We here at 3BY have been working on a series of ‘personal SHTF’ articles: Pieces about how to be prepared for the emergencies that come one family or person at a time. These preps are not usually extensive or expensive,… Continue Reading
Bombardiers love to see secondaries. They drop their bomb, it explodes, and a few seconds later there’s another set of explosions. Each of these is a secondary. The first problem has caused a chain reaction. The goal of this post… Continue Reading
An Exercise Plan We here at 3BY are truly on the train that the best prep ever is to stay healthy and fit. The second car of that train is “…and the single best way to stay healthy and fit… Continue Reading
Back problems cost more disability than any other health problem in the world. In a previous article, we talked about how to reduce your chances of getting a back problem when you can least afford it, and what to do… Continue Reading
I have touched on elements of community economies in several of my stories. Most use some of the various concepts below in various combinations. Usually starting out with direct barters and trade, and slowly incorporating both immediate and future labor… Continue Reading
The time has come, it’s time to bug out. You grab your bag, swing it — OW! Something’s just pulled in your lower back, and your situation just got markedly worse. Back problems are the biggest source of work disability… Continue Reading
One of the biggest fears in today’s prepping community is Civil War. There are many different scenarios bouncing around out there. Likely causes include everything from race riots to economic and social unrest. Some even raise the specter of… Continue Reading
Health is the single most important prep, ever. Doing what we have to do to improve our health as much as reasonably possible is the most important prep we can do. We All Know What We Need To Do For… Continue Reading
Medical marijuana & prepping. That’s right, we went there. The purpose of this article is to take a look at whether the physiological benefits of medical marijuana merits examination, or whether it’s an all-around bad idea. Of course, you KNOW… Continue Reading
There was a time when a physician might intentionally feed a tapeworm to a patient desperate to lose weight. That physician was a quack. It’s never been a good idea. People — even ‘first world’ people — do still get… Continue Reading
Does Freezing Destroy Water Filters? I remember hearing a few years ago about somebody who got sick after using a water filter that had frozen, and I basically thought that it made sense that filters might well break if they… Continue Reading
While some people have photographic memories, or amazing powers of mental organization, I am not one of them. So, I use lists as part of my prepping planning and as an active part of doing many of the things I… Continue Reading
Take a look at most prepper storage foods and you notice a few things. Lots of chili and soups. Pasta and rice everywhere you look. Nothing fresh and very little green. Oh wait, what’s that? A handful of fresh, green… Continue Reading
Ye Ole Prepping Fails: Yet another year has passed us by, and like every year we’ve had a lot of prepping successes and failures. Our one biggest failure of the year, a broken ankle by Salty, had elements of prepping… Continue Reading
Injuries happen. But then what? Your efforts at rehabilitation (rehab) can make a giant difference in how much function returns. Preppers need to have some idea on how to rehab to get themselves off the sidelines and back into the… Continue Reading