Category: Disaster Planning
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Don’t Mow the Lawn, and Other OPSEC No-No’s
I thought I was done with OPSEC last week, covering the basics that everyone likes to talk about, including lighting concerns, noise concerns, and smell concerns, but then I got to thinking, there’s more to it than that. As obvious as it might seem, there are quite a few activities that we do on a…
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Remember, This is WHY We Prepare…
I was reading some news yesterday and looking through quite a few images of the recent damage and devastation that ripped through Oklahoma earlier this week and thought to myself, “this is WHY we prepare.” Granted, there are times when all of the preparations and plans in the world won’t save you–maybe this is one…
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What’s That Smell? Oh, Nothing… Nothing at All
The third major sense we need to consider when it comes to OPSEC during a SHTF scenario is that of smell. Again, as with the other senses, our sense of smell isn’t as good as many animals, but it is plenty good at detecting the unmistakable odors that result from human activity. Things like cooking…
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Did I Hear Something? Of Course, You Didn’t
This is the second of three posts regarding OPSEC this week. Today we’re going to discuss the need to keep quite; I don’t mean about your supplies and gear, I mean when you’re trying to keep a low-profile during a SHTF scenario. Besides, the ability to see, humans have a pretty good sense of hearing…
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There’s Nothing to See Here… Move Along Please!
I figured I would spend this week (three total posts) talking about OPSEC concerns. We need to have a plan on how to minimize the ability of others (the bad guys) of detecting our presence as much as possible. In particular, we need to consider our three most important senses: sight, hearing, and smell. Today we’ll focus on sight. The ability…
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Light Sleepers Look Out!
Strangely, one of the things that “worries” me the most on a personal level is my ability to sleep in a grid-down situation. You see, I’m a light sleeper, I mean REALLY light sleeper and if you are too you know what I mean. Some might think that’s a good thing during times where you…
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If There’s Anything That I’ve Learned About Prepping The Past Few Months…
…it’s that I have no idea how I would really be able to survive if SHTF. Seriously. You see, there’s a weird conundrum afoot with respect to this particular problem. On the one hand we have the belief in OPSEC, save yourself (and your immediate family), too bad for everybody else mentality that is generally a…
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I Got Schooled by My Kids This Weekend (and what it means to your prepping)
Ok, I’m not proud of it but I did get “schooled” by my kids this weekend. Long story short, we were out and about trying to find what my kids called the “ladder” park which turned out to be a nearby playground at the local lake. After about 45 minutes of driving we finally found…
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Better Places to Find Last Minute Preps
The post on Monday asked whether pet stores were a “secret” place to find last minute preps and the answer was obviously NO. Today, however, I try to point out a few places where you could actually find last minutes supplies if you really had to. Now, even though I wrote an e-book about last minute…