What If?

You're on a road trip during a winter snowstorm when your car hits black ice and spins out of control, slamming into a tree. What…

Being out in nature also means being out among nature's predators. What would you do if your family was attacked by a mountain lion?

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?

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.