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And Then There Was a Dinner Meeting

Last week, I had dinner with three other preppers.  One was new, and the two others I have been in touch with for some time.  We all live in Northern NJ, and are concerned with the economy, job growth, Bugging In, Bugging Out, etc.  The conversation twisted and turned in many directions.  We talked about forming a group, […]

Saturday Videos

Imran Khan — Why Muslims Hate The United States 1 of 2 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68-PdQX0zPo Imran Khan — Why Muslims Hate The United States 2 of 2 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OMp0UNkPeI Oakland Police Officer Flash Grenades Crowd Helping Injuered Protester — WTF!! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52e-Y3SkjNQ SOG Agency: “Legacy of Fight” by Nutnfancy httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqcH6Z82FiA Could You Live With Out Today’s Technology ? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB90ICYDMt4 […]

Euro Fails, Europe Fails

I read this news story and don’t know what to think. Here is the money quote. “Nobody should take for granted another 50 years of peace and prosperity in Europe. They are not for granted. That’s why I say: If the euro fails, Europe fails,” Merkel said, followed by a long applause from all political groups.” […]

Budget Faraday Cage for Small Electronics

I took on a small project this evening, and it was dead simple…  I have been thinking about building a faraday cage for my small electronics, or the small electronics I am going to want in the event of an EMP.  I was at the Army Surplus store in Hackansack, NJ the other day, and […]

Service Interruption

I wish to apol­o­gize to all the read­ers who came to our site and there was a ser­vice inter­rup­tion today.  Rack­space, our host, has moved us to anoth­er serv­er, and ser­vice was restored…  We are sin­cere­ly sor­ry for any incon­ve­nience.

Project Update

I lament­ed two per­son­al prep­per issues here and here. A week after the solar oven fail, I suc­cess­ful­ly made the Arroz Con Pol­lo in about five hours in the sun. My lot’s shady pro­file pre­sent­ed a chal­lenge, but I made it work. The only issue was I had to put it in the oven for about 20 […]

Endless Fall – Part 2: A Time To Be Thankful?

Note: The fol­low­ing is the sec­ond install­ment of a series that rep­re­sents a first-hand chron­i­cle of a fic­tion­al eco­nom­ic col­lapse in the Unit­ed States. This series is to be viewed as only one pos­si­ble sce­nario.   Novem­ber 13 – 35 days after Black Swan Day   My Dear­est Chil­dren – It is an ill wind that […]

Review of 5-Minute Microwave Canning

First, this is an interesting book…  I 5-Minute Microwave Canning to see if there was a shortcut  to canning, and to help me understand if you could can/jar using a microwave.  If so, what foods you can can/jar.  My first disappointment was not with the book itself. It was because you could not can or […]

Saturday Videos

Water Filter for Bug Out Bag – Urban Survival httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8yIuDigXwc OCCUPY Wall Street: NYC – Real, Informed, Justifiably Angry Americans httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcoYdZ3JaE International Travel EDC httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faGIEEFlSLc Canning – 27 Meals under $15 bucks httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioaRaBTPzrU HARBOR FREIGHT Combination 4″ x 36″ Belt/6″ Disc Sander REVIEW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzZtrXmuTk Preparing Your Bug Out Bag, BOB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHgCgNjv0rs  

The Time Is Now, and It’s Not Too Late

I’m sitting in another damn airport.  Not bitching, however, just another damn airport.  I have to rant a bit.  The time is now.  The time is now if you are not a prepper to prep.  The conversations I have had with friends who are in the real world (Middle America) verifies that now is the […]