Welcome to "the Experiment"; your online home for survival and preparedness discussion. If you're looking for information on putting together a BoB (Bug Out Bag), preparing for the SHTF or TEOTWAWKI, where to bug out to and what else to bring or how to survive just about anything you might encounter during an emergency, you can find it inside our forums. If you already know everything you need to know and you're just looking for some likeminded people to shoot the breeze with, well come on inside. Who knows, you might even learn something.

For new users, a good place to start is our About Us section of the forums that contains our Rules and Regulations, our Mission Statement and a FAQ about the site.

Other areas of interest are the reference threads where we maintain a number of lists of links to posts and information both in our forums and from other sources. Be sure to check out The Library for a good list of relevant books dealing with survival and preparedness, the Links area with a collection of links to online resources for all manners of survival-related things and the Gear and Equipment Reviews section for links to reviews of popular items including backpacks, flashlights, firearms and just about any tool or time used in conjunction with survival planning.

If you've been lurking around here for a bit and already know your way around or if you just feel like jumping right in and saying hi, stop by our "Who are you?" thread to introduce yourself and say hello. Otherwise, just continue on to the forums by clicking the logo up above or here.

We also have an IRC chat channel (#NDE), for more information, check out our IRC thread.