When people try and evacuate from any community bigger than, say, mine … Gridlock will be a thing. Particularly if emergency services aren’t going full speed to clear accidents, getting anywhere by car may be an agonizingly slow or even… Continue Reading
If forced to bugout “by foot” I would much prefer to have those feet turning bicycle peddles than ground pounding. Why? It’s faster, much more efficient and I can carry a lot more with me. Let me explain… A bicycle… Continue Reading
When we check out the middens (trash heaps) of ancient hunter-gatherers, we don’t find mostly deer bones and bear claws. Sure, those big kills provide quite a lot of meat; but they’re also dangerous and high failure rate hunts. What do we… Continue Reading
When I was a kid, we had one firm camping tradition: The first night, we build a big campfire and have a s’more fest. Why? Because whether we ate them or not, there seemed very little chance that any marshmallows would… Continue Reading
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I can hear everyone in the prepper community collectively slapping magazines in their ARs, chambering a round, turning on their headlamps, piling into their Bug-Out Vehicles and coming to hang me with paracord from the Oak tree in my front… Continue Reading
Admit it, we all have fantasized about bugging out into the woods after the “Stuff Hits The Fan” (SHTF). We’ve also read about it in countless prepper stories and novels, and many of us have practiced a few basic woodsman… Continue Reading
Humans are naturally terrible at risk assessment. The situations in which our native intuitions developed are not the situations in which we now live; so our intuition no longer serves us very well. We have two very strong and… Continue Reading
Something’s gone south, and it’s time to grab that car bag and hoof it for home. You did a good job of setting up the bag, and it’s there when you need it. Nice! Now, can you actually walk home… Continue Reading
Given the recent Hurricanes, we have all seen large evacuations recently, either on TV or by being stuck in traffic. Hurricane Harvey was instructive as the wide spread flooding occurred in places that had never been known to flood previously… Continue Reading
You may have guessed this meal was designed for backpackers. Therefore it’s light (6.6 oz), in a durable container that also serves for cooking, and withstands extremes of temperature without problems, and has a good shelf life — all excellent… Continue Reading
Introduction to Radio Communications I am not an expert on Radio communications, but I keep seeing questions on prepper forums with incorrect responses, so I decided to put together a little primer on the subject for my faithful readers, both… Continue Reading
The first thing you need to do when disaster strikes in an urban setting is recognize that something is wrong, and get out of the building. If you are wrong and nothing is happening, you can always go back inside,… Continue Reading
As I mentioned all the way back in my first post, I have had occasions to “Escape from New York”. On a normal day, New York City is a nuisance to enter, and a nuisance to leave, not quite as… Continue Reading
The first step for most preppers is to assemble a personal Bug Out Bag (BOB), so I don’t need to convince my loyal readers of the importance of a BOB. With 20 people to plan for, some of whom don’t… Continue Reading