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True survival requires five basic things to be fulfilled: oxygen, water, food, shelter, and self-defense. When you can fulfill these five needs, you have everything you require to survive.

Although there are only five things that are required for you to survive, there are ten steps that need to be taken for you to achieve these five things.

Cyberattacks can be life altering experiences and are happening at alarming rates in the United States. Here are some ways cyberattacks can affect you: Accessing your personal computers, mobile phones, gaming systems and other internet and Bluetooth connected devices. Damaging your financial security, including identity theft. Blocking your access or deleting your personal information and accounts. Targeting children and adults. Complicating your employment, business services, transportation, and power grid. Gaining access to your personal social media accounts Accessing your banking information Changing passwords on your internet accounts making them inaccessible.   There are many ways you can protect yourself from...

While most people agree on what goes in a go-bag initially, three are some items you may not need, or may not need to worry about. If you are going somewhere, and that place has a good abundance of food, for instance, you may want to leave some of that out. This also goes for water. If you are going to be close to a water source, you may not need to worry about water, just how to make sure it is safe to drink, cook with, and use for personal hygiene.

We will give you a list of what most people have in their go-bags, and you can certainly add or deduct from there.

We hope that if you do decide to travel, you are careful on the roads, and even check road conditions right before you leave the house. Keep extra items in your car so that if something does happen on your trip, you can take care of yourself.

If you are flying, be diligent about wearing your mask, washing your hands, and keeping your distance from other people.

Preparing when you live in a city is a little complicated. You are not going to be able to throw a noisy generator on your deck to run your refrigerator, and probably will not be able to start a fire right outside for warmth or cooking. While it is manageable, it is different for those of us that live in the city than those that live in the country.

Urban preparedness has more to do with “trust less, prep more” than anything else. Worry about what you have and how you are going to protect it is key.