Resources and Commentary on Prepping in Suburbia
After a year or so of the site being down, we’re slowly relaunching it with all the old content, and writing new content. It’s been well over a year since I’ve done any prepping, and recently started again. Updates over the last 18 months are, Ms. Prepper is now Mrs. Prepper, and there’s the addition of Baby Prepper, too… I feel like it’s all new again, and I’m learning from scratch…
Ramen Noodles as a Food Prep
Over the years, I am surprised I haven’t written about this. I saw the question posed elsewhere and thought I would take a few minutes to write about it… Countless other blogs have talked about this, but this is really the first time I am sitting down to think or…
15 Thoughts About The Coronavirus COVID-19
Well, if it is one thing I can honestly say, is that I never thought I would be writing about an actual pandemic that I might be in the middle of, in any stage of its process. When I first heard about Coronavirus prior to the COVID-19 strain being identified as…
What’s Still Running After an EMP Event?
What to Put in Your Winter Car Survival Kit
This article may be a bit late but Jack and I have been fielding some questions lately about what we keep in our trucks and why. That got me thinking, I should put together a list of winter-specific items I keep in my vehicle for those of you who may have that very…
7 Winter Driving and Car Safety Tips
Well, it happens every year, the first snow comes and many people on the road seem to forget how to drive or find themselves ill-prepared to deal with a minor (or major) catastrophe. Having experienced winter driving knuckleheads just a few days ago, I figured I would…
90 Prepper and Preparedness YouTube Channels
If any of you have followed this blog for a long period of time (and I assume some of the old-timers are gone), I used to post every Saturday a number of curated videos from YouTube that I selected as potentially relevant. Since then my subscriptions have expanded. …
5 Novels Every Prepper Should Read
This is a list of the five best novels I’ve come across (and Ive read many) for prepper fiction.. they are not in any particular order. The criteria I used to add a book to this short list is as follows: 1) a good story line; did the book have a story line…
Obtaining water from your hot water heater
In a grid down situation where water service is interrupted or otherwise is in short supply, you will still need a source of clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing etc. If you live in a small home or have some other storage issues for large amounts of portable…
The Official Warning from Department of Homeland Security, 6 Months or More Without Critical Utilities
Well, it’s finally happened, and you’ve probably already heard about it… The United States Government has officially, on paper, to the public said that our electrical grid, water supply, gas supply, and much more are in dire jeopardy of failing if our…
The Winter EMP Theory
Well, winter is coming to the northeastern US. It’s getting colder here in NJ and any day the temperature could go down to below freezing, stay there for the next few months and pile us up with snow and ice. I’m thinking about this because I was just on Facebook in…