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What If?

Preparation

What If Your Neighborhood is Attacked by an Angry Mob?

Preparation

What If Your Neighborhood is Attacked by an Angry Mob?

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Preparation

What If We Are Hit By Another Pandemic?

Preparation

What If We Are Hit By Another Pandemic?

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Survival

What If Your Family is the Victim of a Mountain Lion Attack?

Survival

What If Your Family is the Victim of a Mountain Lion Attack?

Being out in nature also means being out among nature's predators....

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June 1, 2020 :: By Offgrid Staff

What If You're Assaulted in a Parking Structure?

College campuses are target-rich environments for criminals and predators. What would you do if you were assaulted as you returned to your car at night?

February 25, 2020 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You're in a Hostage Situation?

In this RECOIL OFFGRID “What If?” column, we go out of the frying pan and into the fire of a violent hostage situation during a…

December 19, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You Stumbled Upon a Potential Home Burglary?

You’d hoped this would be a simple house-sitting gig for a friend, but you may now have stumbled upon a home burglary in progress. What…

December 4, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If an EMP Rendered Your City Technologically Helpless?

The stalled-out cars, my dead phone, no lights, and a crashing plane — this was no power outage, or even a cyberattack on the power…

November 21, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You're Trapped in a Mass Shooting?

In this edition of What If?, we pose the question: What if you’re in a crowded shopping mall when a mass shooting occurs? We asked…

October 11, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What if You're Locked Up Abroad?

For this installment of RECOIL OFFGRID’s “What If?” column, we are taken out of our normal surroundings and thrust into a locked up abroad situation.

July 24, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You're Lured into a Roadside Robbery, Abduction, or Worse?

Throughout history, “highwaymen” or “road agents” have robbed travelers in remote roadside areas and disappeared with the loot. Little has changed over the centuries.

July 16, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If the Eye of a Major Hurricane Has You In Its Sights?

For this edition of "What If?", we asked, what if a major hurricane arrives 12 hours sooner than expected? What happens when the meteorologists get…

June 22, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You and Your Family are Threatened by a Stalker?

During this unnerving "What If?" we’ll take a look at some of the strategies for personal security and several actions you can take to deal…

March 26, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You're Lost at Sea?

Today we’ll look at maritime survival strategies in case you find yourself lost at sea, and the preparations to consider before heading out onto the…

February 23, 2019 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If You Awaken to a Kidnapping, Abduction, or Worse?

In this issue’s "What If?" column, we consider an aggressive home intruder with unknown intentions that could be kidnapping, abduction, or worse.

November 23, 2018 :: By Patrick McCarthy

What If Your Flight is Hijacked by Terrorists?

For this installment of RECOIL OFFGRID’s What If? column, we consider an airline hijacking scenario that pushes the boundaries of preparedness.

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