Many preppers keep antibiotics in case they’re needed when professional medical care isn’t available. However, stocks will be limited; and there are good reasons not to overuse antibiotics in any case. How do you know when it’s a bacterial infection… Continue Reading
Getting necessary vaccinations saves lives. That point is not much disputed — and it shouldn’t be, given the evidence. Which vaccinations are necessary? That point is much more up for debate. I’m not going to tell you what to do.… Continue Reading
As I write, record cold temperatures are deep freezing the Midwest. There are stories everywhere about not being able to survive for even minutes out there! While much of it is internet hype, it’s obvious that cold weather does have… Continue Reading
When we’re working inside, we wear what social need and mood dictate. When outside in rough weather, ‘clothing’ becomes ‘important gear’. Good boots and warm, water-shedding outerwear stand between you and injury or hypothermia. Good gear is not that hard… Continue Reading
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If we trusted that The Government would always take care of us, we wouldn’t be preppers. Crises make such trust particularly problematic. Is the Official Word downplaying the problem to reduce panic? Is the Official Word exaggerating the problem in… Continue Reading
NFPA signs: An example I went to our favorite “local” bulk foods general store today. As I pulled into town, I was starting to get a little concerned because the predicted freezing rain was hitting us a few hours early.… Continue Reading
What do people who live in the desert find to talk about with strangers? Here in the Midwest, small talk can always start with the weather. It’s like a pet goat; always doing something unexpected — and usually troublesome. That’s… Continue Reading
Pandemics happen. They’ve killed major percentages of the human population in the past and might again. How might communities respond to such a pandemic? One indicator is the epidemic response of communities who have been under the shadow of such… 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
If they sell it over the counter (OTC, meaning without a prescription), a medication must be safe, right? You should just be able to stock and use OTC meds without much concern, right? Nope. OTC drugs are easier to select… Continue Reading
I was working in a biochemistry research lab when I heard about a serious earthquake on the far side of the state. I looked around my lab, with its floor to ceiling open shelves of every sort of chemical, many… Continue Reading
Please take a minute and a half to watch the video below, if you haven’t already. (1) So …for real? Half the people don’t notice a woman in a gorilla suit walking through with a dramatic chest-beat mid-screen?… Continue Reading
Sometimes you’ve just gotta do the Bug Out Boogie, even if your normal plans for Stuff Hits The Fan events is to hunker down and bug-in. Hurricane Florence & The Bug Out Boogie At the time of this writing, the… Continue Reading
Social Chaos or Civil War? There has been a question in the news lately as to whether our politics has become so uncivil that we may fall into some sort of social chaos or even civil war. (Don’t worry, I’m… Continue Reading