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Where Do I Get My Medical Supplies?

One question I often hear is ” Shane The Nurse, where do I get my medical supplies?”. Well I am here to tell you that getting medical supplies is very easy, for the most part. There are really only a couple of ways to get medical supplies; Buy it from a medical supply company Buy it […]

Filling a Hole In My Preps, Fruits, Vegetables, and the New Dehydrator

I always knew I had a damaging hole in my food preparations. I have quite a few proteins. In fact I consistently rotate my proteins because I use them in every day life. I also need to boost some of the protein preps, as an aside. However, what are/were missing are critical preparations because they […]

Review of the Timber Wolf “Blazin” Bowie Knife

Last fall I wrote a post about three budget knives you might want in your pack because they were inexpensive.  Last weekend, I had the chance to bring one of them camping as we openend up the campsite for the season.  Prior to going I gave the Timber Wolf Blazin Bowie a quick sharpening and […]

Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the following question, which made me think a little deeper on the subject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curious about your thoughts for using a storage unit as a layover. I’m thinking about caching some supplies in one on […]

Examining the Requirement for Multiple Short Term Bug Out Locations

Recently. I have been looking for a BOL property again. I have had several conversations with other preppers about going in on property together, alone, etc. Then I examine my geography and demographic, and it hit me… I live in a highly populated low self sufficiency demographic and geography. I need more than one Bug […]

Family Preparedness Mindset – A Lesson Learned by Matthew Brown

My family and I recently attended a wedding in Michigan near the Sleeping Bear sand dunes. We went up for the weekend and I knew that the weather was going to be unpredictable. I packed accordingly with my waterproof shell, my hiking shoes and your typical hiking/survival kit. We arrived at our hotel early and […]

Policy, Law, and the Free Man by Jesse Mathewson

It has been a personal stance of mine that liberty, not be tied to a piece of paper, government or philosophy that includes the state for over two years now. This is a personal philosophy that will likely see change, evolution of the mind in the future. This journey has not been easy, it has […]

I’m Different… An Observation(s) from the Field of Life

I’ve been on a long overdue vacation this past week.  Several years overdue, in fact.  But I learned something quite by accident that I would like to share.  While traveling with a group of friends outside the United States, one of which was getting married (I and two other friends were groomsmen), that of many […]

Pandemic Thoughts, and How’s Your NBC & Quarantine Gear?

As I spend time writing this post, I am on a plane watching the film Contigion. If you have not seen it, it’s a film about a pandemic that started and begins to be widely spread by those traveling. As the film progresses, it is found that the pandemic is a deeply deadly virus. The […]