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
In this episode of the 3BY podcast, we talk about things to consider if/when it’s time to look into finding a good survival bug-out location (BOL) otherwise known as a survival retreat, something similar to The Place. We talk not… Continue Reading
Want a really fast and interesting way to kill yourself? Try driving through water of unknown depth… that will do a really good job of (at the very least) destroying your most expensive possession and likely ending your life. Driving… Continue Reading
There’s probably no bigger “bogus” claims in all of advertising right now than the “range” claims of handheld GMRS / FRS “walkie talkie” radios (BTW I hate the name “walkie talkie”, it’s so very junior-high, isn’t it?). Behind the exaggerations… … Continue Reading
In this edition of the 3BY podcast, Salty and Spice take a look at their current rainwater collection and storage situation at both the homestead and at The Place. Rainwater collection In the podcast, Spice details her rainwater collection system… Continue Reading
Autumn Olive is trying to take over The Place, our bug-out location (BOL). Autumn Olive must die, it must die now. No mercy. So… are you saying you don’t want Autumn Olive at the BOL, Spice? BOL is shorthand for… Continue Reading
We keep a get-home bag in all of our vehicles at all times, for us these are a collection of tools and supplies, but not an obsession. Get-home bag – the minimum necessary to get the job done I’ve got… Continue Reading
Why are we reviewing the Yukon Growler? Why review what is essentially a really big beer Thermos on a preparedness site? Because it’s so very useful for when you have to stay outside in extreme weather. Three problems that this… Continue Reading
If you listen to the podcasts, it will not shock you to learn that Salty and I cover a lot of miles by car. Well, in rural Missouri, pretty much everything is a goodly drive away. That’s hardly unique though;… Continue Reading
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Storage: Where Am I Going To Put All This Stuff? After the WTC experience, I realized there was no way I could predict the type of disaster. I never in my wildest imagination (wild at times) could have dreamed that… Continue Reading
I *know* this prep isn’t something you’ve seen in some glossy magazine — because it’s dead cheap. People call it the Tippy Tap. It’s also very useful for how it handles the intersection of two problems: 1) Getting clean water… Continue Reading
We require food and water to survive. This article accompanies our podcast about how we addressed both of these two critical issues at once by constructing our fish pond at The Place. If you build it, then stock it, you… Continue Reading
Our first plan was to get some neat fish cover in the newly built pond before it built. And if there had been even a single day between ‘dam built’ and ‘pond full’ that might have happened. But nope, the… Continue Reading