of peas and beans, seven pounds of powdered milk, 50 pounds of flour, 50 pounds of rice, 20 pounds of frozen chicken breasts, a 4,000-watt generator and some 35 ...

“A cellular hotspot is an easy way to get through a day or two of internet outages, but if the outage is widespread, then ...

If you hear the term "survivalist" and it conjures images of militants and conspiracy theorists— residing on the fringes and on compounds, armed to the teeth—well, it's time to reset your doomsday ...

Like animals preparing for winter there is a community of people that actually think hard about being ready for whatever life throws at them. These are "preppers" – a term that is often unfairly used ...

When Ben Hansen was organizing 2018’s edition of PrepperCon, the country’s premiere expo for preparedness and survival, he knew that he had to do something big and amazing. The previous year, for ...

Even as the U.S. is lashed by hurricanes and tornados, the disaster that most people worry about isn’t a super storm. It’s economic collapse. How do you prepare for a catastrophe like that? We asked a ...

While doomsday "prepping" may once have been considered extreme, concerns about the food supply and looming disasters have left millions of Americans stockpiling for emergency situations. "[M]ost ...

Instead of freaking ourselves out, we need to plan for a difficult future every day. By Annalee Newitz Contributing Opinion Writer [This article is part of the developing coronavirus coverage, and may ...

Last year, somewhere between story research and general curiosity, I found myself in Central Park with Shane Hobel, a compact and furiously energetic man who makes his living teaching other people how ...

As cases of the coronavirus rise in the United States, preppers have watched with a mix of concern, weariness and even some hope that Americans will learn from their example. By Alan Yuhas For weeks, ...