Feast or Famine
After all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales activity, it seems there was a lot of optimism about people being willing to open their pocketbooks and spend their money.
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Can You Rely on Your Neighbors?
I am currently in the middle of reading Lights Out about how some families and their neighborhood cope with the aftermath of an EMP attack. I’ll save the main discussion
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Prep for Now and Not Just for Later
Last night I had a jolting reminder about preparedness. On the previous day, we restocked our water and toilet paper storage, so I felt comfortable we were keeping up with
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Survival Mindset: Trust your Gut
One of the fascinating stories that came out of the recent East Coast earthquake was how the animals in the National Zoo in Washington seemed to sense danger. Five to
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Be Ready for Anything
Just when the news seemed to be settling down from the recent stock market roller coaster, the ground started rolling in a couple of areas that hardly ever experience earthquakes:
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Avoid a Hard Drive Disaster
We are having a spectacular thunderstorm as I write this. A flash of lighting, followed by a loud thunderclap… Then the lights flickered, I heard a loud ZAP! and my
Read moreIf You Haven’t Started Preparing by Now
I was chatting with the owner of our neighborhood pizza restaurant last night when he switched subjects and told me he was fearful of the the future of his business.
Read moreDid You See “Doomsday Preppers?”
I watched the show “Doomsday Preppers” on the National Geographic Channel. It aired Monday night at 9 pm. It showed four American families and their preparedness lifestyles. Each family focused
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Solar Battery Charger Test that Failed
A couple of days ago I was all excited to test a new solar battery charger we had purchased. Per instructions I loaded it with four rechargeable batteries I had
Read moreHavoc from One Broken Stoplight
Today on our early morning commute, it seemed like it was taking forever to get out of our street. We sat and sat while traffic was at a standstill. Drivers
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