It was a year ago that I talked about this subject with a post entitled “Finding Like Minded People“. With the current political climate more and more people are attempting to find security in numbers and a group to call home. With my occupation and extra curricular activities like Bear Flag Trading Co. I have the opportunity to talk
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Freezing temperatures are on the way in the northern hemisphere, and have already settled in some places, so it’s time for a seasonal check of your emergency gear and supplies. I thought this winter emergency checklist would be helpful. You blokes Down Under, check back in a few months.
Louisiana State Police say that 6 million pounds of explosives, including M6 artillery propellant, were found recklessly packed into buildings and left in open cardboard boxes on long rows of pallets outside the old Louisiana Army Ammunitions Plant. Officials are now removing the explosives, but residents are expected to be under a mandatory evacuation order for at least a couple of days.
Here is a list of all the items that you will want to get if you want to be prepared. I start out with the pet foods because people always forget about the pets. I am not a huge advocate of cats unless you have a farm, as I say that my wife has two cats, they are fun to watch but if the SHTF, they are on their own. Dogs small or big are a good security force multiplier. If you think I misses something add is in the comments below.
Cause of North Korea’s successful long range rocket launch what is in store for America? In a news report is was said that North Korea will use this as a way to con or blackmale the U.S. to get aid and other things they want. Sense the U.S. doesnt negotiate with terrorist should we as preppers start getting
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Sometimes we have to explore other points of reference regardless of how farfetched they might seem at the time. After all these days reality is pretty much farfetched anyway is it not? A great deal can be gleaned from the so-called post-apocalyptic type movies. Certainly there are those in the audience jaded by their own escapes from reality to feel safer presuming no such scenario could ever happen on our sophisticated, metropolitan, one-world Earth. Then on the tail end of the coin are those we oft term with tongue-n-cheek as the “survival nuts” rallying to decipher the worst case play out of the sum of the events all the while shoving more rounds into their AR magazines.
In simple terms, Situational Awareness is the process of knowing what is going on around you at all times and having a tentative plan to respond to an abnormal occurrence. Many people consider individuals who practice situational awareness as overly concerned, paranoid, insecure or just scared, none of which are true. Being cognitive of your
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Today’s small, compact, yet sturdy, tactical lights, using lithium batteries, are a vast improvement. They are so handy that they should be a part of every defensive kit. Still, having a good tactical light and knowing how to use it are two different things. What follows are three of the more basic defensive flashlight techniques.
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Gerber GO Bag The Gerber GO Bag is designed as a foundation kit for building a bug-out bag. By NRA Staff Gerber has introduced the GO Bag—a combination of a Maxpedition satchel bag with a variety of essential gear for dealing with disasters on the run. The Maxpedition pack keeps gear close at hand, such
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At some point survival is going to come down to whether or not you know how to perform basic life-saving techniques. You may have the soul if a warrior, the heart of a champion, and know how to defend yourself and your family, but injuries will happen. The chances of facing a medical emergency increases substantially and
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