When people talk about the first firearm most preppers buy, one answer comes up again and again: the 12-gauge shotgun. Here’s ...

A few weeks ago, I became convinced I ought to buy a compass. Also a tent, a LifeStraw, and solar chargers. Was I embarrassed about this 48-hour panic? Yes. But reading an op-ed at two in the morning ...

Leigh Price said living in a society where you can get groceries delivered to your door has made people less prepared for disasters When I set out to explore the world of prepping, I was unsure of ...

Some people around the world — known as "preppers" — have been stockpiling everything from non-perishables to ammo in case unforeseen trauma hits. Being a "prepper" is now getting a big boost from the ...

When preppers imagine a rifle sealed away for a bad day, the AR-15 and AK-47 dominate the debate. We asked 100 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a world where the unexpected can strike at any moment, a growing number of people are taking the concept of preparedness to ...

A few years ago, Valenti (who asked that his real name not be used, for reasons that will be clear soon enough) and his wife traded their Chicago townhouse for a gorgeous $800,000 residence in west ...

PUYALLUP — 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 gallons ...

Henry Hargreaves photographs the food people eat because he thinks it helps reveal who they are. He’s made pictures of the final meals of death row inmates, the often bizarre foods musicians want ...

The burgeoning "prepper" movement prepares for the end of civilization Prepping has achieved cohesion and community in the Internet age Some observers suggest energies could be better spent working ...

TOLEDO — Curt La Haise has put up with plenty of razzing from friends over the years, friends who have called him paranoid for stockpiling an eight-month supply of food in his basement and having ...

(RNS) — Twenty years ago mass panic swept the globe as 1999 came to a close and programmers scrambled to fix faulty technology that some presumed would send society into disarray at the strike of ...