Category: Disaster Planning
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Guess What Silly Problem Kept Me Stranded 300 Miles from Home?
I figured I would take a break from Frugal Fridays and briefly discuss my return trip from California (to Seattle, Washington). While I intend to share photos tomorrow of the fun time we had at Little Basin park in Boulder Creek, I did have a minor “hiccup” on the way home. Fortunately, everything turned out fine. And…
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Almost Purchased LifeLock, Glad I Choose Another Option
Last month on of my extended family members got their identity stolen and had several credit cards opened up, lots of charges… it’s a big ass mess. Sadly, it was an “inside job” of sorts and, as a result, has forced me to finally decide to do more to protect our financial security. As a…
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8 Reasons Why Upgrading to an iPhone is a Good Idea for Emergency Preparedness
Try as I might NOT to do so, about a month ago I finally succumbed to peer pressure and upgraded from my ancient slide-to-open cell phone to a fancy new iPhone 4. Yes, I was purposely avoiding doing so for years. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t have even bothered now if we weren’t looking to change…
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Thoughts on Maximizing Your Prepping Efforts
One of my more favorite prepping “solutions” is to utilize an inverter connected to a car battery to power the refrigerator/freezer. So long as you have gasoline to run your vehicle this idea can work for a long time. After all, a vehicle’s engine is a rather efficient generator. (note: I didn’t think of this…
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I’ve Been Scoping Out My Neighbors Lately and Found Some Good Stuff…
Yeah, I’m not ashamed of it: I’ve been scoping my neighbors stuff lately. Not to steal it, mind you, but to get an idea of who might be useful post-SHTF, who might have stuff to barter with if I absolutely had to, and otherwise just to be a bit of a nosy neighbor. 😉 Obviously,…
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Create Energy Independence With Your Own DIY Solar Power, Wind Power!
Note that this is a review: if you’re looking for the Earth 4 Energy website then please click here. Why am I writing this? Well, when I was thinking about buying Earth 4 Energy, there weren’t many real reviews around so I thought I’d write one quickly to help any of you who are in…
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Why You Should Have a CO Alarm, Even if None of Your Appliances Produce Carbon Monoxide
I can’t stress enough how important it is for you remain vigilant about your family’s safety. After all, it only takes a few seconds for a house fire to rage out of control or just a split-second for an innocent “mistake” to change a life. Similarly, carbon monoxide poisoning is one of those things you can’t take…
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OPSEC Brilliance: Night Cache with Reflective Trail Markers Called FireTracks!
Here’s yet another very cool item that Doug has sent my way–this time something called FireTracks which are reflective trail markers found at FireTracks.com–which was developed for hunting and early morning/night caching (or geocaching) among other uses. Doug says: “The FireTacks are reflective, you need only a very small flashlight. You can place them on any…
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Employing Les Stroud’s 3 Zones of Assessment in a Disaster Scenario
Of the television survival personalities I’ve grown to like Les the best. He seems to be very genuine and humble. And, most importantly to me, he doesn’t act like he knows it all. As such, I still enjoy watching his Survivorman episodes on occasion. A while back he did a show where he was pretending…