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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When people talk about getting ready for disaster, two groups always come up — preppers and survivalists. At first glance, they seem alike: both value self-reliance and readiness when life takes a ...

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 ...

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 ...