Category: Disaster Planning / EDC
What If a Nuke Hit Your City?
I continue to try and educate myself about nuclear weapons and the aftermath of such an event. It’s something that I’ve paid little attention to over the decades as, to be honest, I never thought it would be a likely disaster scenario given the M.A.D. doctrine. And even if it were, I wouldn’t want to…
Don’t Power Your Refrigerator First During a Power Outage?
I appreciate thought experiments like this. But if lighting is your first priority, and it should be a top priority at night, there are better, cheaper, and easier ways than to use a power station. That’s why I recommend, for example, adding easily accessible lights by your bedside and emergency power outage lights in strategic…
Prepare for Winter Now
Autumn has barely started, and here we are talking about winter already. Well, at least I’m already talking about it. Of course, that’s what preppers do. We think ahead. Waiting until the first hard freeze to figure out heat, food, snow removal, and backup power sort of defeats the purpose, right? I’ve covered winter preparedness…
What Could Get Rationed Next?
Rationing sounds like something from an old World War II movie. You might picture ration books, gasoline coupons, and people saving bacon grease for the war effort. Except rationing isn’t only for the history books. Right now, several countries are restricting fuel use or sales. Others have cut exports, limited certain uses, or asked people…
Live in the Midwest? Beware The New Madrid Fault Catastrophe
I live in Kansas City, which is only a few hours drive from St. Louis, and relatively near the New Madrid fault. If you’re unaware, there’s a fault line that, for whatever reason, runs roughly along a part of the Mississippi River, which is nowhere near traditional active fault lines along the West coast. While…
How Fast Would Panic Buying Actually Start?
A few weeks back I wrote about whether anarchy could break out instantly. I landed on economic collapse as the most likely trigger, but there could be multiple reasons if we consider human nature long enough. Regardless, that got me wondering about how fast would people actually start panic buying if something did break nationally…
Keychain Pill Holders for EDC
One item I recommend somewhere (maybe in my survival course or perhaps one of my books, though I can’t quite remember off the top of my head) is a simple keychain pill holder. I’ve never purchased one myself because I’ve never felt the need to until recently. So, I bought a pair that looked decent…
Disaster Prep for Seniors Book Now Available
The ebook version is now live on Amazon if you would like to purchase a copy. Be aware that I plan on releasing the paperback version in a few weeks, though I’m not sure precisely when. I received a lot of wonderful feedback, most of which I was able to incorporate. I added details about…
I Wrote a Book About Senior Preparedness. Interested?
Now is almost certainly the wrong time to let folks know about a new book given the upcoming holiday, but I’m rarely one to do things the “smart” way when it comes to publishing. Besides, it might be a good read for the coming break. 🙂 For what it’s worth, I’ve been working on this…
