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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Floyd Employed in Hurricane Irene
This generous post was contributed by Cameron Green, of Green Academy of Personal Protection. Cam has contributed several other posts, and I continue to value his help and contributions. Please visit his Website at GAPPNJ if you live in the NY, NJ or PA area, and…
Who Will Help me Eat My Bread?
There is an old children’s story about someone who asks “Who will help me make my bread?” No one helps. No one helps plant the wheat, harvest the wheat, mill the wheat, make the dough, or bake it. But at the end when it is asked who will help eat the bread everyone…
Saddened, Stupidity, and Concerned. The Occupy Wall Street Protest(s)
It’s Monday morning. I am working from home, and I just have to get this off my chest before I actually start working. This has been burning all weekend long in my brain… I was going to wait to post this until later in the week, but just couldn’t Had to get…
Prepper or Consumer Poser? That is the Question.
It’s been a rough couple of weeks with work. In fact, work has become increasingly busy. It was the end of the quarter and a race to get customer contracts closed up, signatures, etc. For those that don’t know, I work for a software company in sales. It can be very…
Carbines, Shotguns, Rifles, and The New Prepper, Part Two, Contributed by Cameron Green of GAPPNJ.COM
Solar Oven Fail
This weekend I had an “epic fail” (as the kids say) with my new solar cooker. I tried to make a simple dish, Arroz con Pollo (chicken with rice), but did not get past 100F. Why? The sun! As it turns out, Saturday morning and afternoon was the time mother nature chose…
Promises To Keep : Your New Post-SHFT Credit Card
There is no honor among thieves. But, thankfully, most people aren’t thieves. Even in a SHTF scenario, with some exception (e.g. Katrina), most people do behave well. For the most part. Living in or near a big city it can be hard to understand that a persons’ word…
Saturday Videos
Metal shipping containers used for a survival retreat. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53gBoINp2TE SHTF LONG TERM FOOD STORAGE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H4EO5110PE Preview of Gardening without Watering…