Photo by Anna Nekrashevich on Pexels.com Disaster struck, the apocalypse happened, or the SHTF… You’re safe (for now) and are taking stock of what’s in your home. It looks like you’ve got a good supply of the essentials, but notice there are several closets full of unused wire hangers. They’re leftovers from all the dry …
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Survival Tool… A Towel?
Photo by Dom J on Pexels.com In The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, the most valuable piece of survival gear is a towel. The novel’s entry for towels can be found in the footnotes of this article[1]. In summary, the guide states that a towel can be used for: warmth, shade, defense, …
An Argument for Tea
Photo by Efecan Efe on Pexels.com Do you remember learning about the transcontinental railroad in school? I learned about it a little more than 2 decades ago and don’t recall much about the railroad part. However, I retained a greater life lesson from that chapter in history class. This article describes the most important part …
Cooking after the SHTF
Photo by u0412u0438u043au0442u043eu0440u0438u044f u0410u043au0441u0435u043du043eu0432u0430 on Pexels.com Depending on the world-ending scenario you subscribe to, the method of cooking everyday meals will change. I guess it’s possible our cooking habits won’t change if we're lucky enough to "suffer" a candy-ass sort of disaster. A disaster that merely knocks out most government services, but somehow keeps the …
We’re all Preppers
Photo by Helena Lopes on Pexels.com TV and other media sources have done a good job depicting “preppers” as militants, racist, and borderline terrorists. While there certainly are some people in the prepper community who fit that stereotype, it doesn’t mean all of us fit that mold. If you think about it, everyone is a prepper …
Electronics After the SHTF?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com There are many ways our consumer electronics could be rendered useless during a SHTF situation. EMP scenarios are popular among preppers, but rain or carelessness will break them just as easily. Let’s assume your equipment survives the disaster and you weren’t careless. How will your tech work properly without reliable …
Entertainment after SHTF
Collage by author using photos sourced from Pixels.com by the following artists/entities: Ylanite Koppens, Jadson Thomas, Recal Media, and Pixabay (3 photos). How have you planned for entertainment after the SHTF? It stands to reason that survivors will spend most of the day working to ensure they can survive, but what we do afterward is …
Alternative SHTF Scenarios
Photo by Renato Danyi on Pexels.com I’ve noticed that many members of the various "prepper" groups seem to have a narrow vision regarding how civilization may end, and some won’t consider or prep for other possible situations. A lot of survivalists have read apocalyptic books or watched similarly-themed movies and sold their souls to those …
Traveling when the SHTF
An apocalyptic disaster can happen at any time, even when traveling. It doesn’t matter if you’re travelling for business or pleasure, you CANNOT assume you can shelter in place and rely on the hotel’s services indefinitely. You must find a way to get home as soon as possible, because tourists are the first people locals …
Air Conditioning after the SHTF
Photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels.com Our modern society lets us maintain our homes and workplaces at comfortable temperatures at all times. There are adults living today, who’ve never had to live without air conditioning for longer than a few hours. We take this modern marvel for granted now, but what if civilization were to …
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