It’s a Friday night. Unusually, the whole family is home, because the weather forecast wasn’t good. It rains through dinner, and while you’re doing the clean-up, the world goes dark. The power’s out. You peer out the window. There’s no… Continue Reading
The USA and several parts of the world are being ravaged by the H3N2 virus, a particularly nasty version of the seasonal flu that has reached epidemic proportions in many areas. We are starting to see articles in the prepper… Continue Reading
This is one of those 1-2 servings, just add hot water, backpacker pouch meals. They’re available at about $7 a pouch. Ease of use I like these pouches for ‘go-bag’ foods, as they’re light and pack pretty small but offer… Continue Reading
A few hours after she ate the greens, she was feeling unwell, tired but unsettled. She noticed her pulse was slow and irregular. The the abdominal pain came on, with nausea and vomiting. Her chest started to hurt….(1) In the.PrepBusters… Continue Reading
Last summer, I remember that I wasn’t looking forward to my trip to the range, because I knew what I had to do it… Perfect day, high around 70, sun shining, white puffy clouds in the sky, low humidity… couldn’t… Continue Reading
We admit it. We’re human. We screw up. A lot. We do, however, think that one vital prepping skill is the ability to admit to our many prepping mistakes, and learn from them. We also try to learn from other… Continue Reading
PrepperNomics 107: Budgeting for Preppers In an earlier post on Supply Categories, I outlined the categories I use for planning and inventorying supplies. We can use those categories for preparing a Prepper Budget. Variable Costs Consumables have a Variable Cost… Continue Reading
There’s a lot of talk going around about the “bad” flu vaccine this year. (For example, in this story from the Quincy Herald-Whig) . What’s that actually mean, and how does it affect your prepping? What ‘a bad flu vaccine year’… Continue Reading
Cyclists have a saying: Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. (You can’t have all three; all choices involve trade-offs.) Prepper food has to shelf-stable. At least some of it needs to be easy to cook with minimal resources. There’s a lot… Continue Reading
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Paranoid Prepper recently did a very nice piece on Operational Security (OPSEC), or how to not advertise your preps. You can find it here. It got Salty and I to thinking, and since our situation is somewhat different from Paranoid Prepper’s,… Continue Reading
Salty and I are not big on New Year’s resolutions; but there is a value in giving yourself a checkup now and then, considering what’s been going well and what needs to be improved upon. In this podcast, we do just… Continue Reading
When I was a Boy Scout, the typical scout knife was a Swiss Army Knife, sometimes with the Scout logo on it. At the time these things seemed pretty handy, but then along came the original Leatherman multitool, and the… Continue Reading
Your mileage may differ, but although dehydrated egg powder worked fine in other recipes where it serves as a binder or whatever, eating the stuff plain (as in, rehydrated then fried or scrambled) has always been very disappointing — definitely… Continue Reading