For reasons that I will get into, at length, at a further point in time Spice and I suspended posting here on Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You three years ago. I’m glad to tell you these reasons are not because… Continue Reading
A chemical plant fire is raging as I write this, and it’s a perfect example why all of us need to have a Bug Out Bag (BOB) ready to go at a moment’s notice. BOB (Bug Out Bags) Are For… Continue Reading
I don’t normally do product reviews; because I’m not terribly interested in *products*. Except filtering water bottles. They’re the bomb. Water is heavy, inconvenient to carry, often problematic when coming from natural sources, and *life critical*. That makes highly portable… Continue Reading
Good clean water is always a central need. The good news is there are lots of ways to get pure water: distillation, filtration, reverse osmosis, chemical treatments, ultraviolet light. No one does a perfect job; all have their strengths and… Continue Reading
(For our regular readers, I’m sorry you’ve heard so little from me of late. Work got extra tricky while we were dealing with the pandemic disruptions, and I just didn’t have the mental energy. I hope you’ve all been getting… Continue Reading
Salty here, we are back and able to update things now! Sorry about the delay in posting over the last couple of months, we had a bunch of technical difficulties (our host was hacked causing much drama) then there was… Continue Reading
Plans for Ammunition When “Normal” Returns I wrote a previous post on ammunition, before the current shortage, that described my method for figuring out how much ammunition to inventory. Given the current shortage, it is safe to say that very… Continue Reading
Miles lay between us, and more miles between us and home. No phones, no lights, no motorcars; not a single luxury. The rendezvous plan had eroded away with the trail in front of me. How would we connect? When trouble… Continue Reading
You need to get out of there. So do thousands of other people. Most of those people will be slowed to a crawl or stopped dead because their road is blocked. Will you? This is the second installment of our… Continue Reading
Every cell’s life depends on blood. Blood ferries materials between cells and the outside world. Cells in distant parts of the body share materials and information through it. This article explores what’s really in blood, and how a prepper can… Continue Reading
Do you ever stop and think “How would I have handled this situation without all the modern conveniences?” Well, I hope so. It’s a great prepper habit, testing both your skills and your preps. We experienced one of those moments… Continue Reading
I’ve been reading a book, The 29th Day, by a young man who survived a bear mauling that occurred deep in the northern wilderness. There came a moment when I heard his description and just cringed. “Doh! No, don’t do… Continue Reading
Laurence Gonzales wrote a book, Deep Survival. Gonzales is a man with both a long history of extreme sports and a fascination with what it is that causes some people to survive under terrible duress while others succumb. I share… Continue Reading
Sure, there are moments when you wish you couldn’t hear the complainers or slurpers in your life. Mostly though, life is way better if your ears work right. Let’s take a look at how they operate, and see what a prepper… Continue Reading
What, never heard of the Great Hurricane of 1938? The one with 50 ft waves and blindingly fast travel that killed 700 persons and made more than 63,000 homeless, in one four hour stretch? Well, that’s what happens when your… Continue Reading