One of the things that makes preppers look, . . . paranoid, is the fact that the preparations are all for low probability events. Too many of us are then unable to discuss what we are preparing for without sounding… Continue Reading
Making Hardtack Biscuits Hardtack has been a staple long-term storage food for over 1,000 years. Known by many names, and made in untold numbers of combinations of grains and flours, the purpose of Hardtack (or sea biscuits) is to provide… Continue Reading
Welcome to my take on “the most famous prepper gun”, the Mosin-Nagant. Not long ago, the Mosin-Nagant (in it’s various forms) was considered to be the “classic” prepper gun, a high powered rifle that sold for under $100 and a… Continue Reading
Here’s a lesson from the School of Hard Knocks. Sometimes buying ammo is a mistake… or at least buying the particular ammo that you put in your shopping cart is. Ammo hard knocks I’ve made a lot of prepping mistakes… Continue Reading
The (excellent) Prepper Website Podcast (clicky) included our Prepping Guns: 4 Lessons To Learn From My Expensive Mistakes in Episode 118. Show host Todd Sepulveda (who runs multiple prepper websites including the (excellent) Prepper Website, a daily aggregator of prepping information that… Continue Reading
I’m starting my book review series with some suggestions of some of the best prepper fiction to read, and there’s a good chance you haven’t even heard of his favorite series of the bunch. Book one in the article is… Continue Reading
One of the problems with being a prepper is storage. For ammunition, the most popular solution is the military style ammo can. These come in a variety of sizes with 50 cal. and 30 cal. being the most common. These… Continue Reading
One of the most important parts of having an affordable “deep larder” is keeping food on hand that A) you like eating and B) that stays fresh enough to not have a bunch of waste. Pantry organizers can help. A… Continue Reading
It’s a hard thing to do, admit that you made a mistake… especially to do so in public. I’ve made a lot of them over the years, as have we all… and some of those prepping mistakes have been quite… Continue Reading
Does James Wesley, Rawles’ book “How To Survive The End Of The World As We Know It” actually help us do what the title claims? In as much as any book could help in such a dire situation, yes. Does… 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
We have become so dependent on electronics that it really makes one wonder if an EMP would cause the mass suicide of people no longer able to connect to anybody they wanted at a moment’s notice. Even a trip to… 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
Drowning doesn’t look like drowning. That’s one phrase we kept hearing over and over during our “rescue diver” training years ago, and it’s a key fundamental to learn. What drowning looks like Humans have something called the “Instinctive Drowning Response… Continue Reading
The EOTech EXPS3 Holographic Sight is Salty & Spice’s holographic optic of choice. It has proven to be rugged and 100 percent reliable. We review it in this podcast. The EOTech EXPS3 Holographic Sight Here’s the manufacturer’s blurb about… Continue Reading