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Hurricane Sandy… Two Years Later

The events of October 2012  in the NY/NJ area are well known to the nation.  Hurricane sandy made landfall and wreaked havoc on many towns.  Being one of the most densely populated areas on the planet, the damage was in the billions.  Major parts of the NY and NJ infrastructure were damaged including railways, roads, […]

The winter that just wont go away

As I sit here looking at the forecast for yet another winter storm, I find myself longing for spring and all that comes with it. Its been a long, cold winter and, as much as I like the cold and all it brings, Im tired of it and welcome a change in seasons.  I had […]

Handgun Choices for the New Gun Owner

This is the third installment in a series of papers to educate the new prepper about what weapons they should have on hand.  I’m approaching this from a SHTF scenario and an everyday carry, personal protection perspective.  While I’m not advocating using any firearm in an offensive manner, I stress that being able to use […]

Precious Metals As Currency, My Thoughts

I have a somewhat skewed view of precious metals. I believe that in a post SHTF situation people will not just turn to precious metals as currency.  The average person will raid their change jar and use whatever cash they have on hand to pay for goods until they run out of that fiat currency. […]

NYC, MRAPs, Humvees, Protests, Hooray!

I had a friend in town this weekend from Florida. Ms. Prepper and I went into NYC last night to go to dinner. While in the cab downtown on the lower east side, as we were driving around the 20th street area, wasn’t I surprised to see an MRAP (https://www.leidos.com/sites/default/files/u14/mrap1.jpg) parked on the uptown side […]

Simple Preparedness Lesson – Gun Maintenance

Just a quick note here.  Learned a valuable lesson about spare parts, guns, shooting, etc.  I was out with my firearms instructor from GAPP a couple weeks ago doing some basic pistol training.  When I started using my CCW firearm, which is a Kel-Tec PF9.  I probably have about 500 rounds through it at various ranges.  It’s […]

Ebola, Ebola, Ebola, What I Am Doing To Prepare

How many times in the last several weeks have you heard about Ebola?  Too many?  Me too.  Some may say I am crazy, some may say I am cautious, and some are walking around living in their bubble of life without a clue. It was only a few weeks ago, when I published a booklet for Ms. […]

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