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!
Tag: Prepper Supplies
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 …
Oct 08
The Post SHTF Short Term Rental Threat
Raise your hand if you’ve ever stayed in a short term rental (AirBnB or VRBO). I’ve stayed in a few myself and they are literally everywhere, including out here in the mountains or the country where others live. People cycle through these rentals trying to get a little taste of the outdoors and I’d suspect …
Oct 04
Starlink for Preppers: Reliability, Cost, Speeds
First things first, the hook. See a screenshot from the test I just ran on my phone a few minutes ago. Key points of this post: Starlink is very quick, almost laughably faster compared to other Satellite providers Starlink is super easy to set up and has been very reliable Starlink’s cost makes it crazy …
Sep 30
Fitting In: The REAL Gray Man
The Gray Man, an almost tired subject addressed countless times on various prepper blogs / youtube / whatever. I think I’ve even written about it a few times but lately I’ve been thinking about it so buckle up, here we go again. Before we get into attire let me ask you a question: You walk …
Sep 17
You Carry a Gun, But Not a Tourniquet…
So you carry a handgun for self defense…perfect so do I. Let me ask you something: how many gunfights have you or your close friends been in over the last 10 years while here on US soil? The answer is probably none. Now let me pose another question to you: how many vehicle accidents have …
Sep 07
Eating Food that EXPIRED 9 YEARS AGO
I’ve written about expiration dates on canned food before but this was probably the most expired thing I’ve eaten and as such I thought to share with everyone. As far as tiered food storage I’d rank canned food as #2 on the list, all of the items you have in your fridge / freezer would …
Sep 01
Run Silent Run Deep: Generators for SHTF
The idea of having a generator for T-SHTF is not a new one, I probably wrote my first article about them almost 10 years ago. Yet as technology changes the way we approach using generators should change. We now have generators that can run on dual fuel (gasoline / propane), very powerful inverter generators that …
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