Travel Preps

by Prepperjim | Aug 4, 2011 | Personal

I recent­ly went on a trip to Chica­go so I thought a lot about my preps and what I could take with me. These are things I con­sid­ered: 1) Oper­a­tion Secu­ri­ty: I have a ten­dan­cy to post things on Face­book about my trips and places I vis­it. This time, I... Read more

Doomsday Blues

by Prepperjim | Jul 20, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Health, Psychology

Just like gen­er­a­tions past, there are plen­ty of issues on the hori­zon that present a chal­lenge to our day and age. Almost every day some­one pre­dicts doom is around the cor­ner, most­ly so they can point to their YouTube video or blog and say “I told you... Read more

CERT Training Completed

by Prepperjim | Jul 6, 2011 | first aid, Health, Jobs, Politics, Self Reliance, suburban survival

I recent­ly com­plet­ed my Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team (CERT) train­ing. First some back­ground and then an eval­u­a­tion from a prep­per per­spec­tive. CERT’s were formed in the wake of the Sep­tem­ber 11th attacks via exec­u­tive order. The train­ing... Read more

Prepper Envy

by Prepperjim | Jun 29, 2011 | Personal

As a each of us go through our prepa­ra­tions for the SHTF or TEOTWAWKI, you may come across peo­ple who have achieved a lev­el of pre­pared­ness most of only dream of. That is, they have a ful­ly stocked bomb shel­ter in a rur­al loca­tion with 20 years of food,... Read more

It’s the Small Stuff

by Prepperjim | Jun 22, 2011 | Health, Hygiene, Personal, Psychology, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When thrust into a sur­vival sit­u­a­tion, it is often the small things that make the dif­fer­ence between suc­cess (sur­vival) and fail­ure (death). Often, hav­ing a sense of com­fort makes all the dif­fer­ence in your men­tal atti­tude. With so many prep­per words... Read more