As preppers, one of the hardest things that we can do is find balance in our preps. For various reasons we tend to overdo or neglect. In today’s article & it’s accompanying podcast, we take a look at eight different things… Continue Reading
For most of my adult life I have lived on an extremely tight budget. A huge amount of things in the prepping community are prohibitively expensive. I wanted to give you some guidance and encouragement to those who would like… 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
“The North Korean foreign minister’s recent warning of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific ocean should be heeded, a senior Pyongyang official has told CNN.” From <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/26/north-korea-threat-test-hydrogen-bomb-pacific> The Guardian has several articles that chronicle the recent DPRK nuclear… Continue Reading
Here at 3BY, we have discovered there is a need for an easy, linear and focused strategy for people new to prepping. We are calling it Prepper 101. This series is intended for someone new to the concept of prepping.… Continue Reading
Should preppers get a seasonal flu shot? Like in a lot of things, the answer is “well, it depends”. The flu shot: what it is and what it isn’t There are two different sorts of flu outbreak to think about: … Continue Reading
I have been able to convince a number of other people to prep, yet I see posts on prepper forums about folks having bad experiences when trying to convince family, friends, and coworkers to prep. They wind up breaking OPSEC,… Continue Reading
There are things we, as preppers, need to do more of, or do a better job of. You know it, we know it, but that doesn’t mean it gets done. Spice and I talked about it in our weekly podcast, you… Continue Reading
Today the shelves are bare of bump stocks, because last week some evil S.O.B. did great evil, and one thing he used to do it was a bump stock. Bump stocks all over the news, people freaking out that they… Continue Reading
Our first goal is to survive the next three minutes. You may think to yourself, “I’m not a diver, so I don’t need to worry about this one.” Remember that every prep helps accomplish other goals. This is your 3-Minute… Continue Reading
I’m warning you right up front, this article uses the “F” word repeatedly. FEMA. There, I said it. Federal Emergency Management Agency. “Those people”. If you are reading this, you already know that we need to prep. One of the… Continue Reading
How to be a Gray Man! Salty suggested writing about being a Gray Man. He asked the wrong guy. After all, here I am blabbing about the subject all over the Internet. First rule of being a Gray Man is… Continue Reading
Las Vegas Shooting & Other Mass Shooting Events Our hearts go out to the victims of the recent evil assault on innocent concertgoers injure or killed in the Las Vegas shooting, as well to any innocent victim of past shootings.… Continue Reading
I”ve made many prepping mistakes over the years, and hopefully I have learned from at least most of them There’s one that I have made over and over, and yet I have to struggle every day not to make it… Continue Reading
I’m not a SuperPrepperSurvivalistNinja™. I’m kinda old, I’m carrying around far too many pounds (I’m working on that), and I’m not an aggressive go-getter killing machine. You probably aren’t either… at least, I HOPE you aren’t. SuperPrepperSurvivalistNinja™ I’ve decided to revisit… Continue Reading