Here’s a video I shot going over some of the basics. This is one method and is not all inclusive, just sharing some thoughts. Thanks!
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Nov 06
IF T-SHTF Right Now: What’s Your Status?
We like to discuss possibilities, what if this and what if that. I’ll throw one at you right now: Power clicks off in your home or work, a virus has taken down the grid indefinitely (you just don’t know it yet). Let that play out for a minute in your mind and think about where …
Nov 04
Try NOT Watching the News for a week
I used to work for this guy who had Fox News on repeat, all day long in his office. When I asked him about it his rationale was that he “needed to stay informed.” I also have worked in Ops Center type environments where the news cycle was on 24/7/365 and I always hated it. …
Nov 03
Home Defense Firearms Considerations
I’m back to making Youtube videos, of the concise and informational variety. Please check this out and subscribe to the channel, share if you feel you need to. More great content to follow! The video below is not meant to be a recommendation vid, as in “you should get this for sure.” Rather, thought provoking …
Nov 02
No Need To Be Chicken Little: The Sky Is Not Falling (Yet)
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Follow me on this one, any of the below look like an attention grabbing headline: 5 Reasons Why the Stock …
Nov 01
Our Next Big Test (Since Covid)
Who here remembers all of the Covid shenanigans: Hoarding toilet paper, riots in the streets, things on fire, most preparedness online retailers sold out, canned food aisles wiped out and a nasty little word: quarantine. For what it’s worth I never got vaccinated and am somehow still here to type about it. I was still …
Oct 31
It’s Been a SHTF Sort of Year
It’s interesting when you talk to guys about a post SHTF world and the first topic that comes up is guns, ammo and being able to hoard (or take) supplies. They think of it like a movie where they are the Warlord of their local community, guys in body armor are standing watch while the …
Jan 08
The Stop Gap to Power Outages: APC Battery Back-UPS
I’ve always stated that it’s the high probability, low impact events that we should focus our time toward and power outages are something all of us face at one time or another. To be fair I do acknowledge in a long term grid down (weeks, months) situation I doubt keeping food cold in the fridge …
Nov 13
What Does Layered Home Security Look Like?
Layered home security doesn’t have to be complicated or even that expensive in order to be effective. Effectiveness to me means avoiding a single point of failure while maintaining the ability to keep situational awareness through various passive and active methods. I want to stress that what I’m about to share with you should be …
Nov 11
Pet Prepping: Dog Food or Table Scraps?
I was sitting in a restaurant chatting with an older gentleman from Iowa about a month ago and I’m not sure how we got on the topic of dog food but this is what he said: “Dog food? What is dog food? When I was growing up the dog ate table scraps and that was …
Nov 07
Stocking up for Feminine Hygiene
I attended a survival course once and we had to make fire the primitive way, while the knowledge was good I was left with one distinct thought: ALWAYS have lighters and/or flints around. Since then I have stashed lighters everywhere, in vehicles and bags and all around the house. Sure I might have been exposed …
Oct 30
Baking Bread in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven
I have to admit, although we enjoy it we’ve never made bread before. We asked around and mostly the advice that we received involved just buying a bread maker and following the instructions. While not particularly in the mood to spend money on a bread maker and wanting to keep things a little more rustic …
Oct 23
Insured Against LIKELY Disasters? Many Are Not.
Straight from another article I wrote, here is my definition of prepping: Obtaining information on and preparing for low probability / high impact events as well as high probability / low impact events while taking into consideration (and always improving upon) one’s resources and personal requirements in order to live a more stable and predictable …
Oct 18
4 Reasons Why You Should NOT WORRY About Nuclear War
Many of you know that I do not watch the news, typically I have no idea what is going on in the country or even my own state outside of a 20 mile radius. I had no idea a hurricane hit Florida recently until told so (obviously sorry for their plight and loss), quite frankly …
Oct 16
No Matter Your Age: Continue To Physically Test Yourself
I have two neighbors who live up the road from me, one is 75 and the other is close to 70 I believe. Every morning at 9 am they meet up and walk 3 miles before sitting outside and enjoying some coffee. That’s 21 miles a week of walking at 8500 ft elevation (barring inclement …
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