I’ve been blogging for 14 years so I know what I want to achieve when I write a blog post. I failed miserably with this one. The Prepping Dilemma. I wrote this post for myself. I debated for weeks whether or not to even publish this. It’s too long. It’s full of questions and has noContinue reading “The Prepping Dilemma: Preppers Will Be Overrun – By Family And Friends When SHTF”
Category Archives: Prepare
Ready Yourself for a Turbulent 2021 and Beyond
The year 2020 will be remembered as an exceptionally turbulent year, marked by multiple worldwide crises and massive urban protests and riots. It has been a year of significant drama and trauma. I do not expect that 2021 will mark a “return to normality.” If anything, 2021 will be just as jarring to our collective psyche. InContinue reading “Ready Yourself for a Turbulent 2021 and Beyond”
No Banks, No Public Facilities, No Food And Rampaging Gangs of Desperate People—The Last Days Before The Financial Collapse
“Flattening the curve.” This popular phrase has been one of many new additions COVID-19 has made to our cultural vocabulary. Hopefully, it’s something we’re all actively doing and not just talking about. But this curve flattening language is really just a new way to talk about an old practice — preppers have been flattening all kindsContinue reading “No Banks, No Public Facilities, No Food And Rampaging Gangs of Desperate People—The Last Days Before The Financial Collapse”
What To Do In Case Of A Civil War
There have been rumblings of a new civil war for several years now, as the political divide in this country has broadened. Many on the right consider it a bit of a joke, as there are more gun owners on the left than there are on the right. However, there are actually more gun ownersContinue reading “What To Do In Case Of A Civil War”
Your Family Survival Will Depend On A Long Term Plan Not On A Government Rescue—Tips for Long-Term Survival
There are many people in the U.S. planning for hard times these days because of the hole COVID-19 situation, but even those numbers are just a small percentage of the entire population. Most people still believe the government line that everything is getting better. They want to believe life will go on as always becauseContinue reading “Your Family Survival Will Depend On A Long Term Plan Not On A Government Rescue—Tips for Long-Term Survival”
TEOTWAWKI – MOB JUSTICE AND THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
MONOLOGUE WRITTEN BY CLYDE LEWIS FROM groundzeromedia.org I saw a word today in an article. It was a curious word – the word was TEOTWAKI. I thought it was some foreign word or the name of some documentary that I had to see. However as I was reading I realized that the word TEOTWAKI wasContinue reading “TEOTWAWKI – MOB JUSTICE AND THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT”
How Do We Prepare Mentally For The Act Of Killing Another Person?—Developing an Effective Pre-Disposition for Violence
(My buddy Greg Ellifritz, of Active Response Training, linked to this older article the other day. I hadn’t read this one in a while, so I went back and re-read it. I stand by the article still, so decided to update it and use it for this week’s feature post. We’ll go back to theContinue reading “How Do We Prepare Mentally For The Act Of Killing Another Person?—Developing an Effective Pre-Disposition for Violence”
Tourniquets, Chest Seals, and Pressure Dressings, Oh My!
The following article has been written by John Mosby. Tourniquets get a lot of digital bandwidth in tactical and preparedness virtual circles. Rightfully so, since they’ve demonstrably saved a f***ton of lives over the last two decades of combat. Unfortunately though, in the process of bludgeoning a deceased equine, in order to overcome decades ofContinue reading “Tourniquets, Chest Seals, and Pressure Dressings, Oh My!”
Long Term Food Storage Plan Part 3: Storing Your Food
In part one of this mini-series, we have talked about the importance of food storage and the means to protect it. In the 2nd part, we have talk about how much food you will need to store and finally in this last article, we will cover another very important aspect—food storage. There are many differentContinue reading “Long Term Food Storage Plan Part 3: Storing Your Food”
Long Term Food Storage Plan—How Much Food Do You Need? Part Two
For this post, we’re skipping ahead a little (read the previous article for a better understanding here) . We want folks to start thinking and start planning. Next week’s post, that will be the last entry of this mini-series, will go into greater detail on the different types of long term storage food. If 2020Continue reading “Long Term Food Storage Plan—How Much Food Do You Need? Part Two”