Essential doomsday survival gear from water purification tablets to ferro rods that could save your life when civilization hits the skids.

I went to Phoenix this weekend to shoot a story for Open Source about Doomsday at Prepper Fest – one of the largest self-reliance expos of the year. A “prepper” is someone who prepares for the ...

A doomsday prepper gives a tour of a private survival community built for when society breaks. The shock isn’t the guns or the watchtower — it’s the policy: “we will not give food to anyone,” even if ...