The Slow Burn Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF) and the Emotional State of the Average American We’re 3-4 weeks or so into sheltering in place, safer at home, lockdown, or whatever other term for it you might prefer. On… Continue Reading
Why does it feel “surreal” or “hard to believe” when Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF), and is it a big problem that it does? Yes, it IS a big problem, a VERY big problem, one that can cost you your… Continue Reading
The Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF). Anybody who has read Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You for any length of time has run across our version of the common prepper phrase SHTF. We use the word “stuff” in the SHTF saying… Continue Reading
Everybody has personal disasters. Accidents happen, bones break, jobs are lost, houses burn down, expensive mechanical devices fail, financial troubles escalate, we get sick, and loved ones pass away. Personal disasters… or personal Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF) moments… happen… Continue Reading
The most likely type of Stuff Hitting The Fan (SHTF) to happen to us in the near future isn’t The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) or being forced to live in a world Without Rule Of… Continue Reading
Good news, this article has been updated and replaced by a newer expanded version which you can read by clicking here. Four things to avoid if the SHTF
Precious metals / silver / gold for barter Part 2 (Part 1 of this series is available by clicking HERE) There are many people that plan to limit their silver accumulation to dimes, quarters, and Eagles. That is not to… Continue Reading
My thoughts on Precious Metals Precious metals, PMs for short, come up regularly in discussions about prepping. Some consider them an absolute necessity to their prepping, others believe acquiring PMs is the biggest mistake being made in prepping. There will… Continue Reading
Cash Is King in a disaster. Really? In first world countries in the early 21st century, cash has been largely phased out by credit and debit cards. That’s fine for everyday needs, but if the Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF)… Continue Reading
I was seriously tempted to shoot a squirrel once. In my laundry room. As he sat on a pile of our stuff he’d tumbled onto the floor, after chewing our windowsills to splinters trying to escape. The little blighter wasn’t… Continue Reading
There are very few topics that can spur a debate like “are guns and/or ammo good items to stock for barter in a social/economic collapse”? Generally, there are two sides of the argument. You would be crazy to trade somebody… Continue Reading