If a drug is sold over the counter without a prescription, it’s considered to be pretty safe (or has a long tradition and a big lobby). Preppers can stock up on non-prescription drugs and decide for themselves when and how… Continue Reading
After a recent post on earthquake preparedness, a reader indicated an interest in knowing what earthquakes did to wells (both water and gas) and their distribution. The question made me conclude I didn’t know enough about that topic, so I… Continue Reading
Most emergencies — in fact, none of them so far — are a world-ending apocalypse. Many emergencies come in one-family size, in fact. When the situation is medical, one of the surprisingly hard things can be deciding if it *is*… Continue Reading
Proposed: Echo chambers are dangerous to fairness, rational thinking, and a civil but diverse society. It’s very easy, and very tempting, in this internet age to hear mostly from sources who agree with you and shut out all other voices.… Continue Reading
There’s a lot of attention paid in prepper circles to the TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it) event: The One Big Thing that changes our worlds forever. Well, we ought to pay some attention to those.… Continue Reading
There’s food in them there hills. Not enough to live off of for long unless you’ve got serious skills and experience; but absolutely enough to add value, flavor, scarce nutrients, and variety to a diet. Foraging is also a great… Continue Reading
Weathering what storm, you ask? Doesn’t much matter. There’s always some storm in our futures. This isn’t as dramatic as a zombie apocalypse; but it’s one whale of a lot more likely, so it’s important to be ready. This post… Continue Reading
Opinions on the perfect composition for a Bug-Out Bag (BOB) abound in Prepper-World. So do opinions on the toughest superhero. Similarity: The one perfect BOB and the superheroes are equally real. I spent part of my day considering this as… Continue Reading
Preppers frequently talk about what they should do under circumstances of “WROL” or “Without Rule of Law.” WROL means that normal civil society has collapsed and police and courts will not be enforcing order. It would be up to individuals… Continue Reading
Ice. We live in north Missouri, and the winter of 2018-2019 has been absolutely horrible in terms of ice, and dealing with ice has been a daily chore for us since October. I’m not talking “an ice storm here or… 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
Salty and I have a family tradition of our own we honor as life allows: On Thanksgiving, we try to go somewhere that reminds us of what we’re thankful for. We’ve spent Thanksgivings everywhere from honoring the courage of Civil… Continue Reading
Few things make for crankier campout mornings than waking up wet. To be fair, by the time morning comes you’ve often been up for a while, shivering and miserable and trying to fix problems that can’t be quickly fixed. If… 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 get the bear … and sometimes the bear gets you. It’s really frustrating to put time and effort into prepping and only to see the effort fail. It will happen though. We can’t really see the future as… Continue Reading